Nilagia McCoy

September 10, 2015 — Melinda Henneberger, spring 2013 fellow and senior writer for Bloomberg Politics, writes about Vice President Biden’s recent and emotional “Late Show” appearance. Read more on Bloomberg Politics…

September 9, 2015 —  Micah L. Sifry, former Visiting Murrow Lecturer of the Practice of Press and Public Policy, writes in a New York Times op-ed that third parties have historically “pushed new ideas into the mainstream,” and that American voters would be better off with more choices. Read more…

September 9, 2015 — Steve Jarding, Lecturer in Public Policy and David Gergen, Public Service Professor of Public Leadership and Co-Director of the Center for Public Leadership, discuss the art of apology, on the heels of Hillary Clinton’s, on WGBH’s “Greater Boston.”

September 5, 2015 — Michael Ignatieff, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Press, Politics and Public Policy, argues in The New York Times that the United States, Canada, and rich nations in the Middle East, such as Saudi Arabia, need to do far more to aid refugees, as the crisis requires a “global response.” Read more…

September 3, 2015 — Thomas Patterson, acting director of the Shorenstein Center and Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, is teaching a HarvardX online course, “American Government,” which is free and open to the public. The class is a comprehensive introduction to American government and politics – its foundations, institutions, organizations, and policies –

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August 31, 2015 — David Weinberger, senior researcher at the Berkman Center and Joan Shorenstein Fellow (Spring 2015), writes about how on the surface, blogging seems to have diminished with the rise of Facebook and with mainstream news outlets producing content that is more casual in tone. Yet, a closer look reveals that the practice of