At the end of June, FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) reported that 4.6 million people had showed up in stadiums across North America to watch the 2026 Men’s World Cup so far.

Labour’s 2024 General Election manifesto claimed the UK’s stagnant rate of economic growth over nearly two decades came from the “inability to accept that a strong economy can only be built on the ...

Mathias Risse in conversation with Bineta Diop as part of the Executive Education Emerging Leaders program. Bineta Diop is one of the most consequential women’s rights leaders of the past three ...

Professor Samantha Power led the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) from May of 2021 to January of 2025. Last week at the Harvard Center for International Development’s flagship annual ...

Since the start of the war with Iran, the average cost of gasoline per gallon in the United States has increased by more than 50%, reaching $4.50 as of May 12, 2026. On May 11, President Trump ...

Today, the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School announced the launch of the Fandom and Social Connection Initiative: a new lab to study the impact of ...

This policy brief outlines a global framework for forced labor import bans (FLIBs) as a key tool to address forced labor in international supply chains. Despite legal prohibitions, forced labor ...

A new national poll finds young people under enormous economic stress, with little faith that government, elections, or national leadership will serve them. The 52nd Youth Poll run by the Institute of ...

On April 1, President Trump made his first formal public address about the United States’ military actions in Iran. His speech came over a month after the United States and Israel sent missiles and ...

March 12, 2026, Paper: "Real estate has long been central to China’s growth model, yet since 2018 its contribution has declined sharply, turning the sector from a key engine of expansion into a major ...

The views expressed below are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Carr-Ryan Center for Human Rights or Harvard Kennedy School. These perspectives have been presented to ...

According to Iranian experts, former activists, and prisoners, key issues—gender-based oppression, mass killings, and prison abuses—paint a somber picture of the human rights crisis unfolding today in ...