THIS THURSDAY: Join our first JFK Jr. Forum of the spring semester! Archon Fung, Danielle Allen, Arthur Brooks, Eliana La Ferrara & Rev. & Prof. Cornell William Brooks will discuss how candid conversations across differences contribute to democracy.

RSVP for your in-person seat➡️ken.sc/forum-0125

Do the people want crypto regulation? Pepper Culpepper on why FTX and Binance scandals could strengthen public resolve and create pressure on UK gov to get tougher The Conversation theconversation.com/ftx-and-binanc…

Over the next few days, tune in for HarvardSTS's conference on AI and Democracy featuring Ash Center faculty like Archon Fung and Bruce Schneier. Panels will focus on labor, workers, competition, security and more

🗓️Nov 30 - Dec 2, 2023

Register here ⤵️
sts.hks.harvard.edu/events/worksho…

What a wonderful evening with our film Gaining Ground screening at Harvard! This film continues to take me places I would have never thunk!

It was a great conversation with PJ Haynie and Johane Domersant and Institutional Antiracism & Accountability Project!!

On this giving Tuesday, please consider donating to Boston Review — devoted to elevating the public discourse about ideas, politics, and culture through a continuous flow of excellent articles and debates. For free, forever. bostonreview.net/articles/we-ca…

Really enjoyed this Politics in Question conversation with Archon Fung. We talk about many things democracy and technology. You'll love it. Perfect for your thanksgiving transit.
politicsinquestion.com/episodes/what-…

In a recent interview with The Harvard Crimson, Ash Center's Danielle Allen shares her vision for American democracy: 'Our job is that we have to reverse that dynamic and we have to get back to a new supermajority in support of constitutional democracy.” ⤵️

thecrimson.com/article/2023/1…

The Ash Center sat down with the Kennedy School’s Stephen Goldsmith and Ryan Streeter from the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin to discuss their new paper and their thoughts on the future of American conservatism.

Read our Q+A here ⤵️
ash.harvard.edu/charting-new-c…

In response to President Biden's executive order on AI, Ash Center's Bruce Schneier comments, “I think it’s trying to do all of the things. This has a lot of facets. I think they’re trying to move all the facets forward.'

Read more here ⤵️
politico.com/news/2023/10/3…

Come get some democracy cookies Harvard Ash Center at today’s 4:15 event on the Harvard Votes Challenge with Kathryn Sikkink and Rob Watson ash.harvard.edu/event/harvard-…

At #Nieman85 , @arfung, director of @harvardash at @kennedy_school, explains how political polarization threatens democracy.
Nieman Foundation Jennifer 8. Lee Ben Moe

Who’s afraid of participatory budgeting in Cleveland? Harvard Ash Center alum Ashely Nickels Chris Robichaud cleveland.com/opinion/2023/1…

Panelists, including HKS's Archon Fung, Yanilda González, & Danielle Allen, assess the state of democracy in the U.S. and propose ways to revitalize it to ensure it best serves 21st-century America ken.sc/3LKj3MG

As we enter the 2024 election season, Ash Center's Archon Fung sheds some light on what encourages him about the future of democracy in a recent Q+A

Read more of his remarks here ⤵️
sir.advancedleadership.harvard.edu/articles/democ…

Panelists, including HKS's Archon Fung, Yanilda González, & Danielle Allen, assess the state of democracy in the U.S. and propose ways to revitalize it to ensure it best serves 21st-century America ken.sc/3LKj3MG

Ryan Streeter and Stephen Goldsmith recent paper on conservative governance lays the groundwork for what they term “aspirational conservatism” — rejecting what the authors argue are the false choices of culture-war populism and nationalism.

Learn more⤵️
ash.harvard.edu/publications/a…

A recent New York Times article that asks why partisan animosity is so high in the US cites Ash Center's Pippa Norris paper on extreme polarization in our country on 'core issues of the state’s role in managing the economy, climate change, health care...'

nytimes.com/2023/09/20/opi…

If you want to understand where the world economy has been and where it may be headed, you need to read this book.

Wonderful idea for democratic innovation to address Israel’s democracy crisis: let citizens decide in a randomly selected citizen assembly. @ashcenter Ariel Procaccia

Chile, the other September 11 (1973). Allende: “the calm metal of my voice will not reach you. It does not matter. You will continue to hear me. I will always be beside you.” Harvard Ash Center nytimes.com/2023/09/10/opi…