Just over a week ago, two U.S. Navy sailors were found guilty of raping a woman on the Japanese island of Okinawa. The incident, which came to light in October of last year, incited a string of passionate anti-U.S. demonstrations within Japan. The anger resulted in the implementation of an unprecedented curfew, restricting the soldiers … Read more
A new study published by the American Journal of Medical Quality indicates that, for every 93 “Likes” on a hospital’s Facebook page, 30-day mortality rates are 1 percent lower. This is probably because Facebook “Likes” tap into levels of patient satisfaction, as the positive relationship between “Likes” and the patient recommendation variable suggest. In other … Read more
One-state, two-state, three-state, or however else amateur final status negotiators envision the future political geography of Israel-Palestine, one pivotal element that few think to mention is that any arrangement will, by necessity, be extraordinarily high-density. On the eve of World War I, the Massachusetts-sized territory housed a modest population of 700,000 souls; by partition, that … Read more
In 1977, a mother in Atlanta walked outside during her son’s birthday party to serve cake, but her son and his friends were nowhere to be found. She frantically searched until ultimately noticing smoke seeping out of his old tree house. Assuming they had gotten ahold of cigarettes, she climbed up, only to find something … Read more
Prior to receiving our housing assignment three years ago, my blockmates and I made a pact—we would treat whichever House we had been placed into as the one we had been wanting all along. It ended up great. We were placed into Pforzheimer, and we have grown to love the resources and community of the … Read more
8:58 Cantor was respectable, engaging, and interesting. His visit certainly provoked an interesting discussion at a liberal academic bastion. – Priyanka Menon 8:58 Cantor gave some pretty intelligent responses and was a great guest. While I don’t think much of the crowd agreed with him much, he made some pretty moderate opinions and honestly could … Read more
Prior to receiving our housing assignment three years ago, my blockmates and I made a pact—we would treat whichever House we had been placed into as the one we had been wanting all along. It ended up great. We were placed into Pforzheimer, and we have grown to love the resources and community of the … Read more
On March 8, Harvard celebrated its fourth annual Feminist Coming Out Day. A day later, Adams House uploaded its housing video for 2013. The two events would seem to bear no relation aside from falling on the same weekend, but the Adams video shows how much progress remains to be done to combat sexism on … Read more
The Harvard Political Review is a nonpartisan political review and a platform for student writing at Harvard. Below is a letter from the Harvard Palestine Solidarity Committee. The opinions expressed here are solely those of the writers and not of the magazine. ————————————————————————————————————————————————- “As the daughter of a Rabbi who previously fought in the Israeli … Read more
The lack of action to address climate change is perhaps the biggest political failure of the last two decades. Researchers have grown more and more certain that carbon dioxide emissions cause global warming, and extreme weather, such as Hurricane Sandy, has become the norm. But prominent political figures have downplayed or denied climate change and … Read more