On September 9, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu and WHOOP founder Will Ahmed—whose wearable technology company is headquartered in the city—came together in the John F. Kennedy Forum at Harvard Kennedy ...
With concerns about teenagers spending too much time on their phones, educators and parents have pushed to keep them out of classrooms. Florida adopted the first U.S. school cellphone ban in May 2023.
When Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope in spring 2025 and chose the name Leo XIV, I wrote that this choice signaled something consequential for the human rights movement. By invoking the name of ...
Today, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School announced the launch of the Fandom and Social Connection Initiative: a new lab to study the impact of ...
American states traditionally redraw their congressional districts every 10 years. Recently, states have begun redrawing districts mid-cycle to give a political advantage to a particular party. Texas, ...
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court significantly weakened the 1965 Voting Rights Act through a landmark ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. The Court ruled that Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map, which ...
This policy brief outlines a global framework for forced labor import bans (FLIBs) as a key tool to address forced labor in international supply chains. Despite legal prohibitions, forced labor ...
For AI regulation to genuinely serve human rights, three conditions must be met simultaneously. First, there must be governance reach: the practical capacity to make and enforce rules over the main ...
On April 1, President Trump made his first formal public address about the United States’ military actions in Iran. His speech came over a month after the United States and Israel sent missiles and ...
On February 28, the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran, killing supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. By early April, the United States had more than 56,000 troops in the war zone ...
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how governments operate, how workers do their jobs, and how citizens interact with public institutions. But while the technology is advancing quickly, the ...
The Department of Justice’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome (Jay) Powell has raised questions about the boundary between legitimate oversight and political interference in monetary ...