On November 6, 2016, political newcomer Jahana Hayes approached a podium in the Waterbury Marriott in New Haven County, Connecticut. Hayes, a former National Teacher of the Year, announced that she had received a phone call from her opponent in the race to be the next representative for Connecticut’s Fifth Congressional District. He had conceded, … Read more
As of January 16, 2019, Edwin Chindongo is three years sober. If asked a few years earlier whether he would be able to follow a path to recovery, Chindongo might have said no. “I thought if I die, I die,” Chindongo told the HPR. That was before Chindongo met Dr. Avik Chatterjee, a physician at … Read more
A crew member salutes an MH-60S Sea Hawk helicopter in the Pacific. Late 2018 saw tensions rapidly escalate in the South China Sea following a dangerous encounter during a U.S Freedom of Navigation exercise in September. The USS Decatur came within 45 yards of a People’s Liberation Army vessel on September 30. The confrontation took … Read more
Justin Bieber can breathe a sigh of relief. His music video for “Baby” is no longer the most disliked video on YouTube; that dubious honor now belongs to YouTube’s own “Rewind 2018.” The video was created to highlight the major events on the platform over the past year, but many have criticized YouTube for omitting … Read more
Plastic is everywhere: From cutlery and packaging to clothing and electronics, some 9.2 billion tons of plastic have been produced in the past 70 years. Whether these plastics are single-use or longer-lived, many ultimately become environmental pollutants. When plastics are improperly discarded, they can find their way into waterways such as rivers. From there, plastic … Read more
In June 2011, Mercy for Animals released footage taken by undercover activists depicting the bloody debeaking of poultry and gross confinement of breeding sows on factory farms, animal cruelties that are standard practices in the animal agriculture industry. Fearing damage to its nearly $5.7 billion pork industry, Iowa was swift to act. The following spring, … Read more
The activation of the youth vote was a defining feature of the 2018 midterm elections. It was discussed and debated at length in the months leading up to the elections because of the sheer size of the youth population eligible to vote. The elections confirmed the voting power of this generation, as voter turnout rates … Read more
Harvard’s Undergraduate Council Finance Committee is a major source of financial support for hundreds of student organizations, doling out nearly $150,000 of student term bill each semester to support campus life. But who is all that money really going to? And how is it spent? This investigation by the Harvard Open Data Project attempts to … Read more
A snowy day in Dublin. Noah is a staff writer for the HPR and a junior at Harvard College, where he studies History and Literature. This is the second installation of a series of book reviews he will be publishing. The Review: This famous story reminds me of Instagram. I love Instagram. I think it’s … Read more
Millions around the country were captivated by the spectacle, but when Brett Kavanaugh testified before the Senate on September 27, 2018, he had an audience of five senators — two Democrats, three Republicans. He needed to convince two; in the end, he won the support of three. Ten days later, Kavanaugh was sworn in as … Read more