An HPR column about things you don’t really understand, and it’s just too late to ask. Benghazi Embassy Attack edition With headlines like “Hillary’s Legendary Lies,” Urban Dictionary defining Benghazi as a verb, and days long congressional hearings on the topic, it can be easy to get caught up. But before you accept Benghazi as a … Read more
On June 11, Jeff Sessions ruled that those seeking asylum by citing fears of gang violence or domestic abuse will no longer be able to find refuge in the United States. This ruling was delivered in conjunction with an official revocation of asylum that was granted to a Salvadoran woman by an immigration appeals court … Read more
Dan Balz is Chief Correspondent at The Washington Post. He has covered every presidential campaign and midterm election since 1978. He is the author of four books and a regular “Washington Week” panelist on PBS. Harvard Political Review: What is unique about the divisions the country is facing today from your perspective as a political … Read more
Arne Duncan served as Secretary of Education under former President Barack Obama from 2009 to 2015. He is a Managing Partner at Emerson Collective, a Palo Alto-based advocacy group. Harvard Political Review: What is your biggest regret from your tenure as Secretary of Education? What do you wish you had done? Arne Duncan: Lots of … Read more
A bin of crayons at an elementary school classroom. The skin color crayon. Growing up in American white suburbia, it is a term I heard often as a child. I would sit in class, meticulously drawing flowers, animals, houses, and the like. When I had to draw people, I would sketch a figure, again and … Read more
An HPR column about things you don’t really understand, and it’s just too late to ask. Trump administration family immigration policy edition The What: In April of this year, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced his “zero tolerance” immigration plan. By this he meant that the United States would aim to prosecute every person who crosses … Read more
Kennedy’s retirement, coupled with the recent succession of conservative-leaning Supreme Court rulings, signaled a national and constitutional crisis for Democrats. The nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, with his sturdy Republican credentials and conservative legal record, has spurred ominous forecasts about the fate of salient social issues: abortion, gay rights, and affirmative action, to say the least. … Read more
It will not knock the wind out of us all at once — it will surge, subside, return, and then return again, until we learn that we must learn to live with it. In between a roar and a trickle, littered with the bits and pieces of city life that it so inadvertently disrupts, the … Read more
In 2010, the city of Port Au Prince, Haiti was racked by a category seven earthquake. The death toll reached 220,000, while 2.3 million individuals were displaced from their homes. With 17 percent of Haitian government officials killed in the earthquake, aid agencies were left to manage municipal responsibilities. Humanitarian aid money poured in, totaling … Read more
For Robert Campbell, the first warning sign was the bookstores leaving. For years, Harvard Square had been a haven for bookstores, but then they began to close one by one, beginning in 1992 with Cambridge Booksmith, and then Reading International, and then Barillari. For Elsa Dorfman, it was the camera stores. “There were at least … Read more