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- 4/10/2025 - How do tariffs work and how will they affect the global economy?
- 3/27/2025 - Why economic uncertainty defines this moment
- 3/13/2025 - Are we headed for a constitutional crisis?
- 2/27/2025 - DOGE’s impact one month in
- 2/13/2025 - How President Trump could reshape U.S. democracy
- 1/30/2025 - One way to save lives in jails
- 1/16/2025 - What awaits the Department of Government Efficiency?
- 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.