Not A Two-Speed Justice: Direct Democracy and Anti-Immigration Sentiment in Switzerland

At a time when Western anti-immigrant sentiment is increasingly endemic, good news comes from an unlikely source. On February 28, 2016, the Swiss people took to the polls, turning down an expansion to the country’s already strict immigration policies. The Swiss People’s Party, Switzerland’s largest party, proposed a piece of legislation last December that would … Read more

Not That Silent: Clinton Supporters at Harvard

It’s a familiar story. Young, privileged students rally around the hyper-liberal iconoclast’s calls for political revolution. In a year where self-declared socialist Bernie Sanders has captured historic levels of support among young people, surely Harvard—the “Kremlin on the Charles,” housed in“the People’s Republic of Cambridge”—is a hotbed of Sanders activism. The story will be particularly recognizable to … Read more

From the President

French artist Edgar Degas once said, “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” Indeed, it is precisely this characteristic that has allowed art to become a key component of various aspects of our lives—including politics. Just ask the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, whose caricature of the Prophet Mohammad ultimately led to … Read more

Monuments in the Contemporary City

On June 13, 2015, a recently completed memorial on the southernmost tip of Roosevelt Island came under the national spotlight. The newly-announced presidential candidate Hilary Clinton had chosen to kick-start her campaign at the Four Freedoms Park, a memorial dedicated to President Franklin Roosevelt and his famous Four Freedoms Speech from 1941. By evoking Roosevelt’s … Read more

That Four-Letter Word

After taking the last final of every semester, I fall into a routine. Its start marks the end of a marathon of papers and exams that only seems to get harder each year.  And each time it culminates in one of the most rewarding realizations. It’s 12:01 P.M. on the last Saturday of the fall … Read more

Interview: U.S. Customs & Border Protection Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske

Nominated by President Obama as Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Gil Kerlikowske has been serving in this position since 2014. In this role, he has the responsibility of both protecting national security objectives while promoting economic prosperity, all while running the largest federal law enforcement agency. Prior to this experience, he served as … Read more

Divest Harvard: Thinking Outside the Yard

On Tuesday, April 12, about thirty protestors gathered outside of the Boston Federal Reserve building, home of the Harvard Management Company, singing of the rising tides of climate change. The protestors, dressed in orange and holding painted signs, shouted familiar chants for justice and unfurled umbrellas emblazoned with the words “Fossil Free HMC.” Four students—three … Read more