Harvard Kennedy School engages with the world
HKS faculty members dug into the role of dissent and disagreement in a democracy at a recent John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.
Race & Policy
Beyond firsts: LaShyra Nolen MD/MPP 2024 steps into the ring to fight for equitable policies in health care
Driven by her passion for health care and social justice, LaShyra “Lash” Nolen MPP/MD 2024 will use her degrees in public policy and medicine to make a difference in the lives of others.
If you don’t have multiracial democracy, you don’t have democracy at all
HKS professors Khalil Gibran Muhammad and Archon Fung say America’s refusal to come to grips with the role race has played in the formation of our democracy has undermined progress toward political equality.
Q&A with Professor Cornell William Brooks: Spotlight on the William Monroe Trotter Collaborative for Social Justice
The Trotter Collaborative gives students hands-on opportunities to combine public policy and social justice advocacy to create justice in real time.
Robert Livingston’s “The Conversation”
Robert Livingston provides readers with the tools and knowledge they need to confront one of the central issues of our history and present: systemic racism.
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We are committed to strengthening our ability to have candid and constructive conversations across difference. We assessed the challenges that HKS faces in fostering candid and constructive conversations and developed a strategy and recommendations for overcoming them.
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An HKS field lab evaluates a car-free street policy for Boston
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There may be a relationship between depression and beliefs that undermine democracy
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