Bernie’s Big Night

You might think little has changed in the state affairs of the Democratic primary race if you watched the post-debate coverage on CNN. The news agency, which hosted the debate in conjunction with Facebook at the Wynn Hotel in Las Vegas, largely portrayed the night as a successful one for Hillary Clinton, reaffirming her status … Read more

In Defense of Single-Sex Organizations

That the 168th Hasty Pudding theatrical show features an all male cast should come as a surprise to no one. The production was put on for nearly two centuries in this same way, but 17 women decided to challenge this tradition by auditioning for the Pudding cast last week. They, were, however, not cast this … Read more

Europe’s Crisis of Faith

This is not the first time in history that Europe has been forced to come to grips with an urgent and overwhelming refugee crisis. Nor, as it turns out, is it the first time that refugees have been slandered with xenophobic hate speech and broadly stroked suspicion. In 1933, T.S. Eliot proclaimed to an audience … Read more

Young Americans Won’t Budge on Social Issues and Immigration

The defining issues of the 2016 election are already emerging with individuals indicating which issues prove most important to them. According to the spring 2015 Harvard Public Opinion Project poll, social issues and immigration appear to be the most crucial issues for young voters going into the 2016 election. Twenty-one percent of respondents stated that … Read more

Strong Support for President Obama’s Free Community College Plan

Under President Obama’s America’s College Promise Proposal, students who maintain a 2.5 GPA while attending community college at least part time towards a degree will have their tuition waived. The White House estimates this program could benefit nine million students. According to the spring 2015 survey by the Harvard Public Opinion Project, a majority of … Read more

Young Guns: American Youth Want More U.S. Interventionism

It seems that the anti-interventionist attitude of young Americans has faded, according to the results of the Harvard Public Opinion Project’s spring 2015 survey. Nearly 60 percent of respondents disapprove of the Obama administration’s management of the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), while, strikingly, almost 60 percent of respondents support … Read more

Young Voters Conflicted Over Keystone XL and Fracking

The spring 2015 Harvard Public Opinion Project found that young Americans are conflicted over the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline and leaning against the use of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. However, their opinions on these two controversial environmental topics align more with environmentalist positions opposing both Keystone and fracking than with general public opinion. On Keystone, … Read more

Young Americans’ Growing Distrust of Science

The growing distrust among Americans towards scientists and their work is well documented. In an era in which scientific output doubles nearly every nine years, it is hard for even trained professionals to keep up with the latest scientific breakthroughs and developments in their own field, let alone in separate fields. The amount of research … Read more