HPR Interview: IOP Fellow Gen. James Hill
From the vault: HPR’s Multimedia Team sat down with IOP Spring 2016 Fellow General James Hill to discuss his career in the US Army and more.
Month: October 2017
Who’s Got the Power?
As part of its rebuilding efforts, the Russian military recently made use of a new sort of psychological weaponry. Frontline Syrian rebels received demoralizing text messages, broadcasted by Russian military personnel, detailing the income, offshore back accounts, and holiday trips of their commanders. On the Crimean front, these text messages addressed Ukrainian soldiers by name, … Read more
Militarization and SWAT: Interview with Craig Atkinson
Craig Atkinson is a filmmaker and director whose debut documentary, Do Not Resist, explores the militarization of the police since 9/11. The documentary has received critical acclaim for its up-close portrait of law enforcement, and its accolades include the 2016 Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary Feature from the Tribeca Film Festival and the American … Read more
Shared Spaces: Community Living in the 21st Century
In the past, Becky Makous spent her days in the lecture halls of the University of Vermont, amid the dense wilderness of New England, and on the well-trod roads of Europe. Now, Makous, 23, begins her mornings in a barn of communally-owned bovines. Between around 7:45 a.m. and noon, she milks and cares for a … Read more
America’s First White President and the Black Athlete
From questioning President Obama’s American citizenship to disparaging his black employees; from discriminating against black tenants to refusing to condemn white supremacists, Donald Trump has made a career of engaging in and exploiting racism and bigotry. His recent attack on the mostly black NFL players who kneel during the national anthem is just the latest … Read more
Cyber Sedition: How the Alt-Right Is Challenging Free Speech on the Internet
When Pokémon GO swept the world in 2016, no one expected it to become a platform for Nazi youth recruitment. Nonetheless, an alt-right advocate created a targeted youth campaign, with characters bearing swastikas and distributing anti-Semitic fliers in the online universe. Alt-right blogger Andrew Anglin promoted the campaign, commenting, “I have long thought that we … Read more
HPR Interview: IOP Fellow Jon Finer
This past spring, IOP Fellow Jon Finer sat down with the HPR to discuss his career as a journalist at the Washington Post and policymaker at the State Department and the White House.