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IOP Poll on Young Adults Indicates Waning Approval for Obama
The majority of young adults disapprove of current healthcare reform efforts and their approval rating of President Barack Obama is at its lowest point since 2009, according to Institute of Politics poll results that were released Wednesday.
Double Down
John A. Heilemann, New York Magazine journalist and author of Game Change and Double Down, speaks about covering the 2012 presidential campaign at the JFK Jr. Forum on Monday. Along with along with co-writer Mark Halperin, Heilemann answered questions from moderator Joe Klein and audience members about life on the trail and offered predictions for the 2016 elections.
Political Journalists Discuss Book at IOP
Authors and political journalists Mark E. Halperin ’87 and John A. Heilemann visited the Institute of Politics Monday to discuss the details of their book “Double Down: Game Change 2012” on the recent election.
JFK New Frontier
Charles Best, Founder and CEO of DonorsChoose.org, speaks about his inspiration for creating the online charity for public schools at the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards Ceremony Monday evening.
Best, Gabbard Honored with JFK New Frontier Awards
The Institute of Politics and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation awarded John F. Kennedy New Frontier Awards to Charles Best, founder of DonorsChoose.org, and Democratic Representative from Hawaii Tulsi Gabbard at an awards ceremony Monday evening marked by numerous standing ovations and repeated references to President Kennedy’s call to service.
Business Leaders Discuss Social Impact of Economics
Former Zipcar CEO Scott Griffith spoke as part of a John. F Kennedy Jr. Forum on Thursday night on the “Social Impact Economy."
Three Tickets Face Off in UC Presidential Debate
With the voting period for the Undergraduate Council elections underway, the three pairs of candidates vying to become the Council’s next president and vice president faced off in a debate at the John F. Kennedy, Jr. Forum on Monday night.
US Chief of Staff
General Raymond T. Odierno, US Army Chief of Staff, right, discusses his personal life, his military career, and his experiences in Iraq with Prof. David Gergen on Thursday night at the JFK Jr. Forum.
Panelists Discuss Business and Bipartisanship
Panelists discussing partisanship and gridlock at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on Wednesday evening emphasized the role businesses must play in encouraging bipartisan cooperation in Congress.
Alan Simpson Delivers Lecture on Politics and Partisanship at JFK Forum
While American politics today suffers from an emphasis on partisanship, eliminating the party system would probably not be effective, said Alan K. Simpson in a lecture at the IOP Tuesday night.
10 Questions with Antonio Villaraigosa
Antonio R. Villaraigosa sits in an armchair at the Institute of Politics, his hair slicked back. The former Mayor of Los Angeles and 2012 Chairman of the Democratic National Convention, now a visiting fellow at Harvard's Institute of Politics, is ever the genial politician as he sits down with Fifteen Minutes.
Shirky Discusses Potential of Web-based Government Services
A month after the Obama administration launched a fault-ridden website for healthcare services, technology and politics expert Clay Shirky pointed out errors in the planning and implementation of HealthCare.gov.
Mobilizing the Harvard Student Vote
In the last decade, Harvard students have turned out for elections of national importance but have neglected those at the city level. In Tuesday's Cambridge City Council election, 'Get Out the Vote' efforts push for student voice.
CFTC Chair Calls for Staff Expansion
Gensler admitted that the CFTC was initially unprepared for the newly-imposed tasks in 2010, but he said that he has seen significant improvement even though the economy has not fully recovered.
IOP's JFK Jr. Forum Hosts Conversation on Campaign Ads
Audience members at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum on Monday night watched a political advertisement in which a middle-aged man from Indiana recounted the loss of his job. Aided by sorrowful background music and black-and-white stills of a closed power plant, the man explained that 2012 presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s firm, Bain Capital, made $100 million off of his personal tragedy.
Villaraigosa Stresses Need for Education Reform
Former mayor of Los Angeles Antonio R. Villaraigosa emphasized the nationwide need for education reform during a John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum with CNN political contributor Ana Navarro on Thursday.
Former Mayor of Los Angeles Discusses Power of Local Politics
Six days after the conclusion of a weeklong shutdown of the United States government, former mayor of Los Angeles Antonio R. Villaraigosa spoke Wednesday night about the power of local political institutions to bring about effective and efficient change.
Panelists Propose 2016 Presidential Election Candidates
Over three years before the next presidential election, panelists at the JFK Jr. Forum said the race is former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s to lose because no other Democrats are as popular as she is and the Republican Party is not unified.