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Examining The Trade-Offs To Social Distancing

March 20, 2020

Danielle Allen explains on NPR that we must be cognizant of the economic ramifications of long-term social distancing.

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Tina Kempin Reuter. 4/24/2020. “Smart City Visions and Human Rights: Do They Go Together?” Carr Center Discussion Paper Series, 2020-006. See full text.Abstract

Over half of the world’s population lives in cities today. According to the latest predictions, more than two thirds of all people will inhabit an urban environment by 2050. The number and size of cities has increased over the last decades, with the highest projections for future growth in the Global South. As cities continue to expand, so does their impact on policy generation, as political players, as drivers of states’ economies, and as hubs for social innovation and cultural exchange. Cities are important actors on the national and international stage, with mayors’ conferences, city grassroots organizations, and urban citizens driving the search for today’s most pressing problems, including climate change, inequity, migration, and human rights concerns. Many have expressed hope that “cities [will] deliver where nation states have failed.” Organizing this ever-growing, dynamic human space, enabling people from diverse backgrounds to live together, addressing the spatial and social challenges of urban life, and delivering services to inhabitants are challenges that cities have struggled with and that continue to dominate the urban policy agenda.

 

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Immigrants' Rights, Tech, and the Prison Industrial Complex

April 30, 2020

Jonathan Ryan, CEO and President of RAICES, discusses the intersection of immigrants' rights, the weaponization of technology, and the private prison system.

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A Letter on Hope & Human Rights

March 26, 2020

Faculty Director Mathias Risse and Executive Director Sushma Raman address hope and gratitude in a letter from the Carr Center.... Read more about A Letter on Hope & Human Rights



The Problem With Immunity Certificates

April 9, 2020

As governments begin to consider immunity certificates, scientists and public policy experts caution this could worsen the crisis.... Read more about The Problem With Immunity Certificates



An Upstander and Now a Wayfinder: Martha Minow on Law and Forgiveness, at TEDwomen

April 3, 2020

Former Dean of Harvard Law School Martha Minow addresses forgiving debts, putting aside political animosity, and releasing inmates at TEDwomen.... Read more about An Upstander and Now a Wayfinder: Martha Minow on Law and Forgiveness, at TEDwomen



When Discrimination and a Pandemic Collide

April 20, 2020

Cornell Brooks joins HKS PolicyCast to examine how communities of color are disproportionately hit by COVID-19.... Read more about When Discrimination and a Pandemic Collide



A Harvard Ethicist Explains Why Reopening Must Be Done Carefully

April 20, 2020

Director of the Edmond J. Safra Center on Ethics advises states to reopen the economy with caution to prevent a second wave of COVID-19.... Read more about A Harvard Ethicist Explains Why Reopening Must Be Done Carefully



Imagining Radical Solutions

June 30, 2020

Teaming up with the Radical Imaginations podcast, we're thrilled to host Angela Glover Blackwell on this episode of Justice Matters. Join Angela and host Sushma Raman as they discuss perhaps not-so-radical solutions to systemic racial and economic inequity.

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2020 Sep 03
Economic Justice: Building a Better Future
Registration Closed 1:30pm to 2:30pm
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Please join the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy for its signature weekly series this fall, The Fierce Urgency of Now, featuring Black, Indigenous, People of Color scholars, activists, and community leaders, and experts from the Global South. Hosted and facilitated by Sushma Raman and Mathias Risse, the series also aligns with a course they will co-teach this fall at the Harvard Kennedy School on Economic Justice: Theory and Practice. ...
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