With tensions over health care reform reaching critical levels, the coronavirus has shattered proposals for socialized health care. The last major shift in health care came in 2009 with the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, which passed Congress with 87% of Democratic support and a single Republican vote in favor. Since then, both sides have … Read more
Gaurab Basu, M.D. is a primary care physician and instructor at the Harvard Medical School. He is the co-director of the Center for Health Equity Education & Advocacy. Harvard Political Review: Could you speak about your interaction with the different responders to this pandemic, be it medical schools, the federal government, or community leaders? What’s … Read more
Gaurab Basu, M.D. is a primary care physician and instructor at Harvard Medical School. He is the co-director of the Center for Health Equity Education & Advocacy. Harvard Political Review: COVID-19 has been active in the U.S. for at least a few months. What do you think is most interesting about the pandemic? Gaurab Basu: … Read more
Adrienne Clarkson was born in Hong Kong but arrived in Canada at the age of 2, a refugee escaping the horrors of the Second World War. In an interview, Clarkson remembers finding a city “full of white people, white bread and white snow” and her journey in broadcasting, journalism, and public service was not an … Read more
Note: The transcript of this interview provided below has been edited for style and concision. For this reason, it may deviate in part from the video. Melissa Boteach is the Vice President for Income Security and Child Care/Early Learning at the National Women’s Law Center. She is also a representative of the We Demand More … Read more
Note: The transcript of this interview provided below has been edited for style and concision. For this reason, it may deviate in part from the video. Ellie Symes is an 8th year beekeeper and CEO of The Bee Corp, which she co-founded with Chief Marketing Officer Wyatt Wells. As seniors and founders of the … Read more
Robert Keohane is a professor emeritus of international affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public Administration and International Affairs. He is the author of numerous books, including “After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy.” Professor Keohane is credited by many for having helped transform the study of international relations with … Read more
Judge James Crawford is one of 15 permanent judges of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, who began his nine-year term in February 2015. He and Sir Percy Spender are the only two Australians to hold this position. Judge Crawford has also been counsel for over 30 governments in 23 cases before the … Read more
From watching conservative lawmakers systematically strip women of their reproductive rights amidst the cover of the pandemic to envisioning the socially-distanced debates to come in the 2020 presidential election — two elderly white men, both in the high-risk range for COVID-19, duking it out on the national stage to take the helm of a nation … Read more
The suspension of Bernie Sanders’ campaign in early April crushed many young voters who believed he was the only candidate who represented their ideals. In the weeks since, hostility between supporters of Sanders and those of Joe Biden, the presumptive nominee, has risen. This increase in antagonism can be seen throughout the political world, including … Read more