With few healthy options for reasonable prices, it is no wonder that those with low incomes find it difficult to avoid sugary foods and the risks associated, explains Beatrice Walton for the Harvard Political Review. The main issue is availability, a particular problem in Boston, which “ranks third from the bottom nationally in terms of … Read more
Harvard Talks Politics is your guide to the best online political content Harvard has to offer. Don’t have time to pick up a copy of The Independent? Don’t know which opinion pieces to read in The Crimson? Want to know what The Perspective and The Salient have to say on the big issues? The Harvard … Read more
Despite being an isolated island nation devoid of great natural resource wealth, Japan ranks third globally in national energy production. As industrialization in Japan increased exponentially after World War II, the nation gradually diversified its energy sources. A key component of this diversification was the incorporation of nuclear power; before the disaster at the Fukushima … Read more
I awoke this morning hungry and groggy. Today is Harvard’s last day of spring break and the last day the campus dining halls are closed. Rightfully branded by my friends as too cheap to spend money on Noch’s, Berryline, or even printing, I was thrown into a tailspin upon my realization early this morning that … Read more
Should Fukushima spell the end of the “nuclear renaissance”? I think not. As the world continues to watch the Fukushima crisis unfold, some are already heralding the end of the industry. Benjamin Sovacool, a professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, warns that the tragedy should finally provide enough justification to “stop the … Read more
It’s been a joy watching rallies erupt all across the world. From late February to early March alone, we’ve seen rallies in the Middle East, in Wisconsin, and then here at Harvard: first to preserve federal funding for AmeriCorps; then to renegotiate dining hall workers wages; then to defend “youth jobs” in MA at the … Read more
From “King of the Bingo Game” (1944) by Ralph Ellison, in Flying Home (1996) ed. by John F. Callahan A man spins an electric wheel at a public bingo game in order to win $36; however, he refuses to stop. Didn’t they know that although he controlled the wheel, it also controlled him, and unless … Read more
… if Firefox currently opens to the NY Times but you don’t want to pay the $15 per month that an online subscription will cost. If you choose to search for a replacement, think about what the mini-exodus from the popular news site will mean for journalistic diversity and an informed citizenry. If you choose … Read more
CNN’s John Blake published a fascinating article on white Americans’ position in society. While I found many of its points, like his use of Glenn Beck’s antics, to be stretches and some of them, like his use of extremists like James Edwards (who runs the white supremist blog thepoliticalcesspool), to be quite offensive, the piece … Read more
No, she hasn’t made any formal announcement, and she may yet choose to run. But with the 2010 midterm elections behind us, Sarah Palin has lost her relevance. Recent polls find her popularity at an all-time low, even among Republicans and right-leaning independents. Whereas a few months ago she looked like the wild card of … Read more