In this short, Professor Yanilda Gonzalez discusses her research findings around public attitudes about police reform, and how they frequently oscillate between an urgency for action and moral panic around crime.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,After the midterm elections on November 6, 2018, Democrats are now positioned to hold the majority of seats in the United States House of Representatives. Many experts predict that Democrats will launch a barrage of investigations into the Trump administration. Douglas Heye, a GOP strategist and 2015 Fall Resident Fellow at Harvard Kennedy School's Institute of Politics, has some words of advice for Democrats as they enter a new era of divided government. Heye spoke at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at Harvard Kennedy School on November 7, 2018 along with Spring 2018 Fellow Symone D. Sanders, Fall 2018 Resident Fellow Margaret Talev, and Marc Lotter, former Press Secretary for Vice President Pence and former special assistant to President Donald Trump.
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The Institute of Politics at Harvard Kennedy School (IOP) was established in 1966 as a memorial to President Kennedy. The IOP’s mission is to unite and engage students, particularly undergraduates, with academics, politicians, activists, and policymakers on a non-partisan basis to inspire them to consider careers in politics and public service. The Institute strives to promote greater understanding and cooperation between the academic world and the world of politics and public affairs.
The Institute oversees the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum, one of the world’s premier arenas for political speech, discussion and debate. The IOP Fellows program offers a unique opportunity for political practitioners to spend the semester at Harvard interacting with and learning from students.
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The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
You can be part of this endeavor. Explore and learn more about Harvard Kennedy School.
www.hks.harvard.edu
,1,The term "redlining" refers to the practice by banks of excluding Black and Brown Americans from receiving loans to buy homes and make improvements to their communities. Redlining arose during the Great Depression, when the federal government sought to boost homeownership by encouraging banks to lend to more Americans. Many neighborhoods, specifically those with majority Black and Brown residents, were deemed undeserving of these loans. Though redlining was made illegal by the Fair Housing Act, the effects of this practice still reverberate to this day.
In this video, Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Ford Foundation Professor of History, Race, and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School and director of the Institutional Antiracism and Accountability Project, provides background on the history and legacy of redlining.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the European Union and United States have implemented sanctions against Russia. But the nuts and bolts of the sanctions matter, and in this video HKS Professor Ricardo Hausmann discusses how the EU and US can make sanctions more punitive for Russia and less onerous for the coalition.
You can read more about Professor Hausmann's research on sanctions at ken.sc/hausmann-sanctions.
Read more HKS faculty perspectives on a year of war in Ukraine at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/international-relations-security/lessons-year-war-ukraine.
For more information about Harvard Kennedy School's Growth Lab visit growthlab.cid.harvard.edu.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,In this short, Professor Yanilda Gonzalez discusses her research findings around public attitudes about police reform, and how they frequently oscillate between an urgency for action and moral panic around crime.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,HKS experts will share their perspectives on China, Russia, Ukraine, nuclear security, and other timely topics.
Speakers include:
Graham Allison, Douglas Dillon Professor of Government
Matthew Bunn, James R. Schlesinger Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy
Zoe Marks, Lecturer in Public Policy
Anthony Saich, Daewoo Professor of International Affairs
Natalie Colbert MPP 2008, moderator, Executive Director, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,In four distinct American cities, graduate students at Harvard Kennedy School found that criminal legal system agencies rarely meet their own stated benchmarks of success, and at high fiscal and social cost to taxpayers.
You can read more about their research at https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/social-policy/what-cost-crime-and-punishment
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.
,1,Workers without college degrees are being left behind. Since the 1980s, the gap between those at the top of the income spectrum and everyone else has been widening, due to a number of phenomena, including increased competition from China, the decline of the coal industry, and automation. These seismic changes have laid bare the shortcomings of the American welfare state, which can help workers absorb short term job loss but leaves them in a precarious state for longer term unemployment.
Solving this problem will require new ways of thinking and a better understanding of how global economic forces affect local economies. That has been the focus of Gordon Hanson, Peter Wertheim Professor of Urban Policy at Harvard Kennedy School. Professor Hanson says that the economic consensus in the 1980s and 1990s, which assumed that free trade would lead to massive growth for everyone, was wildly optimistic. To address regional economic divides, Professor Hanson says policymakers will have to consider approaches that would have once been thought too economically intrusive.
In collaboration with HKS Professor Dani Rodrik, Professor Hanson has recently launched Reimagining the Economy, a project focused on solving these problems. You can read more about it at hks.harvard.edu/centers/wiener/programs/economy.
Some of Professor Hanson's work on "The China Shock" and labor markets can be read here:
"The China Shock: Learning from Labor Market Adjustment to Large Changes in Trade"
with David H. Autor and David Dorn
https://www.nber.org/papers/w21906
"On the Persistance of the China Shock"
with David H Autor and David Dorn
https://www.nber.org/papers/w29401
This video mentions cites research by Enrico Moretti and Patrick M. Kline, which can be viewed at nber.org/papers/w19293.
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About Harvard Kennedy School:
The John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University is a graduate and professional school that brings together students, scholars, and practitioners who combine thought and action to make the world a better place.
Our mission is to improve public policy and public leadership across the United States and around the world so that people can lead safer, freer, and more prosperous lives. Harvard Kennedy School teaches current and future leaders the skills they need to effectively advance the public purpose in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors. Our renowned faculty and trailblazing research centers pioneer bold new ideas. And as the most international school at Harvard, we convene global leaders in the Forum, host visiting experts in the classroom, and attract a diverse community of faculty, students, and staff.