Tarja Halonen served as the first female president of Finland between 2000 and 2012. She previously was the chair of Seta, a prominent Finnish LGBT rights organization. Harvard Political Review: Throughout your career, you have continually emphasized the role of human rights and social justice, particularly in the field of LGBT rights reform. Where do … Read more
Tarja Halonen served as the first female president of Finland between 2000 and 2012. She previously was the chair of Seta, a prominent Finnish LGBT rights organization. Harvard Political Review: Throughout your career, you have continually emphasized the role of human rights and social justice, particularly in the field of LGBT rights reform. Where do … Read more
[Spoiler Alert: Discusses numerous aspects of seasons one and two of House of Cards and key plot points of Breaking Bad.] “Some people say there’s too much pork in this town. I could not agree more.” So says Frank Underwolf, Sesame Street’s parody of Frank Underwood from Netflix’s wildly popular political drama House of Cards. … Read more
General Stanley McChrystal served as commander of the Joint Special Operations Command before becoming the top commander in Afghanistan in 2009. He resigned from that position in 2010 and is now a member of the Yale University faculty. Harvard Political Review: What do you believe has been most responsible for your success? Stanley McChrystal: Anything you become … Read more
The story isn’t new: women make up 5 percent of Fortune 500 CEOs, 19 percent of Congress members, and zero percent of U.S. presidents. By an alleged combination of being perceived as bossy, less competent, and too emotional, women have consistently been denied leadership positions in both the public and private sectors. Surprisingly, however, this … Read more
“Criminal” is a strangely flexible word. It is a label that has been applied to individuals representing the extremes of human character, from murderers and petty thieves to Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr. The notion of crime itself mirrors this malleability, with its definition shifting across eras and cultures. While crime has been … Read more
In 2022, hundreds of thousands of fans from every corner instances of abuse, both in countries that send migrants and of the world will descend upon the tiny Gulf state of Qatar to rambunctiously cheer on their favorite soccer teams. Before the festivities of the FIFA World Cup begin, however, a migration in the opposite … Read more
This school can be a scary, oppressive place. It can be lonely and sad and deflating, and especially so if it’s the first time that you’re feeling those things in any significant way. It can wrestle you to the ground and just keep kicking and kicking until it feels like there isn’t anything left, and … Read more