Featured series 
Tag: Democracy
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Nation & World
How women led anti-Trump resistance
Washington Post political columnist Jennifer Rubin discusses the key role women played in the “resistance” to Donald Trump’s presidency in advance of her Oct. 7 virtual book talk at Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
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Nation & World
Black voters take the wheel
Voting rights activist LaTosha Brown explains how decades of painstaking activism culminated in Black voters’ decisive and historic role in the 2020 election.
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Arts & Culture
Building a more just society
“The Architecture of Democracy” examined how buildings, and their designers, contribute to the shape of our society.
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Nation & World
Reimagining rights
A report released by researchers at Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights offers 80 recommendations for reimagining Americans’ rights and responsibilities.
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Nation & World
How far right will Trump’s nominee move the Supreme Court?
Harvard professor discusses how far right Trump’s nominee could move the Supreme Court.
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Nation & World
Getting out the vote
Tova Wang spoke with the Gazette about how young Americans can get political leaders to listen to them and persuade cynical friends or family members that every ballot matters.
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Campus & Community
‘I wanted to warn future social movements that listening only to one’s own side can generate dangerous amounts of unrealism’
Jane Mansbridge, one of the world’s leading scholars of democratic theory talks about her “jagged trajectory” toward success.
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Campus & Community
Echoes of El Salvador in Egypt
The son of Latin American immigrants, Hainer Sibrian, M.P.P. ’20, is set to launch a career as a U.S. diplomat, inspired by study abroad during Arab Spring.
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Nation & World
Martin Baron, on his life, his calling, and the importance of shedding light
In a question-and-answer session, Martin Baron, executive editor of The Washington Post and this year’s graduation speaker, talks about his life and times.
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Nation & World
Can this union be saved?
In a country more fractured than ever, Harvard Professor Danielle Allen, The Atlantic editor Jeffrey Goldberg, and writer Adam Serwer discuss what it will take to bring our democracy back together.
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Work & Economy
High tech is watching you
In her new book, “The Age of Surveillance Capitalism,” HBS Professor emerita Shoshana Zuboff outlines her belief that surveillance capitalism is undermining personal autonomy and eroding democracy — and the ways she says society can fight back.
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Nation & World
Are there holes in the Constitution?
Legal and political analysts across Harvard discuss some of the constitutional questions raised by the Trump administration’s actions, and the possible scope of a president’s power.
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Nation & World
The big squeeze on American democracy
Political polarization has risen dangerously high in the United States over issues involving race, religion, and culture, two Harvard authors say. The trend could threaten democracy itself.
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Nation & World
Sunstein on impeachment
In a new book, Harvard’s Cass R. Sunstein discusses the vital role that the impeachment process plays in American democracy and dispels some misconceptions about the scope of presidential powers.
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Nation & World
The rocky road to democracy
When European conservatives accept the Democratic system, stability tends to ensue, author Daniel Ziblatt says.
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Nation & World
All hail partisan politics
Using the case-study method, Harvard Business School historian David Moss examines pivotal moments in American history where disagreement and conflict reshaped our democracy for the better.
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Nation & World
Making a case for democracy
Michael Sandel, the renowned political philosopher and professor, will debate the meaning of democracy at the Palace of Westminster in London as part of the BBC’s “Democracy Day.”
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Science & Tech
Tomorrow isn’t such a long time
A study by Harvard researchers and colleagues tested ways to encourage decisions mindful of future generations.
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Nation & World
‘A Whisper to a Roar’ sparks discussion
Panelists convened at the Harvard Kennedy School on Monday to discuss individuals’ motivations to risk their lives to fight for democracy.
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Nation & World
A warning from inside Tunisia
A Tunisian constitutional expert said Sept. 17 that recent violence, coupled with moves by the ruling Islamist Ennahda party to enshrine religion in the nation’s new constitution, are a bad sign for a pluralistic, democratic future.
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Nation & World
The revolution continues
In a conversation that ranged from the recent parliamentary elections to the ongoing sexual abuse of women to a new wave of journalists, panelists at the Feb. 2 Harvard Kennedy School Forum on Egypt expressed both fear and hope for a country still in the midst of a revolution.
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Arts & Culture
Art and the immigrants
Through an innovative program, immigrants explore the Harvard Art Museums’ galleries, polishing their English skills and learning lessons in American democracy.
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Campus & Community
A difficult journey, a brighter future
In her Commencement address, Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf says her Harvard graduate studies put her on the path to the success. She urged degree recipients to be fearless and to embrace their failures as they forge their paths in life.
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Nation & World
For Libya, ‘no compromise’ in sight
Libyans want freedom, but the road to democracy is paved with unanswered questions. With the country torn by internal warfare, former Libyan diplomat Ali Suleiman Aujali and other experts gathered at the Harvard Kennedy School to look for answers.
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Campus & Community
A champion of democracy
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a Kennedy School alumna who has restored stability to her war-torn nation, will be the speaker at Harvard’s 360th Commencement, a choice lauded by faculty.
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Nation & World
The tipping point
Seemingly overnight, people in the Mideast and North Africa have risen in anger to demand more freedom. Is this the beginning of democracy in the Arab world, or a new era of political chaos? Harvard analysts offer insights on what is likely to come next.
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Campus & Community
Harvard Thinks Big 2: “Citizens” – Lawrence Lessig
Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law
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Campus & Community
Get ready, think big
Ten of Harvard’s great minds gathered at Sanders Theatre on Thursday (Feb. 17) for the second annual Harvard Thinks Big, a student-organized discussion in which 10 speakers each took 10 minutes to explore a topic near and dear to their hearts.
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Nation & World
An ‘extraordinary moment’
The protests that have rocked the Arab world in recent weeks have left many observers wondering if the region’s citizens will achieve self-government after decades of dictatorial rule. As Egyptians continued to demonstrate, a crowd flocked to the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics Feb. 3 to hear several Harvard analysts’…
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Arts & Culture
Rule of Law, Misrule of Men
Elaine Scarry, Walter M. Cabot Professor of Aesthetics and the General Theory of Value, confronts the Bush administration’s legislative crimes, and calls for prosecutorial action to restore democracy.