How do we decipher fact from fiction in the technology age? Join us for a hands-on workshop with Ramya Raghavan, the current lead for civics and news outreach at Google, to build your media literacy. Learn about how Google News Initiative is trying to help journalism thrive in the digital age and build the tools to fact check the news we all consume.

The Ash Center's Technology and Democracy Workshop Series are hands-...

Join the Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, the Center on the Legal Profession at Harvard Law School and the Hutchins Center for African and African American Studies, for a screening of the documentary “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook.”

Narrated by actor Jeffrey Wright, Rigged was shot during the 2016 election. The film outlines how a concerted, well-funded effort was made by certain right-wing groups working with states in 2016 to disenfranchise voters, particularly certain people of color and young people, in order...

You are invited to the Religion, Conflict, and Peace Initiative fall conference on Exploring Cultural Activism in Palestine/Israel. Panels include: 

A Lens on Injustice: Documenting Social Struggle 
Rebeca Pierce

Countering Cultural Erasure Through Palestinian Art 
Rami Younis

Visualizing Colonialism: Millennial Mizrahi Artists ...

Students are invited to join us for an informal lunch conversation with Leah Greenberg and Ezra Levin, Co-Executive Directors of the Indivisible Project. Lunch will be provided. RSVP's are required for this event. Due to space constraints, this event is limited to currently enrolled Harvard University students. 

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Join us for a discussion with Alex Hertel-Fernandez, author of State Capture: How Conservative Activists, Big Businesses, and Wealthy Donors Reshaped the American States -- and the Nation and Assistant Professor in Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University,...