Justice Matters
Investigating matters of human rights at home and abroad. Listen to the podcast by the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, hosted by Executive Director Maggie Gates and a team of Harvard faculty members acting as co-hosts, including Mathias Risse, Aminta Ossom, Rob Wilkinson, Kathryn Sikkink, and Yanilda Gonzalez.
- Update frequency
- every 23 days
- Average duration
- 32 minutes
- Episodes
- 102
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
A New Civil Rights Movement
On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates talks with Jill Collen Jefferson, a civil and human rights lawyer and the founder of Julian, a national organization based in Mississippi t…
00:43:22 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Just Hierarchy
On today’s episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Daniel A. Bell, Chair of Political Theory with the Faculty of Law at the University of Hong Kong. They discuss topics from Pro…
00:31:15 |
Mon 15 Jan 2024
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
On today's episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Shoshana Zuboff, author of the acclaimed book The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Fron…
00:55:09 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Your Holiday Gift Guide with Human Rights in Mind
On this episode of Justice Matters, co-host Maggie Gates, Executive Director of the Carr Center, talks with Sarah Zoen, Associate Director at Pillar Two — an organization that advises businesses on h…
00:32:45 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
The Birth of US Human Rights Policy
On this episode of Justice Matters, co-host Kathryn Sikkink, the Ryan Family Professor of Human Rights Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, speaks with two veterans of the human rights movement, Joh…
00:29:42 |
Wed 15 Nov 2023
"Hot Labor Summer" and the State of International Labor Rights
On this episode of Justice Matters, host Aminta Ossom interviews Jeff Vogt, Director of the Rule of Law Program at the Solidarity Center. Vogt is also the co-founder of the International Lawyers Assi…
00:29:36 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
Do Human Rights Still Hold Power in the World?
On this episode of Justice Matters, co-host Mathias Risse speaks with Kenneth Roth, who led Human Rights Watch as its Executive Director for almost 30 years. Together they discuss the history of Huma…
00:37:07 |
Mon 02 Oct 2023
Introducing Strength & Solidarity - A show exploring the tools and tactics of human rights movements
Justice Matters will return this October. In the meantime, we'd like to share with you a podcast we think you will enjoy by our friends over at Strength & Solidarity.
Strength & Solidarity is a podc…
00:37:35 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Justice Matters returns this October
The human rights podcast Justice Matters returns this October with host Maggie Gates, Executive Director of the Carr Center, and a team of Harvard faculty members acting as rotating co-hosts, includi…
00:01:30 |
Tue 12 Sep 2023
Haiti and the Origins of Black Internationalism
On this episode of Justice Matters, host Sushma Raman speaks with Dr. Leslie Alexander about the history of Black Internationalism and its ties to today’s global Black Lives Matter movement. Her newe…
00:25:14 |
Thu 15 Dec 2022
The Rise of Human Rights Cities
Where do universal human rights begin? On this episode of Justice Matters, host Sushma Raman speaks with Professor Martha Davis about local movements and human rights cities. Davis teaches constituti…
00:28:33 |
Mon 28 Nov 2022
Understanding Critical Race Theory
What is critical race theory and why is it under attack? On this episode of Justice Matters, host Sushma Raman discusses critical race theory with Dr. Victor Ray, Carr Center Fellow and F. Wendell Mi…
00:27:55 |
Fri 28 Oct 2022
Black Witnessing, Smartphones, and the New Protest Journalism
What is black witnessing, and how does it connect to movements for racial equity and justice? Can capturing a moment shape a movement? On this episode of Justice Matters, host Sushma Raman speaks wit…
00:37:44 |
Fri 23 Sep 2022
Corporate Accountability for Human Rights
What is the responsibility of businesses to uphold human rights? What is the role of civil society to hold businesses accountable? And how well is the human rights movement equipped to deal with the …
00:31:29 |
Fri 29 Jul 2022
Gender and Violence
This month on Justice Matters, host Sushma Raman talks with Dara Kay Cohen, a Ford Foundation Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School. Her research spans the field of inter…
00:34:36 |
Thu 30 Jun 2022
Police Reform in the Americas
This month on Justice Matters, host Sushma Raman talks with Dr. Yanilda María González, an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School who researches police violence and how it…
00:25:12 |
Tue 31 May 2022
Education and Gender Equality in South Africa and Beyond
How does a leader strive for social justice for their community and country? Join us this month on Justice Matters as host Sushma Raman talks with Dr. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the former United Nation…
00:29:12 |
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Accountability, Justice, and Human Rights in Afghanistan
This month on Justice Matters, host Sushma Raman talks with Dr. Sima Samar about the situation in Afghanistan, the status of women and girls in the country, and the role and responsibility of the int…
00:23:39 |
Mon 21 Mar 2022
Black History Month: Progress, Promise, and the Future
For this month’s episode of Justice Matters, we’re digging into our archives to present a special episode for Black History Month. Featuring excerpts from three conversations with a range of speakers…
00:24:46 |
Tue 22 Feb 2022
Race and the Making of Modern Urban America
How does the country’s history affect the present — and how can we envision a more just future for everyone?
Join us this month on Justice Matters as host Sushma Raman talks with Dr. Khalil Gibran M…
00:37:32 |
Thu 27 Jan 2022
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