Archon Fung
@politicsprof.bsky.social
Director @harvardash@bsky.social. Winthrop Laflin McCormack Professor of Citizenship, Harvard Kennedy School. I study participatory democracy. All views expressed here are my own.
Proud of my alma mater. MIT stands up for its values and rejects Trump admin “compact.” @ryanenos.bsky.social
“fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.“
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.“
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
October 10, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Proud of my alma mater. MIT stands up for its values and rejects Trump admin “compact.” @ryanenos.bsky.social
“fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.“
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
“fundamentally, the premise of the document is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.“
orgchart.mit.edu/letters/rega...
Suggest that the President, Vice President, and all members of White House staff refrain from "punishing, belittling, and even sparking violence against" progressive ideas for one month before requiring similar of higher education institutions.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
October 2, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Suggest that the President, Vice President, and all members of White House staff refrain from "punishing, belittling, and even sparking violence against" progressive ideas for one month before requiring similar of higher education institutions.
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
www.washingtonexaminer.com/wp-content/u...
Maybe someone is paying attention to @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Maybe someone is paying attention to @nytpitchbot.bsky.social
Provocative essay @BostonReview: maybe intellectuals don't really have a distinctive role in defending democracy and freedom today, as Chomsky argued in his classic 1967 essay. Reminded me of this event, back in 2015, when I had the privilege of hosting Noam @harvardkennedy.bsky.social.
September 2, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Provocative essay @BostonReview: maybe intellectuals don't really have a distinctive role in defending democracy and freedom today, as Chomsky argued in his classic 1967 essay. Reminded me of this event, back in 2015, when I had the privilege of hosting Noam @harvardkennedy.bsky.social.
Republican Party policy positions are lagging shifts in their constituents. Probably Democrats also, but in the opposite direction.
www.wsj.com/politics/the...
www.wsj.com/politics/the...
July 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Republican Party policy positions are lagging shifts in their constituents. Probably Democrats also, but in the opposite direction.
www.wsj.com/politics/the...
www.wsj.com/politics/the...
June 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Whenever I’m in DC, I try to go and pay my respects to the man
June 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Whenever I’m in DC, I try to go and pay my respects to the man
LAPD not happy about US military deployment…
June 9, 2025 at 11:33 PM
LAPD not happy about US military deployment…
Did a “Murphy” workout this Memorial Day morning to remember all of those who “gave the last full measure of devotion” so that this nation might have a “new birth of freedom.”
May 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Did a “Murphy” workout this Memorial Day morning to remember all of those who “gave the last full measure of devotion” so that this nation might have a “new birth of freedom.”
@adamprz.bsky.social offered interesting typology of "backsliding" on two dimensions: (i) does the politician grab power? (ii) does the politician have a revolutionary program? I don't think (ii) is really backsliding. I rebuilt his table with additional cases:
adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/week-12
adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/week-12
May 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
@adamprz.bsky.social offered interesting typology of "backsliding" on two dimensions: (i) does the politician grab power? (ii) does the politician have a revolutionary program? I don't think (ii) is really backsliding. I rebuilt his table with additional cases:
adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/week-12
adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/week-12
If you are a Harvard affiliate, come to this celebratory event in Harvard Yard on Thursday at noon.
April 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
If you are a Harvard affiliate, come to this celebratory event in Harvard Yard on Thursday at noon.
April 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
April 10, 2025 at 7:35 PM
@adamprz.bsky.social diary observations on American democratic backsliding are instructive. He describes what university capitulation under Nazi pressure was like:
adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/diary
adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/diary
April 4, 2025 at 12:37 PM
@adamprz.bsky.social diary observations on American democratic backsliding are instructive. He describes what university capitulation under Nazi pressure was like:
adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/diary
adamprzeworski.substack.com/p/diary
Elon’s worries about lots of dead people getting gov money also happened when he took over Twitter. From @kateconger.com great book Character Limit:
March 22, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Elon’s worries about lots of dead people getting gov money also happened when he took over Twitter. From @kateconger.com great book Character Limit:
In this cage match between the Trump administration and federal judges, public support will be an important factor. Public confidence in the judiciary very low now.
news.gallup.com/poll/653897/...
news.gallup.com/poll/653897/...
March 21, 2025 at 1:18 PM
In this cage match between the Trump administration and federal judges, public support will be an important factor. Public confidence in the judiciary very low now.
news.gallup.com/poll/653897/...
news.gallup.com/poll/653897/...
Some rhetorical asymmetry happening here…
March 11, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Some rhetorical asymmetry happening here…
I think this terrorism is working. They seem to be feeling existential terror.
March 7, 2025 at 4:12 PM
I think this terrorism is working. They seem to be feeling existential terror.
Maybe this email will bring back Chumbawamba the way Stranger Things brought back Kate Bush
February 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Maybe this email will bring back Chumbawamba the way Stranger Things brought back Kate Bush
Something to keep in mind as the political battles over higher education heat up...
February 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Something to keep in mind as the political battles over higher education heat up...
I'm grateful tonight for the many thousands of government workers who keep our air & car travel safe, track infectious disease, monitor drinking water, warn us about severe weather, guard against contaminated food & defective products and help us in so many other ways. @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 12:30 AM
I'm grateful tonight for the many thousands of government workers who keep our air & car travel safe, track infectious disease, monitor drinking water, warn us about severe weather, guard against contaminated food & defective products and help us in so many other ways. @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
Excited that our new volume on the principle of affected interests in democratic theory and practice has just come out. Download (and read!) the whole book for free via Cambridge Open Access here:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
November 25, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Excited that our new volume on the principle of affected interests in democratic theory and practice has just come out. Download (and read!) the whole book for free via Cambridge Open Access here:
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...
www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...