“Where are my single Zoomers at???” It would have felt less cringe-worthy to read if the sentiment, put so eloquently by a fellow quarantined college student in a Facebook group, “Zoom Memes for Self Quaranteens,” wasn’t so painstakingly relatable. In the time of quarantine, I’ve found myself craving intimacy more than I ever have on … Read more
One of my earliest, clearest memories at Harvard is of the evening of November 8, 2016. Hundreds of first-years were packed in Annenberg Dining Hall to watch live coverage of the 2016 election, expecting what the polls predicted: a resounding victory for Hillary Clinton. Initially, Annenberg was buzzing with excitement — eight years after the … Read more
Biting wind and deep darkness make the trek across the frozen water almost unbearable. The snowmobile’s thin windshield offers little protection, and no number of garment layers provides relief from the cold. The man on the machine is soon-to-be-Governor Bill Walker, and this rigid imagery is the reality of elections in Alaska. He will soon … Read more
On April 21, 2019, a flurry of headlines, including words like “attack,” “American citizens,” and “tourists and Christians,” inundated the news feeds of people worldwide. On this Easter Sunday, suicide bombers associated with National Tawheed Jamaat, an extremist group sympathetic to the self-proclaimed Islamic State, conducted a series of coordinated attacks, killing over 290 people … Read more
In response to growing fears over the spread of coronavirus in the U.S., Harvard University administration had students evacuate their dorms in a week’s time. The Harvard Political Review follows some of the experiences that students went through.
The narrative that young people don’t vote is a well-worn story. In the upcoming presidential election, though, Gen Z-ers and millennials will make up one-third of the electorate, making them a formidable political force. However, young voters typically have a turnout rate 20 to 30 percentage points lower than that of older citizens. The average … Read more