ABOUT THIS PROJECT Rob Robertson’s political career started with a Senate internship in D.C., during which he drafted the 1997 federal budget, unassisted, in one night, on three hundred and forty-eight cocktail napkins, while periodically (and nonviolently) breaking up bar fights using his left ear. After college, from 1998 to 2002, he served in the … Read more
Driving in large cities is rarely pleasant. Roads can be so congested that traveling a single block takes several minutes and, after enduring all the other difficulties, finding a convenient parking spot is tough. In the past few months, two teams of entrepreneurs have released smartphone apps that they claim will make this process easier, … Read more
This is the fourth installment of the Harvard Political Review‘s interview series with Massachusetts’ candidates for governor. Martha Coakley currently serves as the commonwealth’s attorney general. Harvard Political Review: As attorney general, you’ve been involved in a myriad of high-profile cases: not only the abortion buffer-zone case, but also the Supreme Court case concerning the Environmental … Read more
Lost among sweaty pictures of the Great Wall and Tiananmen Square, a Beijing of a past era still exists somewhere on my computer’s hard disk. At the naïve age of 12 years, my visit to China was about documenting what I saw rather than understanding it, taking photographs of people rather than connecting with them. … Read more
[JERUSALEM, ISRAEL] When Qusay Muzassar was a teenager in East Jerusalem, growing up in the tense climate of the Second Intifada, he was regularly exposed to demonstrations and riots. Though he tried to avoid them himself, expressions of hatred and frustration by both Arabs and Jews were hard to escape. A few years ago, … Read more
Rev. Al Sharpton is a civil rights activist and talk show host. Harvard Political Review: Rev. Sharpton, what is the significance of the Ferguson episode’s location – that is, in the middle of the country and in a suburb? Al Sharpton: I think the significance is that we’re dealing with the heartland of America. We’re … Read more
[BIL’IN, WEST BANK] Every Friday, locals of this run-down Palestinian village in the West Bank gather with international human rights activists and the rare Israeli to protest the wall built to separate Bil’in from the adjacent Jewish settlement of Modi’in Illit. A Swiss ambulance stands by to treat protesters hit with tear gas or rubber … Read more
Earlier this summer, a force of approximately ten militants attacked Pakistan’s Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan. The death toll from the attack, including the ten attackers, was approximately 38. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, stating it was a response to the death of one of their leaders during an American … Read more
This is the second installment of the Harvard Political Review‘s interview series with Massachusetts’s candidates for governor. Charlie Baker, the likely Republican nominee, previously served as the CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. Harvard Political Review: How do you think your business experience would serve you in office? Charlie Baker: As you probably know, I spent some time … Read more
[RICHMOND, VIRGINIA] During their June 30 meeting to elect new board positions, the members of the Henrico County Republican Committee fill less than a third of the cavernous Deep Run High School auditorium. It’s late on a Monday evening, and as the chairman drawls off the list of member names for a roll call vote, it becomes … Read more