Brighter days are not ahead, according to most young Americans. The fall 2016 Harvard Public Opinion Project poll reveals the extreme state of flux that American young people feel trapped in. According to the survey, 56 percent of young people follow news about national politics closely, and 66 percent of young people are closely following … Read more
Despite concerns about race relations and the direction of our country, young Americans still believe that America can provide them with the opportunity to move up the socioeconomic ladder. As the results of the fall 2016 Harvard Public Opinion Project poll show, the vast majority of respondents believed they would not be financially worse off … Read more
Paying tribute to the five police officers slain in the Dallas mass shooting earlier this year, President Barack Obama urged mourning Americans not to give in to despair over the country’s gaping racial divide. “I’m here to insist that we are not as divided as we might seem,” Obama declared. “I know that because I … Read more
Omarosa Manigault appeared on The Apprentice in its first season in 2004. She is now working as director of African-American outreach in Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Harvard Political Review: You’ve known Donald Trump for over a decade now. What’s surprised you the most about him? Omarosa Manigault: What surprises me? Nothing after thirteen years. HPR: At first … Read more
August 22, 2016 It’s Friday at the People’s Justice Project (PJP) office, and the walls are covered in giant note pads for battle plans. On butcher paper the team has written the names of the candidates in the Franklin County prosecutor’s race and the positions each one takes on mass incarceration and policing—PJP’s main issue … Read more
With a majority vote this November, Massachusetts could add its name to the growing list of states with legal recreational marijuana. Question 4 on Massachusetts ballots would allow adults of age 21 and older to purchase, consume, and grow marijuana, and would establish a system to tax and regulate its sales. Though the measure has … Read more
“Threatening to upend a basic pillar of American democracy, Donald Trump refused Wednesday night to say he would accept the results of the November election if he loses to Hillary Clinton” That was the opening sentence of the article the Associated Press sent out to their thousands of partner media outlets around the country as … Read more
More than 200 days since President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court, the Republican controlled Senate has yet to hold hearings on his confirmation. Garland, a moderate leaning liberal, has not been questioned on the basis of his merits to the highest court in the land; rather, his appointment on the Supreme … Read more
In 2012, San Diego Unified School District officials made a minor addition to the high school graduation requirements: two to four courses in CTE—Career and Technical Education, the 21st century rebranding of “Vocational Education.” In response, 100 parents marched in protest and an online petition against the move totaled over 1,300 hundred angry signatures. Within … Read more
On September 30, 2016, Harvard students and Harvard University Dining Services (HUDS) workers rallied in preparation for the latter group’s impending strike. HUDS workers, represented by their union, Local 26, have failed to come to an agreement on a new contract after months of negotiations with the university. This video provides a brief introduction to … Read more