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Harvard students are invited to join the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation for an open house reception to ...

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 ...

Despite these unprecedented investments in mobilizing voters, overall trust in electoral health, democratic institutions, voter satisfaction, and electoral engagement have significantly declined. What ...

US democratic backsliding encourages repression abroad — but also protest Matthew Cebul and Sharan Grewal explain that dictators around the world have been emboldened by the Trump administration’s ...

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 artificial intelligence poses to ...

On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. As this milestone approaches, the team at the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation has ...

Over the past several weeks, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) within the Trump Administration has been embedding staff in a range of United States federal agencies. These staff have ...

Many people still see artificial intelligence as something distant, futuristic, or overly technical—something that requires deep knowledge of coding or advanced computing to be useful. However, AI ...

The AI and Democracy Movements Workshop: A Postscript Erica Chenoweth shares a brief addendum to the Nonviolent Action Lab’s workshop held in December 2024 on how AI can influence social mobilization, ...

What are conflicts of interest and what can be done about them? In his latest article for The Conversation, Archon Fung defines “conflicts of interest,” highlights their risks to good governance, and ...