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Could young voters in Michigan hand the state to Kamala Harris?

Saginaw Valley State University has about 7,000 students – and Trump won Michigan in 2016 by only 11,000 votes

The Guardian - US

Climate Activists Clash With Senator Manchin Over Pipeline Support

Confrontation at Harvard's Kennedy School between Senator Joe Manchin and climate activists over the controversial Mountain Valley Pipeline.

Top News

Disinformation researcher says Harvard pushed her out to protect Meta

Joan Donovan accused Harvard of violating her free speech rights and the school's own commitment to academic freedom in an attempt to protect its relationship with the tech company and its executives.

WEKU

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Whistleblower allegation: Harvard muzzled disinfo team after $500 million Zuckerberg donation

A prominent disinformation scholar is accusing Harvard University in a whistleblower disclosure of muzzling her speech and stifling — then dismantling — her research team as it launched a deep dive into a damning trove of Facebook files

The Independent UK

Spanish news giants pile into Meta's legal nightmare

The Facebook parent company's privacy practices are now being attacked on three different legal fronts in Europe.

Fortune

Harvard Kennedy School Professor's Rejecting Students' Class Project Discussing "Jewish Democracy" in Israel

was a violation of free speech principles, Harvard concludes.

Reason

International recognition for social entrepreneur from Vijayawada Tarun Cherukuri

Tarun Cherukuri, a Vijayawada resident, has been selected as one of 11 Ashoka Aspire-2023 cohorts. A Harvard Kennedy School grad, Obama Foundation Fellow and DRK Foundation Entrepreneur, Tarun is committed to creating impact at scale. Through Indus Action, he is helping vulnerable Indian families access legislated benefits.

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Crafting safe Generative AI systems

Artificial Intelligence regulation is necessary but not sufficient; a broader approach should be considered

The Hindu

Democratic veterans from 2 decades of budget wars say the national debt isn't worth holding the U.S. and global economy 'hostage'

"If the future is what you care about, then doing things that hurt the future doesn't make sense.”

Fortune

Maine tribes hampered by 40-year-old law

MICSA empowers Maine to block the applicability of virtually all federal Indian self-determination policies

Salon

Dubai: World Government Summit Organizes ‘Shaping Future Governments: Global Universities Challenge’

The World Government Summit will be held in Dubai during the 13th -15th of February 2023 and is set to organize the ‘Shaping Future Governments: Global Universities Challenge’. The global initiative will bring together students from 15 global universities, including Harvard Kennedy School, MIT Sloan, Princeton School of Public and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

"Harvard Reverses Course on Human Rights Advocate Who Criticized Israel"

From the New York Times (Jennifer Schuessler & Marc Tracy): The Harvard Kennedy School reversed course on Thursday and said it would offer a fellowship to a leading human rights advocate it had previously rejected, after news of the decision touched off a public outcry over academic freedom, donor influence…

Reason

Harvard reverses course, will offer former HRW chief a fellowship

Kenneth Roth, ex-head of Human Rights Watch, welcomes move but says problems and penalties remain for critics of Israel.

Al Jazeera

Harvard Kennedy School Dean Rejects Proposed Fellowship, Allegedly Based on the Person's "Anti-Israel Bias"

The proposed fellow would have been Kenneth Roth, former head of Human Rights Watch, and apparently a highly prominent expert on the subject.

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Al Jazeera

HRW former head denied Harvard fellowship over ‘anti-Israel bias’

Kenneth Roth, the longtime head of Human Rights Watch, had his fellowship offer rescinded.

The Independent UK

Ash Carter: Former Obama defence secretary dead at 68

The Harvard Kennedy School says Ash Carter, the Obama administration defense secretary who opened combat jobs to women, has died at age 68

The Independent UK

Harvard school: Ash Carter, Obama defense chief, dies at 68

The Harvard Kennedy School says Ash Carter, the Obama administration defense secretary who opened combat jobs to women, has died at age 68

WEKU

Voting explainer: In many states, there's a process to fix an error with your ballot

Ballot rejections are often the result of relatively minor voter errors. That's why about half of states have a process in place to help voters fix their mail ballots if they do make a mistake.

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Commentary: A miss in the Inflation Reduction Act: Better paid leave policies

The Inflation Reduction Act is now law. In the long run, the law is expected to have beneficial effects on deficit reduction as per the Congressional Budget Office. Through extensions of Affordable Care Act subsidies and prescription drug pricing reforms, it aims to decrease health care expenditures for seniors and…

The Independent UK

Family demand answers after transgender Harvard student dies in Bali police custody on honeymoon

Rodrigo Ventosilla, of Lima, Peru, was detained on 6 August at Denpasar Airport

The Independent UK

Ex-NYC Mayor de Blasio heads to Harvard as teaching fellow

Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio is headed to Harvard this fall as a teaching fellow at the both the Institute of Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard T

Los Angeles Times

Got COVID? Doctors caution against powering through it — even from home

More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, when Dr. Anthony Fauci tested positive for the coronavirus, his federal agency announced that he would "continue to work from his home."

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