If Monday’s debate were about policy, Hillary Clinton took the cake. If the debate were about how to create more well-paying jobs for all Americans, Clinton went into detail about her plan to raise the minimum wage, encourage profit-sharing, mandate family leave, and make it easier to repay student loans. If it were about mitigating … Read more
If there’s one thing viewers should not have been surprised by on Monday night, it’s that Hillary Clinton does best when she’s under attack. Yes, the Democratic nominee has had more practice responding to vitriol than almost any public figure. But it’s meaningful that David Graham of The Atlantic said Tuesday morning that the last … Read more
If you were one of the 84 million people who tuned into Monday’s debate, you could be excused for thinking you were watching hooligans at a soccer match. I am not talking about the candidates. Rather, I am referring to the audience. Unlike the politically charged audience at primary debates, the audience’s role at a … Read more
The campus discourse surrounding the HUDS strike demonstrates our political division Harvard University Dining Service workers have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike if Harvard and HUDS fail to come to an agreement regarding wages and healthcare plans in the near future. Harvard is attempting to adopt a new healthcare plan that would increase costs for HUDS … Read more
Tomi Lahren is a political commentator. Her show Tomi appears on TheBlaze, an independent conservative network. Harvard Political Review: We’ll start where your show ends, with Final Thoughts. How do you and your team select the topics? Tomi Lahren: Final Thoughts started a few years ago with my first show, on One America. It was the closing segment, and it … Read more
Between Cape Town’s airport and its city center, visitors drive past a poorly concealed scar: the underdeveloped townships allocated for black residents during apartheid. Despite legion policy efforts, they remain similarly peopled today. Arriving at the urban center, however, this destitution is replaced by bustling malls, luxurious hotels, and a booming tourism industry insistent that … Read more
*Some names of students have been changed to protect their identities “I used to hide in Widener. You?” *Henry Yi ’19 sat across from me describing his first semester on campus at Harvard. Unlike most students who periodically hide away in Widener Library to study, his intentions were more than mere preparation for midterms and … Read more
In April, a 21-year-old woman from Northern Ireland was given a three-month jail sentence for committing a crime considered heinous in her country. It was a relatively light sentence—under the law, she could have been condemned to life in prison. Strangely, the punishment was handed down for an action considered legal throughout the rest of … Read more
Last Sunday, Harvard College Queer Students & Allies (QSA) announced that it would “remain politically neutral on issues that do not effect LGBTQ+ people explicitly because of their queer identity.” Shortly afterward, many students began to support a petition intended to reverse this policy. The Petition The petition makes two main arguments. Firstly, it points … Read more
A small fishing town in rural Japan undergoes a process of revitalization after a tragic natural disaster destroyed it five years ago. Onagawa, Tohoku Region, Japan | On March 11th, 2011, a 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami that devastated Japan’s eastern coast. It was not only the most powerful earthquake that had ever hit … Read more