Policies—and a new global program—to fight anti-LGBTQI+ discrimination
Anti-LGBTQI+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex) discrimination is on the rise, both in the United States, where hate crime statistics are climbing, and globally, with the increa...
24 Okt 202453min
The essential reforms needed to fix the housing crisis
America is in the grip of a severe housing crisis. Tenants have seen rents rise 26 percent while home prices have soared by 47 percent since early 2020. Before the pandemic, there were 20 US states co...
9 Okt 202447min
How to change the narrative on women as leaders
As Vice President Kamala Harris making a strong bid for the U.S. presidency, HKS Women and Public Policy Program Co-Director Hannah Riley Bowles says Harris is just one of many “path breakers” who hav...
25 Sep 202440min
How to turn back a rising tide of political threats and violence
The attempted assassination of former President and candidate Donald Trump has catalyzed an important discussion about both actual violence and threats of violence against political candidates, office...
1 Aug 202452min
Self-destructive populism: How better policy can reverse the anti-clean energy backlash
Populism—the political term that describes a group of self-described common people who oppose elite—has turned up in what for many is an unexpected place: the push for a worldwide transition to clean ...
15 Maj 202451min
Public policy, values, and politics: Why so much depends on getting them right
Public policy has great power, both to improve people’s lives if it is planned and executed well and to cause significant suffering if it is not, says Harvard Kennedy School Dean Douglas Elmendorf, wh...
25 Apr 202441min
The Ghost Budget: How U.S. war spending went rogue, wasted billions, and how to fix it
HKS Senior Lecturer Linda Bilmes, an expert on public finance who has studied post-9/11 war costs for the past 20 years, says their staggering $5 trillion cost was enabled by what she calls “The Ghost...
29 Mars 202445min
The Great Creep Backward: Policy responses to China’s slowing economy
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Rana Mitter and Harvard Business School Associate Professor Meg Rithmire say that after decades of tremendous growth, an economically slowing China is the new normal. ...
14 Mars 202455min
