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3/13/2025 - Are we headed for a constitutional crisis?
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12/19/2024 - Our most-read articles of 2024
12/5/2024 - Understanding the next phase of US-China relations
11/21/2024 - Analyzing the U.S. election
11/7/2024 - How emotion science can help fight smoking
10/24/2024 - U.S. election resources from HKS experts
10/10/2024 - A year later: The conflict in the Middle East
9/26/2024 - Youth Poll finds Harris leads over Trump
9/12/2024 - New study finds recipients of cash benefits were healthier
9/5/2024 - How to turn back the tide on political violence
8/29/2024 - The benefits and risks of tuition-free community college
8/15/2024 - Turning back a rising tide of political threats and violence
7/18/2024 - Want to stop smoking? Try a little gratitude, research says
6/18/2024 - Normalizing reparations
6/13/2024 - The populism of self-destruction
6/6/2024 - Reforming the Electoral College
5/30/2024 - How better policy can blunt the anti-clean energy backlash
5/16/2024 - Diving deep into disagreements on the Middle East
5/2/2024 - Should universities take stances on public issues?
4/18/2024 - Views from across the political spectrum
4/4/2024 - The push towards a clean energy future
3/21/2024 - The risk of rising federal debt
3/7/2024 - The state of Black America today
2/29/2024 - Want better democracy? Let’s talk
2/22/2024 - How to discuss tough topics productively
2/8/2024 - The role of constructive disagreement
1/25/2024 - The history and future of human rights
1/11/2024 - How AI threatens democracy

12/21/2023 - Our most-read articles of 2023
12/18/2023 - Warning signs with flagging youth turnout
12/14/2023 - The past, present, and future of human rights
11/30/2023 - Growth Lab study: State capacity collapsing in South Africa
11/16/2023 - Successful collaborations in cities
11/9/2023 - The intersection of race & policy
11/2/2023 - A way forward in Gaza and Israel?
10/19/2023 - History and context on the war in Israel and Gaza
10/2/2023 - Finding solutions to democracy’s challenges
9/21/2023 - Can we save local news?
9/14/2023 - Restoring democracy to jury service
9/8/2023 - Harnessing and reining in AI
8/17/2023 - The value of diversity in higher education
7/13/2023 - A new strategy to jump-start social media regulation
6/15/2023 - Indigenous nations succeed when they govern themselves
6/8/2023 - Making democracy more responsive, inclusive, and transparent
5/18/2023 - Connecting college graduates to good jobs
5/4/2023 - South Korean president on freedom, nuclear weapons, and K-pop soft power
4/20/2023 - The importance of smart infrastructure
4/13/2023 - Speedy drug approvals, antiracist change in health care, how data can transform health policy, and more.
4/6/2023 - The “great resignation” upgrade
3/23/2023 - American democracy 20 years after the Iraq War
3/9/2023 - Making government communications more effective
2/23/2023 - A year into Russia’s war on Ukraine
2/9/2023 - The value of cutting methane emissions
1/26/2023 - The economics of moving to green energy
1/12/2023 - Can less stigma mean more benefits use?

12/15/2022 - Our most-read articles of 2022
12/1/2022 - A ‘wellbeing accelerator’ helps families stay together
11/17/2022 - Midterm trends; political animosity; the sick leave gender gap
11/3/2022 - Remembering Ash Carter, Truth and reconciliation commission, Global trade
10/20/2022 - How to avoid a nuclear war: Lessons from the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
10/6/2022 - President Zelenskyy on his transition into wartime leader
9/29/2022 - Scholars answer essential questions on China
9/22/2022 - Grappling with the policy implications of China’s rise as a world superpower
9/8/2022 - Weighing in on Gorbachev’s legacy
8/18/2022 - Assessing the Inflation Reduction Act
7/21/2022 - Leadership lessons; post-globalization economics; & more
6/29/2022 - Special Edition: Faculty analyze the overturning of Roe v. Wade
6/16/2022 - A conservative Supreme Court
5/19/2022 - Experts weigh in on inflation
5/5/2022 - On slavery; abortion leak; authoritarian threats
4/21/2022 - Honoring the legacy of a Black civil rights icon
4/7/2022 - EU support; Ukraine disruptions; gender negotiations
3/24/2022 - Exchanging emails instead of gunfire
3/10/2022 - Autocrats are on the rise—but women are pushing back
2/24/2022 - Implications of the attack on Ukraine
2/10/2022 - The U.S. pays reparations—just not to Black America
1/27/2022 - Aftershocks for U.S. workers from China’s manufacturing boom
1/13/2022 - COVID lessons; US-China rivalry; Jan 6 fallout

