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Political Analytics 2025 video

CAPS hosted the Political Analytics 2025 conference at Harvard on Sept. 25 & 26, 2025. Video of Friday’s panels can be found on the CAPS YouTube channel. Read about the conference in the Harvard Gazette….

Think top 1% benefit most from U.S. inequity? Maybe not.

Check out the Harvard Gazette coverage of our recent event with Musa al-Gharbi where he discussed his book, “We Have Never Been Woke: The Cultural Contradictions of the Cultural Elite.” Think top 1% benefit most from U.S. inequity? Maybe not….

Fifteen Questions: Theda Skocpol on The Election, The Ivory Tower, and The New England Patriots

Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, and former CAPS faculty director, sat down with The Crimson to discuss U.S. authoritarianism, campus protest, and her favorite football team. See linked article below. The Crimson: Fifteen Questions: Theda Skocpol on The Election, The Ivory Tower, and The New England Patriots….

Did Trump Election Signal Start of New Political Era? Coverage of Post-Election Round-Up event

Check out coverage below in The Harvard Gazette and The Harvard Crimson of the Post-Election Round-Up event on Nov. 7, 2024, with Harvey Mansfield, Bill Kristol, William Galston, and Ross Douthat. The Harvard Gazette: Did Trump election signal start of new political era? The Harvard Crimson: Ross Douthat, Bill Kristol Talk Harris’ Campaign Failures at…

New Public Opinion Data Tool Launched by Affiliates

“True Views,” a new public opinion data tool was launched recently by Harvard experts, including CAPS affiliates Justin de Benedictis-Kessner and Nicholas Stephanopoulos. Read all about it in Harvard Law Today and The Harvard Crimson….

New Research on Lobbying from CAPS Affiliates

Check out the coverage in the Harvard Gazette on Dan Carpenter and Brian Libgober: Lawyers reap big profits lobbying Government regulators under the radar….

Skocpol and Newman and their new book, “Rust Belt Union Blues,” featured in the Harvard Gazette

Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, and former faculty director of CAPS, and Lainey Newman, former CAPS undergraduate fellow, are co-authors of the newly released,  “Rust Belt Union Blues: Why Working-Class Voters are Turning Away from the Democratic Party.” Read all about it in the Harvard Gazette story….

Harvey Mansfield Celebration video

On Friday, Oct. 20, the Harvard Government department hosted a “Celebration of Harvey Mansfield” in recognition of his recent retirement from teaching. This event was co-sponsored by CAPS and the Program on Constitutional Government at Harvard. Link to event video….