Although education is often proclaimed to be the guarantor of social quality, it all too often can lead to a further divergence between different classes. Before their fourth birthdays, low-income children will have heard on average 30 million fewer words than their wealthier counterparts. The gap only widens throughout the course of the their education. … Read more
“The Great Barrier Reef is an icon under pressure,” warns Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. A mecca of beautiful biodiversity and tourism, Australia’s world-renowned Great Barrier Reef has come under the siege of ugly pollutants and politics. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR), located off the coast of Queensland, nurtures over 2300 kilometers of … Read more
“The Great Barrier Reef is an icon under pressure,” warns Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. A mecca of beautiful biodiversity and tourism, Australia’s world-renowned Great Barrier Reef has come under the siege of ugly pollutants and politics. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef (GBR), located off the coast of Queensland, nurtures over 2300 kilometers of … Read more
Martha Coakley previously served as at attorney general for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She is currently a visiting fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. Harvard Political Review: At the time you became an attorney, law was a male dominated field. What drove you to pursue law and what challenges did you face … Read more
Martha Coakley previously served as at attorney general for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. She is currently a visiting fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. Harvard Political Review: At the time you became an attorney, law was a male dominated field. What drove you to pursue law and what challenges did you face … Read more
Editor’s Note: Several weeks ago the HPR received a series of letters from one of our former staff writers, who currently works as a journalist in Washington, D.C. She has recently been following a prominent politician and has transcribed the following narrative without him knowing. Apparently, he began to watch House of Cards, and subsequently … Read more
There are students among us who have to balance the dual desire of protecting one’s country and pursuing an education. After serving as a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan during part of his service to South Korea, Jason Kwon ’14-’16 returned to Harvard as a junior to find that his freshman-year roommates had already graduated. After … Read more
There are students among us who have to balance the dual desire of protecting one’s country and pursuing an education. After serving as a UN Peacekeeper in South Sudan during part of his service to South Korea, Jason Kwon ’14-’16 returned to Harvard as a junior to find that his freshman-year roommates had already graduated. After … Read more
Women and men are not equal. The clearest indication of this is the gender wage gap, which has barely budged in a decade. Women are paid, on average, about 78 percent of what men are paid. But often, gender inequality is less overt than that. Sexism and objectification of the female body is rampant in … Read more
A Lamont Café barista prepares the last chai tea latte, the pop hit blaring from her laptop fades to a weak bass, and swarms of students—eyes weary but triumphant— trickle towards the bag inspection line. It is 2:00 AM. Tomorrow’s p-sets have been solved. But though others’ nights have ended, mine is only halfway done. … Read more