Maura Healey became the first openly gay attorney general after winning her election in November 2014. After graduating from Harvard College in 1992, Healey played professional basketball in Austria for two years before returning to America to attend Northeastern University School of Law. Following law school, she clerked for a federal judge and then worked … Read more
Upon initial inspection, he’s unassuming: tall, thin as a rail, with large glasses dominating the frame of his face. His voice is neither powerful nor commanding. He’s quite the opposite of the burly, hardened, Stalin-esque impression many have of a dictator. Perhaps that’s why it’s surprising that he holds an autocratic grip on Rwandan “democracy.” … Read more
Barack Obama has been a president of many firsts. He’s the first African-American president, he’s the first president to publically support same-sex marriage, and he is the first to host a science fair in the White House. While the first two are very important milestones, the latter may be equally impactful. A self-proclaimed “big science … Read more
Last week, a California appeals court ruled in favor of upholding teacher tenure laws, overturning the decision handed down in the original case, Vergara v. California. This decision was a much needed one for students in the state, and nationwide. Two years ago, the election for California’s State Superintendent of Public Instruction was one of … Read more
Almost 9 million people have cast their ballots for Donald Trump so far in the Republican primaries. The billionaire has captured 20 out of the 35 states that have voted, often by substantial margins. With Trump perched atop the polls of states yet to vote, the Trump Train appears to be headed full steam ahead for … Read more
Marty Baron is an American journalist who has been the editor of The Washington Post since 2013. Prior to that, he was the editor of The Boston Globe from 2001 to 2012. During his time at The Globe, he shifted the paper’s coverage towards local investigative journalism, helping it earn a Pulitzer Prize for its … Read more
For young people in Taiwan, understanding themselves as being Taiwanese—rather than Chinese—is becoming a fact of cultural identity more than a charged political statement. Identity in Taiwan, one of the many forces that influenced the historical January elections, is shifting. In the words of a senior at Harvard College who grew up in Taipei, this … Read more
During the 1930s, the New Deal coalition passed a slew of landmark bills, which established protections from social security benefits to collective bargaining rights to minimum wages and maximum hours. While countless American families benefitted from this progressive legislation during the worst economic crisis in American history, the benefits were largely restricted to whites because … Read more
The diversity of students’ backgrounds and interests is reflected in the diversity of their political beliefs. While media sources often analyze polls in order to gauge the interests of young voters, it is relatively rare to see the views of students juxtaposed through structured interviews. The HPR took on this challenge, intentionally speaking to … Read more
