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Boosting Electoral Participation: Mobile Voting as a Tool for Citizen Engagement

As voter turnout remains low and trust in democratic institutions weakens, mobile voting has emerged as a potential pathway to broader civic participation. ALI Fellows Anthony Mohr ’21 and Sandra ...
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Revisiting Dr. King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”: A Moral Reckoning for 2026

Drawing on decades of social justice leadership, Peter Williams ALI ‘21 examines the enduring relevance of Dr. Martin Luther ...
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Climate Reports Belong to the Public - Not the Shadows

Average citizen that I am, I’d heard about climate change and wanted some accurate information about it. Someone recommended the national climate assessments, so I looked for them. They were gone.
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Turning Back the Tide of Authoritarianism: International Lessons for the U.S. Legal Community

American democracy and the rule of law face increasing challenges, and lawyers and judges must play a key role in meeting these challenges. While litigation remains a cornerstone of defending the rule ...
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The Global Impact of Antibiotics Overuse in Livestock

Aleks Engel has been a Partner with Novo Holdings, a Danish life science investment firm for more than 11 years working from both Copenhagen and Boston. He is currently focused on planetary health, ...
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Aging is Living: Redefining Longevity, Equity, and Purpose

Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan is the Chief Executive Officer of AARP, the world’s largest nonprofit, nonpartisan membership organization. Appointed CEO in November 2024, she leads nearly 2,300 staff ...
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Information Collapse, Democratic Decline, and What We Can Do About It

We may be living in a post-truth era where public skepticism toward institutions fuels the viral spread of "alternative facts" and conspiracy theories. The systematic erosion of trust in traditional ...
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Rebuilding the American Dream: Leadership, DEI, and the Power of Community Connection

Originally from the South Side of Chicago, Deval Patrick earned a scholarship to Milton Academy at age 14 and went on to graduate from Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He began his career as a ...
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Update on Mpox: Sierra Leone’s Fast, Adaptable, Community-Led Approach

Pardis Sabeti, MD (left) is a professor at Harvard University and a core institute member of the Broad Institute. Her lab has pioneered technologies for detecting, tracking, and countering deadly ...
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Educating the Next Generation to Lead on Sustainability and Climate Solutions

David Jaffe (left) is the Co-founder and Chair of SubjectToClimate (StC). A former Chair and CEO of Ascena Retail Group, he was a Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative Fellow (2020) focused on ...
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Here Comes the Sun: How Solar Power Is Driving Climate Action and Protecting Democracy

Bill McKibben is an author, environmentalist, and activist. His 1989 book The End of Nature is regarded as the first book for a general audience about climate change and has appeared in 24 languages.