News
Racist police practices like mug shots normalize the criminalization of Black Americans
NBC News, August 6, 2020
Quoted: Khalil Gibran Muhammad
America's policing system is broken. It's time to radically rethink public safety
TIME, August 6, 2020
Quoted: Khalil Gibran Muhammad
A COVID‐19 crisis in U.S. jails and prisons
ACS Journals, August 3, 2020
Featured: Marcella Alsan
How race is affecting the race for Michigan's Senate seat
ABC News, August 4, 2020
Quoted: Leah Wright Rigueur
How has the Electoral College survived for this long?
New York Times, August 3, 2020
Op-ed by Alex Keyssar
'Black-on-black crime': A loaded and controversial phrase often heard amid calls for police reform
ABC News, August 1, 2020
Featured: Khalil Gibran Muhammad
Q&A with Alexander Keyssar, author of ‘Why Do We Still Have the Electoral College?’
Christian Science Monitor, Jul 31, 2020
Featured: Alex Keyssar
HKS CLASS DAY AWARDS
Each year, the Malcolm Wiener Center awards prizes for excellence in student research that best exemplifies the work of three remarkable individuals: Manuel Carballo, Susan Eaton, and Frederick Fischer.
Manuel C. Carballo Memorial Prize
Stephanie Nussbaum (MPP 2020) for the Policy Analysis Exercise:
Keeping it FRESH: Evaluating the NYC Economic Development Corporation’s Food Retail Expansion to Support Health Program
Mr. Carballo was a faculty member from 1978 to 1982. This prize is awarded for exemplary articulation of ideas related to the implementation, management, and evaluation of programs to serve disadvantaged populations in the U.S.
Susan C. Eaton Memorial Prize
Lucy Moore (MPP 2020) for the Policy Analysis Exercise:
Supporting Family Childcare Providers to Increase the Supply of Childcare in Boston
A student, alumna, and faculty member at Harvard Kennedy School from 1993-2003, Ms. Eaton was a tireless advocate for the rights of workers. The prize in her name is awarded to an outstanding paper on a topic related to human resource management; union leadership; health care quality, management, disparities and inequality; fair wage policies; work-family policies; gender equity, and aging.
Frederick Fischer Memorial Prize
Jyoti Gupta (MPP 2020) and Ella Han (MPP 2020) for the Policy Analysis Exercise:
Partnerships Strategy for Khan Academy Kids
This prize honors the memory of Frederick Fischer, an alumnus of the MPP program and a committed public servant. Awarded for an outstanding paper on a topic such as criminal justice; economic and social mobility; workforce development; inequality; education; immigration; social services; and related social policy issues.