Browsing HKS Carr Center for Human Rights Policy by Issue Date
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Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Women's Rights
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2020-01-04)In 1972, Shirley Chisholm made history as the first African American woman to seek a nomination from a major political party as a candidate for President of the United States. Prior to her campaign, Chisholm served in the ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Voting Rights
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2020-11-11)After more than a century of expanding the voting rights of previously disenfranchised groups, the American electoral system today is confronted by political and legal maneuvers to curtail the hard-won rights of these same ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Money in Politics
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2020-11-18)As Yogi Berra once said, “A nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore.” Nothing could be truer when it comes to money in American politics. In the 2000 election, candidates and outside groups spent a combined 3 billion dollars on ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Civic Education
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2020-11-30)A well-informed citizenry is essential in a democracy to preserve American values and make sound decisions in every area, from the school board meeting to the voting booth. Yet, arguably, in no other way have Americans ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Disability Rights
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-01-21)Nearly 61 million Americans have a disability, making the group the country’s largest minority. Individuals with disabilities cut across race, gender, and sexual orientation. Since people with disabilities are disproportionately ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Equal Access to Public Goods and Services
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-02-02)A right of equal access to public goods and services is rooted in the rights to ‘Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.’ With these rights, the Declaration of Independence asserts the concept of equality as a founding ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Immigration
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-02-04)The United States is a nation of immigrants. For centuries, waves of migrants and refugees have arrived in America seeking economic opportunity or religious freedom. While many have found what they desired, and assimilated ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Criminal Justice and Public Safety
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-02-04)Starting with the Nixon administration in the early 1970s, and gaining steam throughout the next decade, the prevailing view on criminal justice was that “tough on crime laws make crime rates go down.” That sentiment was ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Gun Rights and Public Safety
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-02-12)In March 2018, hundreds of thousands of young people walked out of school and marched on their local statehouses and on the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., to advocate for stricter controls on gun sales and ownership. ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Freedom of Speech and Media
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-02-15)The First Amendment guarantees some of the most fundamental rights provided to Americans under the Constitution. The right to free expression is a foundational tenet of American values. In fact, it was the First Amendment ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Religious Freedom
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-02-19)The complicated relationship of religion and government predates the founding of the United States. The Founders grappled with this dilemma for years before compromising on the final language of the First Amendment. Even ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Hate Crimes
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-02-22)The Department of Justice began prosecuting federal hate crimes cases after the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1968. Thus, the literature on hate crime is new, though rapidly growing. The first American use of the ... -
Reimagining Rights and Responsibilities in the United States: Privacy, Personal Data, and Surveillance
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-02-26)Privacy has always been one of the most precarious rights of American life because it lacks clear protections in the U.S. Constitution. The right to privacy is under attack in this moment in our history like no other ... -
Public Health, Technology, and Human Rights: Lessons Learned from Digital Contact Tracing
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2021-09)To mitigate inefficiencies in manual contact tracing processes, digital contact tracing and exposure notifications systems were developed for use as public-interest technologies during the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) global ... -
Online Platforms & Mental Health: A Policy Proposal
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2022-09)In recent years, there has been growing concern regarding the unintended mental health impact of online platforms and whether they might be driving a public health crisis, especially among children and teens. There is ... -
The Future of Human Rights
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2022-09)Human rights are dynamic, rather than static. The contemporary status quo emerged via a three phase process, from conceptualization, to clarification, and to consolidation. The present is an interregnum between two significant ... -
Can We Move Fast Without Breaking Things? Software Engineering Methods Matter to Human Rights Outcomes
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2022-10)As the products of the IT industry have become ever more prevalent in our everyday lives, evidence of undesirable consequences of their use has become ever more difficult to ignore. Consequently, several responses ranging ... -
The Critical Human Rights Issues of 2022: Year in Review
(Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, 2022-12)AAs 2022 draws to a close, the Carr Center and its affiliates are reflecting on events and issues around the world that continue to shape our approach to protecting human rights. As new developments unfold in the political, ...