Sixty years ago, Bert the cartoon turtle was a familiar figure to students in classrooms across the country. Bert reminded students about the importance of “duck and cover” in the event of a nuclear strike. His omnipresence was but one symbol of America’s nuclear obsession. From the mass construction of personal bomb shelters to dissemination … Read more
Young with too much cash, watch how I came up fast They say I’m next to get it They bring your name up last And while I made it splash, rappers came and passed But still I ask myself How long does famous last? —G-Eazy Almost Famous G-Eazy’s meteoric rise to fame has taken the … Read more
Associate physician in the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Dr. Muhamed H. Almaliky is also director of the Iraqi American Institute, a non-profit organization based in Boston that conducts policy research regarding Iraq. In addition, as a member of the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs Associates, he has chaired study groups on the politics of disease, … Read more
Today’s college students can tolerate anything except the outgroup. Writers have argued that many students are coddled, disrespectfully smug, and even prejudiced against conservatives. The HPR’s own writers have weighed in on debates about oversensitivity and free speech on college campuses. However, discussions about tolerance, free speech, and engagement can often feel abstract and intangible. … Read more
On June 16, literary elitists like myself pay homage to Leopold Bloom, the hero of James Joyce’s modernist epic Ulysses. Last year, Donald Trump inadvertently commemorated Bloomsday in the most fitting way possible. Declaring his presidential candidacy on June 16, 2015, the Donald infamously proclaimed that immigrants from Mexico were “bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. … Read more
“For its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.” It is with this rationale in mind that the Norwegian Nobel Committee bestowed its 2015 Peace Prize upon the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, a coalition crucial to the drafting of the country’s democracy … Read more
Consent should be simple. As a popular tea analogy makes clear, “if you can understand how completely ludicrous it is to force people to have tea when they don’t want tea…then how hard is it to understand it when it comes to sex?” Indeed, when we talk about sexual consent, it can be easy to … Read more
In a packed warehouse in Brooklyn on Tuesday, June 7, Hillary Clinton addressed a cheering crowd as the first female presumptive nominee of an American national political party. Clinton’s victory is a historic milestone for the United States, and has rightly been hailed as such. However, Clinton’s position as a female nominee is not the … Read more
Tuesday night saw Donald Trump’s best speech yet. In place of his standard off-the-cuff ramblings were prewritten remarks, allowing him to achieve great technical success. He did not employ the loud, rabble-rousing rhetoric of his arena-filling rallies but instead—perhaps for the first time—sounded “presidential.” Interestingly, his emotional appeal sought not to inspire fear and frustration … Read more
An educator and advocate for education reform, Michelle Rhee served as Public Schools Chancellor in Washington D.C. from 2007 to 2010. Following this period, she founded a non-profit organization called StudentsFirst that works for education reform. In addition to her involvement in the sphere of public policy, Rhee has been very visible with her advocacy … Read more