Harvard Ash Center

@HarvardAsh

The Ash Center is @Harvard @Kennedy_School’s hub for research and teaching on democracy.

Cambridge, MA

Joined June 2010

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Aug 11, 2023

✨ This year, we’re celebrating our 20 years of serving as a hub for democracy research, analysis, and discussion at Harvard ✨

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 15

“When agents demand the right to be both armed and anonymous ... this is a slow-motion threat to public safety and democratic legitimacy." Read more here ⤵️ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

HarvardAsh's tweet card. They demand the right to be anonymous, and blur the line between law enforcement and lawlessness.

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · 22 h

“Historians looking back at this moment will either mark it as the point at which the constitutional power of the president was effectively changed or when the federal courts successfully resisted that change.” Learn more here ⤵️ slate.com/news-and-polit…

HarvardAsh's tweet card. If it resists and is ignored, it will have weakened the institution for generations. But if it doesn’t resist this remaking now, when could it?

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · 24 h

Alex Keyssar comments on the potential rise of third-party candidates amid growing public dissatisfaction with the two-party system. Learn more here ⤵️ foxnews.com/politics/what-…

HarvardAsh's tweet card. While there is interest in a third party, political experts weigh in on the viability of Elon Musk's new America Party and where the tech mogul should direct his efforts.

Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 23

Lawrence Lessig discusses campaign finance reform, outlining a legal strategy to challenge super PACs. Learn more here ⤵️ iheart.com/podcast/552-th…

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 23

Gordon Hanson assesses how exportation could revive economic growth in American communities. Learn more here ⤵️ npr.org/2025/07/18/nx-…

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 22

“The problem is not too few manufacturing jobs. The problem is too few good jobs for workers without a college education. ... How do we create more of those good jobs?” asks Gordon Hanson. Learn more here ⤵️ npr.org/transcripts/12…

HarvardAsh's tweet card. It seems like politicians cannot agree on a lot. But many seem to agree on... manufacturing. Leaders of both political parties have been working to try and make the U.S. a manufacturing powerhouse...

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 22

Tune in to today's episode of "Terms of Engagement" with Archon Fung and Stephen Richer, live at 12pm ET on YouTube. Stream here ⤵️ youtube.com/live/QCNKHKwxx…

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 21

A recent article breaks down Erica Chenoweth's research on non-violent civil resistance campaigns, examining protest acceleration across the United States. Learn more here ⤵️ theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 21

Alex Keyssar comments on rising contentions between Trump and his presidential predecessors. Learn more here ⤵️ washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/…

HarvardAsh's tweet card. Obama and sometimes Clinton aim at Trump. Trump goes after Biden and Obama. It’s a rare battle of the presidents.

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 18

With potential redistricting in Ohio and Texas, Nicholas Stephanopoulos revisits the strategy of redistricting for national partisan fairness. Learn more here ⤵️ electionlawblog.org/?p=150952

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 17

In a recent article, Lawrence Lessig comments on Tuesday's federal court ruling against a 2024 law to regulate super PACs in Maine. Read more here ⤵️ mainemorningstar.com/2025/07/16/ano…

HarvardAsh's tweet card. A federal court ruled on Tuesday that the law Maine voters passed in 2024 to set limits on so-called super PACs is unconstitutional — the second time within a few days that challenges to Maine’s...

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 16

In the first episode of “Terms of Engagement,” Archon Fung and Stephen Richer discuss the expansion of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), ongoing raids and deportations, protests, and the implications for democracy. Learn more here ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=6G7YB8…

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 16

On a recent episode of “The Commons in Conversation,” Danielle Allen explores a range of cultural and institutional reforms to strengthen democracies. Learn more here ⤵️ youtube.com/watch?v=486Und…

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 15

Ryan Enos comments on the reports of negotiation between Harvard leadership and the Trump administration. Learn more here ⤵️ bostonglobe.com/2025/07/11/opi…

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 11

Starting Tuesday, July 15, Archon Fung and Stephen Richer will go live weekly at noon ET with a new show titled "Terms of Engagement", blending perspectives from the political right and left to address breaking news and challenges to democracy. Tune in: youtube.com/live/6G7YB8EVb…

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 14

On a recent episode of "We Can Do Hard Things," Erica Chenoweth reflects on the current state of American democracy and the power of collective action. Learn more here ⤵️ iheart.com/podcast/274-we…

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 14

A new report, "Experiential Civic Learning for American Democracy," fills a major gap in the national effort to improve civic education. Read more here ⤵️ ash.harvard.edu/resources/expe…

HarvardAsh's tweet card. Experiential Civic Learning for American Democracy – Ash Center

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 11

“ ... Institutions must publicly and collectively commit themselves to resistance and commit to not, under any circumstances, negotiate away their rights," says Ryan Enos. timeshighereducation.com/news/inevitabl…

HarvardAsh's tweet card. Harvard’s reported deal-making and Penn concessions over trans athletes seen as signs that president’s ‘war’ on higher education has entered new stage

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Harvard Ash Center@HarvardAsh · Jul 10

Larry Summers discusses the economic impacts of Trump’s tariffs and domestic policy bill. Learn more here ⤵️ abcnews.go.com/Politics/white…

HarvardAsh's tweet card. The chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers said that some countries that are negotiating with the U.S. could see tariffs delayed.

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