In recent years, voter ID laws and convenience voting have generated heated partisan debates. To shed light on these policy issues, we survey the recent evidence on the institutional determinants and ...

Since taking office, President Trump has issued tariff increases on imports to over 90 countries. While some of these increases have never materialized, some have resulted in new trade agreements.

On Friday, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in a 6-3 vote. Almost half a century ago, the Roe v. Wade ruling was the basis for establishing a constitutional right to ...

Governments are run by people—from postal workers to election officials to firefighters. Depending on what we call these workers, and where we stand politically, we have different beliefs about their ...

At the U.S.-China summit in Beijing, President Xi Jinping invoked “The Thucydides Trap.” The concept was coined by Graham Allison, the Douglas Dillon Professor of Government and a founding dean of ...

Professor Samantha Power led the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from May of 2021 to January of 2025. Last week at the Harvard Center for International Development’s flagship annual ...

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court significantly weakened the 1965 Voting Rights Act through a landmark ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. The Court ruled that Louisiana’s 2024 congressional map, which ...

This policy brief outlines a global framework for forced labor import bans (FLIBs) as a key tool to address forced labor in international supply chains. Despite legal prohibitions, forced labor ...

A new national poll finds young people under enormous economic stress, with little faith that government, elections, or national leadership will serve them. The 52nd Youth Poll run by the Institute of ...

There’s a neon sign in Ken Burns’ editing room that captures his take on history: “It’s complicated.” The documentarian embraced that complicated narrative last month in a conversation at Harvard ...

Marty Walsh, who is the president of the National Hockey League Association and spent two years in President Biden’s administration as labor secretary, appeared at the Institute of Politics John F.