A public interest and scholarly project to document protests and demonstrations in the United States.

The task of Electoral College reform is daunting. Since the 1970s, the mere mention of reform has often elicited responses of ...

Join us for an important conversation about the implications for U.S. democracy with a panel of experts. Jennifer Hochschild, ...

Republicans and Democrats agree the current social media ecosystem serves neither consumers nor citizens The bipartisan draft ...

The Political Development of American Debt Relief traces how geographic, sectoral, and racial politics shaped debtor activism over time, enhancing our understanding of state-building, ...

Join us for a debrief the day after the U.S. Presidential Election with Ash Center faculty Danielle Allen, Archon Fung, and Alex Keyssar. Attendance is limited to in-person Harvard ID holders and ...

The Ash Center awards two dissertation research fellowships to Harvard Kennedy School Ph.D. candidates or other Harvard University students in related fields. This fellowship aims to support ...

The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation develops ideas and fosters practices for equal and inclusive, multiracial and multiethnic democracy and self-governance.

Renovating our democratic institutions for the 21st century. The Allen Lab for Democracy Renovation aims to reinforce democracy through strengthening institutions, building interpersonal and ...

Election administrators are on the front line of ensuring our elections are safe and fair this November. There is no one for who this is truer than for the Secretaries of State in the “swing states.” ...

Ami Fields-Meyer is a Senior Fellow at the Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation. From 2021 to 2024, Fields-Meyer served in the White House, including as Senior Policy Advisor to U.S.