As the July 30 deadline approaches, the Argentinean government must broker a deal with foreign bondholders to pay more than $1.3 billion claimed by hedge funds, including NML Capital and Aurelius Management in order to avoid defaulting on its debt. If Argentina fails to reach an agreement with these firms, it will experience its eighth … Read more
“I think it’s important for us to recognize that this outrageous event underscores that it is time for peace and security to be restored in Ukraine.” In a press conference on July 18, President Barack Obama strongly condemned the senseless violence marring Ukraine, which has culminated in the deaths of 298 people aboard fallen Malaysian … Read more
The term ‘humanitarian crisis’ has been adopted by politicos of all stripes to describe the wave of unaccompanied minors flooding across the Rio Grande into the United States. That descriptor’s a shame, however, because it couldn’t be more inaccurate. Yet it’s allowing deportation advocates to claim a false moral high ground in the child migrant … Read more
The term ‘humanitarian crisis’ has been adopted by politicos of all stripes to describe the wave of unaccompanied minors flooding across the Rio Grande into the United States. That descriptor’s a shame, however, because it couldn’t be more inaccurate. Yet it’s allowing deportation advocates to claim a false moral high ground in the child migrant … Read more
A former member of the faculty at Yale, William Deresiewicz spends much of his most recent article discussing the “anxious, timid, and lost” student bodies of elite institutions, comprised of individuals with “little intellectual curiosity and a stunted sense of purpose.” He faults the schools that educated these individuals, admonishing them for equipping their students … Read more
This is the second installment of the Harvard Political Review‘s interview series with Massachusetts’s candidates for governor. Charlie Baker, the likely Republican nominee, previously served as the CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Harvard Political Review: How do you think your business experience would serve you in office? Charlie Baker: As you probably know, I spent some time … Read more
[RICHMOND, VIRGINIA] During their June 30 meeting to elect new board positions, the members of the Henrico County Republican Committee fill less than a third of the cavernous Deep Run High School auditorium. It’s late on a Monday evening, and as the chairman drawls off the list of member names for a roll call vote, it becomes … Read more
[SANTIAGO, CHILE] With banners, signs, flags, and noisemakers, 40,000 students and teachers have taken to the streets of Santiago, Chile in recent weeks. They are united by one goal: to express their discontent at the lack of quality education in poor neighborhoods and its effects on widening the inequality gap in Chile. The protestors are … Read more
A mural by renowned street artist Paulo Ito has gone viral on social media, showing a weeping, starving Brazilian boy, knife and fork in hand, being served a football on a plate. Before the World Cup began, this image and others served as signals to the international community that São Paulo had not, and could … Read more
This is the first installment of the Harvard Political Review‘s interview series with Massachusetts’s candidates for governor. Donald Berwick, one of three Democrats remaining in the race, previously served as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Harvard Political Review: What are Massachusetts’s most glaring problems as Governor Patrick leaves office? Don Berwick: I’d … Read more