12/16/2021 - Our most-read articles of 2021
12/2/2021 - Surprise inflation burst; Harvard Youth Poll
11/18/2021 - Pushing for a robust examination of solar geoengineering
11/4/2021 - How market mechanisms can help cut emissions
10/21/2021 - Predictable work schedule improves health and well-being
10/7/2021 - New research: After George Floyd’s murder, fewer people called police when gunshots were heard
9/23/2021 - A new approach to change behavior for good
9/9/2021 - 20 years after 9/11; infrastructure package; the Trotter Collaborative
8/19/2021 - Building resistance to pandemic-related stress
7/15/2021 - Measuring COVID-19 death inequities
6/17/2021 - Reimagining public safety; rethinking reparations; protecting democracy
5/20/2021 - Direct payments help fight food insecurity
5/6/2021 - Smarter welfare; hopeful young voters; the People vs SCOTUS
4/22/2021 - The unseen teen victims of police violence; Hydrogen and the future of clean energy
4/8/2021 - Fallacies, hard truths and lessons: comparing nations’ handling of COVID-19
3/25/2021 - How the COVID-19 stimulus bill can help local governments
3/11/2021 - Celebrating women at home and globally—and reckoning with ongoing challenges
2/25/2021 - Tracking pandemic attitudes over the year
2/11/2021 - The Birth of a Nation's impact on racial violence
1/28/2021 - The future of work
1/14/2021 - HKS faculty analyze Capitol assault and how to repair US democracy
1/7/2021 - Our most-read articles of 2020

12/17/2020 - Media coverage & the 2020 U.S. election
12/3/2020 - COVID-19 survey finds social distancing way down, mask wearing up
11/13/2020 - Policy recommendations for the Biden administration
10/29/2020 - The integrity and security of the U.S. election
10/15/2020 - Unemployment benefits didn't reach most people during U.S lockdowns
10/01/2020 - How far right could the next Supreme Court go?
9/24/2020 - The future of criminal justice
9/17/2020 - Poll finds bipartisan fear in U.S. that rights are threatened
9/10/2020 - Where did all the swing voters go?
9/3/2020 - How rape culture determines whether a survivor is believed
8/20/2020 - The future of Lebanon after the Beirut blast
8/6/2020 - How the Electoral College strengthened white political power
07/23/2020 - Call for universal voter participation
07/16/2020 - SCOTUS v. U.S. public opinion
07/09/2020 - Counting U.S. protests; Chinese citizens like their government
06/25/2020 - What will our post-pandemic world look like?
06/18/2020 - Researchers found broad public support for LGBTQ rights ahead of Supreme Court ruling
06/12/2020 - Research finds Black and Hispanic students living close to police killings suffer lasting trauma
06/05/2020 - Can America overcome entrenched racial inequities?
05/29/2020 - Policy expert leads initiative to rebuild pandemic stockpile
05/22/2020 - Professors call for democratizing and decommodifying work
05/15/2020 - How local governments can get through the crisis and beyond
05/08/2020 - 8 insights for economic recovery
05/01/2020 - New national poll shows support for maintaining lockdown measures
04/24/2020 - Building tools to tackle COVID-19 in developing countries
04/17/2020 - Obama offers COVID-19 response insights for mayors, municipal officials
04/10/2020 - Harvard researchers join in first detailed study of pandemic in American prisons
04/03/2020 - Examining the pandemic through a human rights lens
03/27/2020 - Resources for confronting COVID-19
03/20/2020 - Insights and solutions for the coronavirus pandemic
02/18/2020 - Democracy at stake
01/22/2020 - Insight. Policy. Action.