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Women's Leadership Board

Comprised of leaders from the most senior levels of business, academia, and the non-profit sector, members of the Women’s Leadership Board (WLB) serve as key supporters and ambassadors of the Women ...
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Are we headed for a constitutional crisis? Kennedy School scholars on the Trump administration and the rule of law

The Trump administration’s first month included a slew of actions and statements that have postulated new legal theories and challenged existing norms. Through a flurry of executive orders, the White ...
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New research shows that powerhouse institutions play an outsized role in scientific innovation and discovery

Where does scientific discovery happen, and why does it matter? A recent analysis by Amitabh Chandra, the Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy, director of the Harvard Healthcare Policy ...
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On the Digital Frontline with Russia: Hybrid Warfare, Ukraine, and Lessons Learned for the West

In this publication, Technology and Human Rights Fellow Anna Romandash examines Russia’s use of hybrid warfare against Ukraine, which blended cyberattacks, disinformation, economic coercion, and ...
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Explainer: Understanding the SNAP program—and what cuts to these benefits may mean

Between the government shutdown and the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly called Food Stamps) is undergoing significant cuts. This 60-year ...
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Closing loopholes and raising revenue, new tax reforms will be crucial to the success of the Inflation Reduction Act

President Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act into law this week. The headlines will focus on the environmental and energy policies designed to address the climate change crisis, as well as ...
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A giant in his field and a caring mentor, Christopher “Sandy” Jencks has died at 88

Harvard Professor Christopher “Sandy” Jencks, a sociologist who won accolades for his pioneering research on economic inequality and earned admiration from generations of graduate students for his ...
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The Economic Consequences of the Iran War

Join The Journalist’s Resource and EconoFact on Monday, March 16 at 11:30 a.m. ET for an hourlong webinar, “The Economic Consequences of the Iran War.” This free webinar will feature: Binyamin ...
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Justin J. Pearson on his expulsion from the Tennessee legislature and being in a “movement moment”

In April, the Republican-led Tennessee State House voted to expel Justin J. Pearson and Justin Jones, two Black Democratic members of the House, for speaking out on the House floor as part of a gun ...
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Perspectives on China

AS CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY GENERAL SECRETARY XI JINPING has strengthened his grip on power, China has solidified its position as the United States’s only peer competitor on the global stage. Its rise ...
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Andrew Collier | The Decline of China’s Property Market and the Global Economy

From 1992 until the boom ended in 2021, Chinese home property sales grew at an average rate of 25 percent per year. China was awash in new construction — often in the middle of empty fields far from ...
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Enemy of the People: Trump's War on the Press, the New McCarthyism, and the Threat to American Democracy

Shortly after assuming office in January 2017, President Donald Trump accused the press of being an “enemy of the American people.” Attacks on the media had been a hallmark of Trump’s presidential ...