Dear Readers, It’s my pleasure to present to you Dispatch, the Harvard Political Review’s new print showcase of student opinion. At the HPR, we firmly believe that politics goes far beyond the confines of the daily polling numbers and presidential horse race. Politics—broadly construed—intersects with our lives each and every day, from sweeping regulation in … Read more
Given that the vast majority of Harvard students aspire to enter traditional fields after graduation, it’s ironic that our most famous young graduates are Jeremy Lin and Mark Zuckerberg. They are both precocious twenty-something year olds who are finding incredible success early in life, underdogs with unconventional playing styles, and people who stuck out in … Read more
If not for the large signs, the Occupy Harvard protesters in Lamont Café would appear to be a normal study group. Protesters wear pink Snuggies to stay warm through the night on Thursday, because they are prohibited from using sleeping apparatus such as sleeping bags, pillows, blankets, etc. Occupy Harvard … Read more
Freedom House, a Washington-based NGO, recently released its annual Freedom in the World Report, reviewing the civil rights and liberties records of political regimes around the world. In a year that many Westerners would like to remember as a time of increasing liberalism, the data is surprisingly negative. Despite the Arab Spring, the removal or … Read more
In one of the coming decades’ most important developments, tensions between the United States and China have begun to escalate on a whole host of new fronts. Prospects for the presidency have soared to new heights of monetary nationalism, the Obama administration has announced plans to station 2,500 marines in the Pacific, and Chinese diplomats … Read more
In one of the coming decades’ most important developments, tensions between the United States and China have begun to escalate on a whole host of new fronts. Prospects for the presidency have soared to new heights of monetary nationalism, the Obama administration has announced plans to station 2,500 marines in the Pacific, and Chinese diplomats … Read more
A key question Republicans have been asking this primary season has been, “Which candidate has the best chance of defeating Barack Obama in the general election?” So far, Republicans seem to be settling on Mitt Romney as the most electable in this sense. But what exactly does “electable” mean? For Republicans, electable seems to mean harmless, moderate, … Read more
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This Side of Glory: The Autobiography of David Hilliard and the Story of the Black Panther Party David Hilliard and Lewis Cole 438pp. Little, Brown and Company. $20. The Occupy movement that has consumed the attention of America’s news media, city governments, and populace for the past few months is not the first to attempt—or … Read more
I, Rigoberta Menchú: An Indian Woman in Guatemala Edited and Introduced by Elisabeth Burgos-Debray Translated by Ann Wright 290 pp. Verso Books. $22.95. Journalists and international officials have markedly ignored the modern history of Guatemala. The nation’s past includes a long list of wrongs against the indigenous peoples of the country, including exploitation by wealthy, … Read more