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The international standing of the United States has taken a serious hit over the past four years. Former U.S. President Donald Trump’s strident “America first” foreign policy is…
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…
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…
The Carr Center's Renewing Rights and Responsibilities Project partnered with the Harvard Institute for Politics to gain insight on public opinions surrounding American rights and…
John Shattuck and four other academics call out several political leaders that are using the global pandemic to exploit their authority.
Hungary, India, Zimbabwe, Peru and the…
Former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights John Shattuck compares anti-democratic movements in Hungary and the United States. On Monday, November 26, the Carr…
New article by Senior Fellow in The American Prospect.
Alexis de Tocqueville…
See the op-ed in The Boston Globe by Carr Senior Fellow .
An authoritarian…
National Survey Finds Bipartisan Support for Expansive View of RightsHeading into the 2020 election, a national survey of American attitudes toward rights and freedoms in the…
Freedom of Speech and Media
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…