Speaking at Harvard, former Polish official warns of populist movement

Speaking at Harvard, former Polish official warns of populist movement

CAMBRIDGE – Poland's former foreign minister, Radek Sikorski, last week cautioned against the rise of the populist movement throughout Europe and the U.S., and warned that this current trend in nationalist candidates could have grave consequences for the West.

Speaking at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Sikorski warned audience members from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs that nationalism could spell the end of the current world order.

Criminal justice panel working toward year-end policy debate
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Criminal justice panel working toward year-end policy debate

State House News Service

STATE HOUSE — Discussions of recidivism and community supervision slated for this fall are among the final steps in a process policymakers hope will result in reforms to the state's criminal justice system.

After months studying recidivism trends, drivers of incarceration and other elements of criminal justice in Massachusetts, researchers from the Council on State Governments Justice Center plan to gather with a 25-member working group in December to go over final policy recommendations.

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