http://www.hks.harvard.eduen-USThu, 05 Nov 2009 16:16:32 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/carr-juan-mendez-nov09The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy hosted Juan Méndez, President of the International Center for Transitional Justice and Visiting Professor of Law at the American University, Washington College of Law, Monday (Nov. 2) to speak about justice as a preventative mechanism for mass atrocities. Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:16:27 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/commentary/with-tax-break-carbon-footprintENVIRONMENTALISTS who are worried about global warming should pay attention to the congressional debate about extending the home buyers tax credit. Federal tax policies toward housing have long encouraged Americans to emit more carbon. President Obama could do the country, and the planet, a service by either refusing to sign the extension of the $8,000 credit or by insisting that it be accompanied by offsetting reductions in the home mortgage interest deduction.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:33:12 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/wappp-shirley-williams-nov09Baroness Shirley Williams returned to Harvard Kennedy School Tuesday (Nov. 3), speaking about the challenges women in positions of leadership have faced in the past and those they will confront in the future. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:15:32 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/commentary/reshaping-housing-dreamsNOW THAT American fashionistas have embraced shabbiness, discovering a joy in ratcheting back expenditures - segueing from Saks to the Salvation Army - the question looms: What happens after the economy rebounds? Will “shabby’’ be passé, and will we return to our profligate ways?Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:08:39 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/commentary/keep-us-goals-modestMeanwhile, Senator John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a major speech last week summarizing his own analysis of the issue and offering advice about the president’s choices. The judgments are nuanced, but no more so than the realities.Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:06:10 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/hauser-jhr-conference-nov09The Justice and Human Rights domain (JHR) of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations convened a large group of world leaders at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this past September. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:35:04 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/press-releases/pr-schelling-neustadt-awards-nov09 Selectees Named Winners of 2009 Neustadt and Schelling Awards Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:26:30 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/forum-shor-future-news-nov09The future of news? There might not be one. Or if there is, newsgathering might require taking steps that go against the grain of newsroom ethics and tradition, with armies of untrained citizen journalists, for instance, or government funding that sets up a conflict of interest.Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:26:56 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/inspiring-federal-service-nov09 Stakeholders from across a range of sectors gathered in Washington D.C. on Wednesday (Oct. 28) to confront the human capital challenges facing the federal government. The roundtable titled “Inspiring Federal Service” was sponsored by Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in collaboration with the University of Maryland School of Public Policy and in close consultation with the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:08:42 GMThttp://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/cpl-nli-nov09Survey after survey shows Americans, in general, to be among the world’s most optimistic people. Yet from the inception of the Center for Public Leadership’s National Leadership Index in 2005 through last year, Americans’ confidence in their leaders marched steadily downward.