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'White Fragility' Is Everywhere. But Does Antiracism Training Work?
The New York Times Magazine, July 15, 2020
Do white Americans conversations about race actually serve the cause of equality?
Featured: Ronald Ferguson
History of Policing: How Did We Get Here?
CNN, July 14, 2020
Experts trace the strain of racism in the criminal justice system from slavery to today.
Featured: Khalil Gibran Muhammad
The Supreme Court's Big Rulings Were Surprisingly Mainstream This Year
FiveThirtyEight, July 13, 2020
A new survey suggests that the public generally supports the politically liberal position in major upcoming Supreme Court cases.
Featured survey by: Maya Sen, Stanford University, and University of Texas
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.