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What Louisiana v. Callais Means for the Voting Rights Act

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 ...
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Executive Leaders and Government

Program Fee: The program fee includes tuition, housing, curricular materials and most meals. Executive Certificate: This program is a core program in the Public Leadership and Public Policy ...
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Karen Dynan on the appropriate role of fiscal policy in the fight against inflation

There’s little doubt among economists that monetary policy—adjusting financial conditions through interest rate changes and other actions—should be a key tool for reducing inflation from its current ...
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Regional Growth Two Years In: Is the government on track to boost UK growth by closing regional divides?

Labour’s 2024 General Election manifesto claimed the UK’s stagnant rate of economic growth over nearly two decades came from the “inability to accept that a strong economy can only be built on the ...
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Admissions Events

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Pretrial Detention, Pretrial Release & Public Safety

As a growing number of jurisdictions across the country have attempted to implement bail reforms, debates have intensified about the relationship between such reforms and crime, including and perhaps ...
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The ABC’s of Who Benefits from Working with AI: Ability, Beliefs, and Calibration

We use a controlled experiment to show that ability and belief calibration jointly determine the benefits of working with Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI improves performance more for people with low ...
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Overcoming the Organizational Barriers to AI Adoption

November 11, 2025, Opinion: "Most firms struggle to capture real value from AI not because the technology fails—but because their people, processes, and politics do. Survey data and case studies ...
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CID Voices

The Harvard Center for International Development is comprised of a myriad of voices, from students and faculty, to development practitioners, researchers, and leaders. CID Voices amplifies the work ...
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Crisis Leadership in Higher Education

Program Fee: The program fee includes tuition, housing, curricular materials and most meals. Executive Certificate: This program is a core program in the Public Leadership concentration. This program ...
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How governments can move beyond bureaucracy

Bureaucracy is ubiquitous—and not exactly beloved. So why do we have bureaucracy? And how can we improve it so that governments and organizations can be more responsive to the people they serve rather ...
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David Gergen, a towering figure in U.S. politics and founder of the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, has died

David Gergen, a trusted adviser to four U.S. presidents who went on to play a pivotal role in shaping leadership education at Harvard Kennedy School, has died at the age of 83. Gergen was a dedicated ...