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In the JFK Jr. Forum, Ambassador Samantha Power explains why checks and balances, internal dissent, and congressional oversight are essential to effective government — and what happens when those guardrails weaken.
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Join the Ash Center for an upcoming online event on September 22 from 4-5pm ET on how election officials are beginning to work with social media influencers and creators to provide accurate, accessible and engaging civic information.
Register here ⤵️ bit.ly/4yLdXpv
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Who gets to tell the American story?
On July 30, presidential historian Lindsay Chervinsky and SNF Agora Institute faculty member Leah Wright join moderator Eugene Scott to explore myth, memory, and democracy’s future.
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It was a pleasure sitting down with Angelo Moratti — Chairman of Special Olympics Italy and business leader — to reflect on the serendipity that carried me into government, the grief over all the suffering caused by the killing of USAID, and the importance of combatting the cruelty and lies that are too prevalent in our world. Thank you, Angelo, for pushing us all to do more. Full interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=QpnnJ74j…
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One year since USAID was dismantled, and the bill is coming due. On @TheLastWord last night, Lawrence O'Donnell and I talked about the human cost — and Musk's lie that no one has died. USAID staffers repeatedly warned last year about what would happen. Trump, Musk, DOGE, and Rubio didn't care. Full interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=pkFFOY0e…
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Trump & Musk’s aid cuts are costing lives, former USAID boss @SamanthaJPower says bsky.app/profile/lastwordmsn…
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Former USAID Administrator @SamanthaJPower tells @davidgura she had not seen any signs that the foreign aid agency would be dismantled just days into the second Trump administration. “This was Elon Musk and DOGE and a handful of tech bros in a kind of fever dream.”
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Wednesday marked one year since the Trump administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, as an independent agency.
What remained of its foreign assistance work was folded into the U.S. State Department.
USAID was a central tool of American foreign policy for more than six decades, delivering humanitarian aid, fighting disease, responding to disasters and advancing U.S. interests around the world.
The administration called the move a necessary overhaul. Critics called it the dismantling of one of America’s most important instruments of global influence.
Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) discussed more with Samantha Power, the last confirmed administrator of USAID under former President Joe Biden.
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Huge thanks to @Newshour and @GeoffRBennett for giving the deadly dismantlement of USAID by Musk & Trump such serious and sustained treatment. Clip below, full interview here: youtube.com/watch?v=B7ew4iLd…
Wednesday marked one year since the Trump administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, as an independent agency.
What remained of its foreign assistance work was folded into the U.S. State Department.
USAID was a central tool of American foreign policy for more than six decades, delivering humanitarian aid, fighting disease, responding to disasters and advancing U.S. interests around the world.
The administration called the move a necessary overhaul. Critics called it the dismantling of one of America’s most important instruments of global influence.
Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) discussed more with Samantha Power, the last confirmed administrator of USAID under former President Joe Biden.
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Almost a year and a half since I walked out of USAID's headquarters for the last time. I spoke with @NPR about the grief — for the 15,000 people who served faithfully, for the programs that were saving lives, for the brand of American goodwill that took 60+ years to build. And about the hope that it can be rebuilt. Full interview here: npr.org/2026/07/03/nx-s1-587…
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📢 Special event: Venezuela after Maduro
Join us for a virtual panel discussion examining recent political, economic, and democratic developments in #Venezuela.
Featuring @FreddyGuevaraC, @ricardo_hausman, @RebeccaBillChav, @Cartajuanero, and @nedprice.
🗓️ Thursday, Jan. 8
🕑 2 PM EST
🔗 live stream: youtube.com/live/Y3tYkeId5v4
More info: iop.harvard.edu/events/venez…
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The Future of Conservatism and American Democracy ft. Mike Pence – Ash Center ash.harvard.edu/events/the-f…
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A new study from @HarvardAsh and @cdceumd shows Las Vegas Raiders and Allegiant Stadium a winning model for Election Day Voting.
To read more, visit: bit.ly/3Vxi0Eb
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Starting Tuesday, July 15, Archon Fung and Stephen Richer will go live weekly at noon ET with a new show titled "Terms of Engagement", blending perspectives from the political right and left to address breaking news and challenges to democracy.
Tune in:
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Without its international students, Harvard is not Harvard. hrvd.me/IntStudents25t
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.@SamanthaJPower, who recently served in the Biden administration as the administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, will return to Harvard Kennedy School and @Harvard_Law on June 1 ken.sc/3FefQoi
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Courtesy of our Friends at the @HarvardAsh
#MRCBG Research Fellow Shlomit Wagman says "Without coordinated, proactive intervention, #AI’s potential to manufacture consensus and manipulate societal systems will continue to pose an unprecedented challenge to global security and democratic institutions."
Read the full article here -
ash.harvard.edu/articles/wea…
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WEBINAR 📈Join CLJE & @HarvardAsh for "Labor at the Polls: Understanding How Union Members Approached the 2024 Election" this Wednesday, May 7, 11am-12:30pm ET to delve into new findings about the relationship between labor and politics. Register ⬇️
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WEBINAR: The labor movement has been at the forefront of litigation on behalf of federal workers. Join CLJE & @HarvardAsh May 1, 1-2pm EST, to learn about the cases and where the litigation for workers’ rights is going now.
More info & registration ⬇️ clje.law.harvard.edu/events/…
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Christiane @amanpour, one of the world’s best-known and most respected broadcast journalists, will give the 2025 graduation address at Harvard Kennedy School on May 28 ken.sc/4ijxx40