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
In case you are unaware, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) staged an impressive 13-hour filibuster on Wednesday of John Brennan’s nomination by President Obama to head up the Central Intelligence Agency. The filibuster was in response to a white paper issued by Attorney General Eric Holder, who implied that it was within the President’s constitutional authority … Read more
I am a feminist. Whew, there, I said it. I hope other people aren’t judging me right now. Wait, they are. I can tell by their raised brows and inquisitive looks. Maybe I should have held my tongue…Now they are going to think that I am a crazy, radical liberal who never … Read more
A recent study by our very own Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health, in conjunction with Boston Children’s Hospital, provides evidence that stricter gun control laws work in reducing gun-related homicides and suicides. States with stronger gun laws experienced significantly lower levels of deaths involving firearms than their counterparts with loose gun laws. … Read more
I’ve heard about computer algorithms that can create classical music, but I’ve never heard of a search algorithm that creates a new form of poetry. And yet, that’s exactly what has happened. “Google poems” were created today, and are characterized by five lines, each starting with the same phrase and the last four ending in … Read more
Our political system is deadlocked. A scenario created precisely to be so bad as to engender dealmaking from political leadership has failed to push the two parties even close to a deal. With the once-nightmare scenario playing out before our very eyes, it’s difficult not to give up on our contemporary political decision making system … Read more
On Tuesday March 5, the Venezuelan government released the news of President Hugo Chávez’s death. Though many had surmised that his end was near, the news came as a surprise to Venezuelans and foreigners alike. Chávez had been diagnosed with cancer, and many believed that his death was inevitable, yet the government released almost no … Read more
“I’m presenting a fair deal, the fact that they don’t take it means that I should somehow, you know, do a Jedi mind meld with these folks and convince them to do what’s right.” After President Obama referenced a so-called Jedi mind meld at his press conference on the sequester on March 1, news outlets … Read more
Podcast: Play in new window | Download Ruchir Sharma is the head of equity emerging markets at Morgan Stanley. He served as a contributing editor for Newsweek and is a regular columnist for the Wall Street Journal and the Economic Times of India. He is author of the bestselling book Breakout Nations. Harvard Political Review: … Read more
The HPR sat down with President of the NRDC Frances Beinecke to discuss some of the biggest issues facing the climate and energy production in the United States. Harvard Political Review: What are NRDC’s biggest legislative priorities? Why is curbing pollution from power plants such a prominent goal that you mentioned on your blog? Frances Beinecke: Our … Read more