Josh Cortez graduated from the Harvard Kennedy School as a recipient of the Roy and Lila Ash Scholarship in Democracy in May ...

From rank-choice voting to reconciliation, American democracy is headline news. Let’s talk about it. On Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Ash Center’s Archon Fung and Stephen Richer hosted the first episode of ...

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 ...

Commentary May 14, 2025 The Voter Experience Despite these unprecedented investments in mobilizing voters, overall trust in electoral health, democratic institutions, voter satisfaction, and electoral ...

Commentary May 14, 2025 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 ...

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 artificial ...

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 ...

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 ...

This policy primer from the Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation is intended to introduce the ideas and conversations around reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and how it could ...

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 ...

Commentary Mar 3, 2025 Unlocking AI’s potential for social movements Building effective channels for the interaction between AI developers and activist communities is critical for innovating social ...

Feature Mar 3, 2025 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 ...