Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India, is grappling with a maternal and infant health crisis, one that is exacerbated by the worsening climate emergency. Rising temperatures, frequent power cuts ...

With companies addressing how their employees will return to the office as the pandemic recedes, public transportation is a key part of the policy dialogue. Would free ridership keep autos off the ...

In June of 2024, Chinese tourists could be found lining-up along the windows of the departure terminal at Palau’s international airport to photograph two United States Air Force F-22 fighter jets ...

Republicans in Texas have proposed a remapping of congressional districts that has sparked conflict with state Democrats. The move is unusual, coming mid-decade rather than after a census, which ...

Illegal money flows pose a massive challenge to all societies, rich and poor. Tax evasion undercuts the financing of public services and distorts the economy. Financial crime fuels and facilitates ...

Jason Furman is the Aetna Professor of the Practice of Economic Policy jointly at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) and the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is also nonresident senior ...

This paper documents the impact of popular media on racial hate by examining the first American blockbuster: 1915’s The Birth of a Nation, a fictional portrayal of the KKK’s founding rife with racist ...

New article by Senior Fellow John Shattuck in The American Prospect. Alexis de Tocqueville observed in 1835 that “the greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but ...

The Kansai Keizai Doyukai is a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization comprised of leading corporations in the Osaka region of Japan. It was formed in 1946 by business leaders who shared a ...

March 3, 2025, Opinion: "President Trump, Elon Musk and President Javier Milei of Argentina have formed a special bond. Mr. Milei was the first foreign leader to meet with Mr. Trump days after he won ...

This Policy Analysis Exercise (PAE) was conducted for the Human Leadership Lab (HLL) and explores the intersection of Generative Artificial Intelligence and leadership development. We mapped how ...

September/October 2020, Opinion: "The COVID-19 pandemic poses a once-in-a-generation threat to the world’s population. Although this is not the first disease outbreak to spread around the globe, it is ...