The African American Journey…Policy Matters The African American family has been decimated in America since LBJ’s war on poverty—and not for the better. In the 1950’s out of wedlock birth rates for blacks was 30% and today its 70%. What effect has public ...

On November 28, 2016, the JKF Jr. Forum had the pleasure of welcoming U.S Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy to the Forum for a discussion with Amitabh Chandra, the Malcolm Wiener Professor of Social Policy and Director of Health Policy Research at the Harv ...

Study Groups are weekly off-the-record discussions on various topics of political, policy, and public interest.  All are welcome; no prior knowledge or experience is necessary to attend or participate.  Sessions take place at the IOP.  Groups begin the we ...

At the 2017 National Campaign Conference, IOP Polling Director John Della Volpe led a town hall with 70 student ambassadors to identify some of the biggest issues facing America today. The process, which has been used to crowdsource solutions to other pro ...

Farah Pandith, Senior Fellow, Future of Diplomacy Project, HKS; former Special Representative to Muslim Communities, US State Department (2009-2014); former Fellow, Institute of Politics (Spring 2014) Institute of Politics, Faculty Dining Room, Littauer B ...

A panel discussion with Oren Cass Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute Domestic Policy Director, Mitt Romney Presidential Campaign 2012 James Pethokoukis Columnist and Blogger, American Enterprise Institute April Ponnuru Senior Advisor, Conservative Reform ...

Join us on Tuesday, February 21st from 7-8pm in L166 as with women of the Harvard community from across the political spectrum to discuss how the election has effected them, their political perspecitve, and the future of women's movements and gender ...

We were so grateful to the IOP, not just for bringing us together, but for introducing us to most of the people who continue to be our closest friends today. Guillermo Coronado & Elena Lalli Coronado The Institute of Politics has a proud 50-year histo ...

Jon Finer – Wednesdays at 4:00 PM in FDR Overview President-elect Trump's foreign policy views have been much-debated but remain largely inchoate. His career prior to the presidency leaves few clues as to what his approach to national security issues ...

Jon Finer ‘98 Institute of Politics Resident Fellow, Spring 2017 Chief of Staff and Director of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State (2016- 2017) Foreign and National correspondent, Washington Post (2003-2009) Sarah Hurwitz `99 Institute of Pol ...