American presidents have issued executive orders since George Washington was in office. Article Two of the Constitution gives the president the legal foundation to issue executive orders to provide ...
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 ...
Late last year, a small group of people gathered in front of the Belmont, Massachusetts Select Board to present possibilities for the future of an underdeveloped area of the town. The presenters were ...
We are living through a historic media transformation as consequential as the invention of the printing press, said Nancy Gibbs, the director of the Shorenstein Center and the Edward R. Murrow ...
As the United States moves toward the 2020 presidential election, the country’s democratic institutions are becoming prominent once again in the national conversation. How we vote, and how fair and ...
Since taking office, President Trump has issued tariff increases on imports to over 90 countries. While some of these increases have never materialized, some have resulted in new trade agreements.
The Executive Session on Community Corrections released a new paper, entitled Less Is More: How Reducing Probation Populations Can Improve Outcomes. The authors find that probation has often not ...
The Harvard Climate Internship Program (HCIP) is a university-wide program supporting graduate students who work in a climate policy-oriented summer internship. There are four primary objectives for ...
“I would not call the United States a fully democratic regime today.” Harvard professor Steve Levitsky did not mince words in his opening remarks on the new web-based series, The Breakdown, presented ...
New research by Professor Erica Chenoweth’s Nonviolent Action Lab—published right before the October 18 No Kings protests across the country—shows that the 2025 protests against the Trump ...
The U.S. government shutdown is in its third week as funding bills have failed to garner the necessary votes from both Republicans and Democrats to reopen the government. At the center of this ...
One of the most surprising statistics from the 2024 presidential election was the surge of support President Trump received from Gen Z voters. While these voters, born between 1997 and 2012, turned ...