A few dozen Harvard Kennedy School staff, faculty and students gathered to celebrate the opening of the Office for Student Diversity and Inclusion earlier this month. Officially inaugurated on July 1 of this year, the office emerges at a time when a confluence of events over the past year has made diversity at HKS especially […]

By Jennifer Hoegen Modern slavery, also known as human trafficking, is a hot topic these days.  It seems that everyone with whom I speak is aware of it.  But, what exactly is human trafficking? The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime  (UNODC) defines it as: … a crime against humanity. It involves an act […]

By Neil Gundavda The DREAM (Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors) Act was first introduced in 2001 as a bipartisan step towards comprehensive immigration reform. However, it ushered in a decade of acrimonious debate over not just immigration, but over the very values of what it means to be “American.” Republicans that supported the […]

By Erin Patten In spirit of Fashion Week, with New York and London behind us, Milan in full swing and Paris soon to follow, let’s take inspiration from Mulberry’s fall collection to create our very own designer runway look on a reasonable budget.

By Nick Wilson A street art exhibit featuring Portuguese twins who alternate between playful depictions of rural traditions and critiques of social inequity, the Institute of Contemporary Art’s Os Gêmeos seems custom made for Kennedy School students. Need further proof? It’s free for Harvard students.

By Amy Antonelli Debate around the HKS bidding system continues to escalate as students question the efficacy of the school’s method for allocating seats in popular classes during the registration period.

By Rebecca Yang Café Mami, a restaurant nestled inside the Asian food hub at Shops at Porter, offers unpretentious Japanese comfort food at very reasonable prices.

The following comment was shared with The Citizen by Professor George Borjas in response to criticism of a PhD student’s dissertation: “Jason’s research was sound. None of the members of the committee would have signed off on it if they thought that it was shoddy empirical work. As to what it all means, I am […]

By Matt Bieber, News Writer, MPP/MDiv ‘13 Beginning in 2003, Democrat Artur Davis represented Alabama’s 7th District for four terms in Congress. Following a defeat in Alabama’s 2010 gubernatorial primary, Davis retired from politics. Late last year, he left the Democratic Party and became an independent. He is currently an IOP Fellow. MATT BIEBER:   It’s […]

By Alexi White, Opinions Editor, MPP ’13 One of the John F. Kennedy School’s greatest assets is the star-power of its faculty. Whether they come from an academic or professional background, our professors are at the forefront of their fields, and that adds to the prestige of both the individual and the school. Unfortunately, possession […]

By Rosalia Gutierrez-Huete Miller, Culture Editor, MC/MPA ‘12 The story goes that a long-haired, barefoot young Boston University student folksinger showed up at jazz coffeehouse Club 47 in Harvard Square in the late 50s. She got herself on stage and asked for another chance the following Sunday. Joan Baez convinced the club manager to give […]

By Irene Shih, Editor-in-Chief, MPP ’13 For someone like me who cares naught for sports, my Linsanity seems to come from nowhere. I speak for no one else, but know that my own pride bursts from an Asian American’s quiet desperation. This sounds odd, of course, when we consider the hierarchy of oppression. I have […]