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Reimagining Democracy Summer Reading List
A collection of must-reads curated by Ash Center’s Reimagining Democracy team. As summer unfolds, the Reimagining Democracy ...
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Stephen Richer’s Summer Reading List
The official start of Summer is almost here, and Stephen Richer, Senior Practice Fellow in American Democracy and former ...
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Dr. Christopher Shay – Ash Center
Dr. Christopher Wiley Shay is a Research Associate at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he contributes to the work of the Crowd Counting ...
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Labor in the Courts: How Unions Have Stood Up for Workers’ Rights During the First 100 Days – Ash Center
Commentary May 20, 2025. Labor in the Courts: How Unions Have Stood Up for Workers’ Rights During the First 100 Days. In its first 100 days, the Trump administration has taken sweeping, aggressive ...
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Concentration Camps and the Machinery of Repression: Lessons for Saving Democracy – Ash Center
Governments throughout history have used detention as a tool to silence dissent, isolate marginalized groups, and punish with impunity – often targeting people based on race, status, or supposed ...
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The Voter Experience – Ash Center
Despite these unprecedented investments in mobilizing voters, overall trust in electoral health, democratic institutions, voter satisfaction, and electoral engagement have significantly declined. What ...
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Information Inequality Can Be a Matter of Life or Death
Commentary Apr 30, 2025. Information Inequality Can Be a Matter of Life or Death. In this paper, Mary W. Graham, co-director of the Center’s Transparency Policy Project, explores the unintended ...
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Weaponized AI: A New Era of Threats and How We Can Counter It
Commentary Apr 8, 2025. Weaponized AI: A New Era of Threats and How We Can Counter It. Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation Fellow Dr. Shlomit Wagman lays out a framework to address the threats ...
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Labor in the Courts: How Unions Have Stood Up for Workers’ Rights During the First 100 Days – Ash Center
Since day one of the Trump administration, the labor movement has been at the forefront of litigation on behalf of federal workers. The AFL-CIO, AFGE, AFT, AFSCME, SEIU and other unions are the ...
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Understanding DOGE and Your Data – Ash Center
Additional Resource Mar 31, 2025. Understanding DOGE and Your Data. Over the past several weeks, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Trump Administration has been embedding staff ...
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The Democratic Dismantling of Democracies: How Leaders Undermine the Systems That Elect Them – Ash Center
Commentary Mar 4, 2025. The Democratic Dismantling of Democracies: How Leaders Undermine the Systems That Elect Them. A recent panel discussion explored global patterns of democratic backsliding, ...
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From Crisis to Action: Turning the Tide on Democratic Erosion Through Organizing – Ash Center
Feature Feb 27, 2025. From Crisis to Action: Turning the Tide on Democratic Erosion Through Organizing. In response to the recent anti-democratic patterns in the United States, the Ash Center hosted a ...