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
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
This is the third installment of the Harvard Political Review‘s interview series with Massachusetts’s candidates for governor. Democrat Steve Grossman currently serves as the commonwealth’s treasurer. Harvard Political Review: What’s your diagnosis of the current state of Massachusetts: the good, the bad, the ugly? Steve Grossman: I’m an optimist about the future of this state, as … 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
This is the first installment of the Harvard Political Review‘s interview series with Massachusetts’s candidates for governor. Donald Berwick, one of three Democrats remaining in the race, previously served as the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Harvard Political Review: What are Massachusetts’s most glaring problems as Governor Patrick leaves office? Don Berwick: I’d … Read more
How so few can own so much—and how so many can own so little—is a question that predates economics, puzzling thinkers from Plato to Austen to Dickens. Is it God? Is it hard work? Values? Virtues? Birth? Genes? Intelligence? Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century should be your number-one summer read, as it sets … