Day: June 16, 2023

Theda Skocpol, Daniel Carpenter land prestigious political science awards

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Two Harvard professors have won prestigious awards from the American Political Science Association. Theda Skocpol, Ph.D. ’75, the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, was selected for the 2023 James Madison Award, a triennial honor recognizing a lifetime of distinguished scholarly contributions to the field of political science. “I understand it’s probably the highest…Continue Reading Theda Skocpol, Daniel Carpenter land prestigious political science awards

As Juneteenth Goes National, We Must Preserve the Local

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NYT Editorial by Tiya Miles It’s been two years since Juneteenth became a federal holiday, one we can celebrate together as a nation. The signing of the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act into law in 2021 was an expression of real progress in the collective understanding of Black struggle that reinforced our national ideals of…Continue Reading As Juneteenth Goes National, We Must Preserve the Local