Detroit is one step closer to dealing with the scrum of creditors trying to wrest away the city’s few resources. Federal Judge Steven Rhodes’s ruling allows the city to proceed in Chapter Nine bankruptcy, meaning a resolution to the financial tug-of-war is on the horizon. The designation protects the city from other suits. The eventual payouts … Read more
Several days after the news of an interim deal with Iran on its nuclear program, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) penned an editorial summarizing many conservative criticisms of the agreement. Partisan politics aside, Republicans have consistently been much more hawkish on the issue of Iran, as evidenced by moments such as John McCain’s famous “bomb, bomb, bomb Iran” gaffe … Read more
[LETTER FROM ACCRA] Sabria, a 17-year-old young woman from the Northern Region, came to Accra in early 2013 to make some money to provide for herself and her then one-year-old baby, Rashid. She now works as a head porter at Agbogloshie market, one of the major trading centers in the city. After becoming pregnant at … Read more
This article was originally published by Albert Gore ‘69 when he was a senior at Harvard College. It was featured in the first-ever issue of the Harvard Political Review: Spring, 1969. The article is based on his senior thesis, published the same year, “The Impact of Television on the Conduct of the Presidency, 1947-1969” When … Read more
Four HPR writers explore the factors behind the Clark-Mayopoulos UC victory and its meaning for campus politics.
The college accreditation process in the United States, governed by six separate regional agencies, is up for reauthorization next year under the Higher Education Act (HEA). A relic of a 19th century regulatory model, this old process is ill-poised to address the needs of a national, 21st century education system. American colleges need a modern … Read more
While the Iranian nuclear deal doesn’t completely resolve the issue by any means, the agreement makes significant progress on one of the most pressing international security concerns. The time needed for the Islamic Republic to physically produce a nuclear warhead will be significantly lengthened, essentially making Netanyahu’s infamous red line inapplicable. In addition, diplomatic structures … Read more
On Thursday, George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer, will take to the floor of Britain’s House of Commons to reveal his Autumn Statement: a half-yearly budget review. He is expected to announce that Britain has gone from one of the slowest to one of the fastest growing economies in the G7, and that GDP growth … Read more
The Harvard Public Opinion Project released statistics showing millennials approve of President Obama’s signature health care law in differing numbers depending on the name used to describe it (i.e., the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare). This nonexistent, yet perceived difference, shows not only the importance of branding and marketing in how millennials view laws, but … Read more
In the age of Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, political engagement through social media is easier than ever. For members of the millennial generation, where interconnectedness is driven by likes, shares, and retweets on social media sites, politicized discourse often goes viral, perhaps at the cost of meaningful engagement with the topic at hand. The Kony … Read more