Like many international students, Samya Mishra wanted to build on her existing professional skills with a master’s degree in public administration to benefit a global environment. “I came to Harvard ...

A recent Harvard Kennedy School Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation event focused on the increasing global influence of an elite group of wealthy and powerful tech leaders—the tech oligarch—and the ...

Roger Porter, a Harvard Kennedy School expert on presidential power, explains what executive orders can and cannot do and how they became so popular among U.S. presidents.

Faculty experts at Harvard Kennedy School see unprecedented challenge to the rule of law and to constitutional norms and consider how the courts and other institutions will respond.

The Trump administration’s move to freeze U.S. foreign aid and development work is a seismic event. International development experts offer context and explain the challenges and opportunities this ...

Professors Archon Fung of Harvard Kennedy School and Lawrence Lessig of Harvard Law School say Trump’s brazen embrace of billionaire ruling partners could be an inflection point in America’s long ...

Massachusetts recently joined the ranks of states and other localities that have made community colleges tuition-free. David Deming, the Isabelle and Scott Black Professor of Political Economy and HKS ...

One year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Harvard Kennedy School faculty members reflect on how the conflict has changed the way we think about vital global issues and what lessons it has taught ...

COVID-19 has sent hospitals reeling, posing a significant challenge for patient care. Soroush Saghafian discusses the impact of hospital closures and what policymakers can do to help keep the doors ...

Following the latest antitrust lawsuits against Facebook faculty member Jason Furman outlines the limits of litigation and the benefits of Big Tech regulation.

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 ...

The United States Supreme Court issued rulings this year on some of the most vexing and polarizing issues on the national agenda: church vs. state, abortion, immigration, LGBGT rights, presidential ...