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Jan 5, 2016

This is the first post in a two-part series by Code for America’s Debs Schrimmer, originally published by Data-Smart City Solutions. Both parts are based on her recent paper in an…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Dec 18, 2013

Let’s Talk About It: Can a National Dialogue Take a Private Issue and Make it Public?

Millions of Americans suffer from mental health problems, but stigma prevents many from seeking care. To raise awareness and perhaps help remove some of that stigma, the Obama…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

May 15, 2014

Calling All Innovators! New Award for Public Engagement in Government

By Christina Marchand

The Innovations in American Government Awards program is currently accepting applications and nominations for the next round of competition (Deadline: June 20…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Feb 5, 2016

America’s Struggle for Voting Rights

In October 2015, the Ash Center hosted the inaugural session of its Race and American Politics Seminar Series featuring an author’s talk with The Nation’s Ari Berman. Berman discussed his new book Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America…

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Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Jun 4, 2015

This post is the seventh in a month-long series of blog postings on affordable housing as a challenge to the health of American democracy, and in particular local democracy in the United States. The series, edited by Harvard Kennedy School Assistant Professor Quinton Mayne, is part of the Ash Center’s Challenges to Democracy series, a two-year public…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Mar 8, 2017

Americas Watch as U.S. Democracy is Tested

On February 28th, 2017, Ash Center Non-resident Senior Fellow Peter Quilter testified before Congress on the state of the Western Hemisphere. Quilter warned that developments or attacks on U.S. democracy have a good chance of rippling through the…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Apr 17, 2014

Who Calls the Shots? Who Really Rules? New Research on Influence in American Policy

By Richa Mishra

Justice Louis Brandeis once stated, “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Apr 17, 2014

Who Calls the Shots? Who Really Rules? New Research on Influence in American Policy

By Richa Mishra

Justice Louis Brandeis once stated, “We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

Nov 15, 2013

First Chapter: Nation of Devils by Stein Ringen

Below is the first chapter from Oxford Professor Stein Ringen’s latest book, Nation of Devils: Democratic Leadership and the Problem of Obedience. It is the first post in an occasional series highlighting the first chapters of recent books by…

Harvard Ash Center in Challenges to Democracy

May 17, 2017

Protecting the Right to Vote in Trump’s America

MPP’18 candidate Seth Nelson takes stock of the state of voting rights. What can we do to ensure the work of Dr. King and countless others is not undermined by an administration that casts doubt on…