Join the Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Sloan Gibson on Thursday, December 1st in the Malkin Penthouse at 4PM as he discusses what's next for the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Live Podcasts! Join the IOP for a front row seat inside Election 2016 on Thursday, Decemeber 1st at 1PM and 6PM. 

The Seymour E. and Ruth B. Harris Lecture by
Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy
United States Surgeon General

Amitabh Chandra (Moderator)
Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
Director of Health Policy Research, Harvard Kennedy School

Vice Admiral Vivek H. Murthy, United States Surgeon General and Harvard Alumnus joined Amitabh Chandra, the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy and Director of Health Policy Research at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government at the JFK Jr. Forum for a conversation about America's healthcare challenges. Murthy offered inspiring insight on America's healthcare issues relating to gun violence, opioid addiction, and changes to healthcare laws under the new administration. He stated that healthcare coverage must be protected and expanded, as 2.8 million Americans suffer from substance abuse, which is double the amount of people suffering from cancer, yet only 1/10 people are receiving treatment, which would never be permitted for cancer patients. However, Murthy is optimistic about future progress, stating that healthcare is a bipartisan issue, and that the next goal is to rebuild America's connections. He concluded the Forum with an eloquent and inspiring call for young students to pursue careers in government to create real change. 

Please join us for discussion with award-winning journalist and author, Sanford J. Ungar '66. We will be discussing some early, and potentially contradictory, indications of free speech policies in the Trump Administration.

Mr. Ungar has served as president of Goucher College, director of the Voice of America, dean of the School of Communication at American University, a staff writer at The Washington Post, and co-host of "All Things Considered" on NPR. He currently teaches "Free Speech," a Freshman Seminar at Harvard.

This event will be held in L-166. 

Larry Wilmore
Comedian, Producer, Writer, and former host of "The Nightly Show"

***This Event Is Ticketed***

Tickets are free, but will be distributed by lottery. Enter the lottery HERE. The deadline for entries is midnight Tuesday, November 8. Winners will be notified via email on Wednesday, November 9. Winners must pick up their tickets at the Institute of Politics at HKS on Thursday, November 10 or Monday, November 14 between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. No exceptions.

Emmy award-winning comedian Larry Wilmore presented the 2016 Theodore H. White Lecture on Press and Politics. He spoke about the results of, and his reaction to, the presidential election and its aftermath. Willmore also discussed the future of both political parties, analyzing the divisions created by both extremes of the political spectrum. Nicco Mele opened the event, presenting the David Nyhan Prize for Political Journalism to Nancy Kaffer, award-winning columnist and member of the editorial board at the Detroit Free Press. The Forum was sponsored by the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy.

Live Broadcast of ‘The Young Turks on Fusion’  

Are Republicans happy with the Election Result? Are moderate politics dead? How do Democratic communities rebuild voting support? 

The Young Turks Hosts Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola will be joined
by FUSION’s Felix Salmon and IOP Fellows Sarah Isgur Flores and Michael Blake for a post-election anaysis and discussion.
 

Cenk Uyur and John Iadarola, hosts of online news show The Young Turks, joined FUSION’s Felix Salmon and IOP Fellow Sarah Isgur Flores for a post-election analysis. The panel discussed why much of the media and polls called the election incorrectly as well the path forward for understanding public opinion. The speakers also spoke about the impending reformations within American politics and what might be expected from a Trump presidency. The Forum was a live broadcast partnering with The Young Turks and FUSION.

Join us for a discussion with Becky Bond and Zack Exley, senior advisers for Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign. 

Bond and Exley's book, "Rules for Revolutionaries: How Big Organizing Can Change Everything," tells the story of a breakthrough experiment conducted on the fringes of the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign: A technology-driven team empowered volunteers to build and manage the infrastructure to make seventy-five million calls, launch eight million text messages, and hold more than one-hundred thousand public meetings―in an effort to put Bernie Sanders’s insurgent campaign over the top.

 This event will be held in L-275 and dinner will be served.

Join the IOP alongside the Office of Career Services on Monday, November 14 from 4:30PM-5:30PM in Littauer 150 to learn about the various career paths within the CIA.