Challenges to Democracy

Pence-Kobach Voter Fraud Commission Gets Fast Thumbs Down

Ash Center’s 10th Anniversary Series Provides Direction for the Next Ten Years

In May, the Ash Center concluded its Challenges to Democracy public dialogue series with presentations by the 2015 Innovations in American Government Award finalists. Local government officials…

Is The President’s Call For More Public Participation Within Reach?

In this post, Larry Schooler of the City of Austin, Texas comments on President Obama’s recent call for greater public participation in his final State of the Union address. “We should strive to ensure, after all…

Reflections on #Hack4Congress: Derek Pham, ‘Relating, Connecting, and Inspiring’

This post by HKS student Derek Pham is the fourth in a series of occasional posts highlighting #Hack4Congress, a not-just-for-technologists hackathon organized by the Ash Center for Democratic…

Can Transparency Solve America’s Eating Problem? A Fresh Look at Menu Labeling

This post is from HKS student Rui Zhang, who is working as a research assistant for the Ash Center’s Transparency Policy Project. At a time when “families are regularly eating out more,” Zhang…

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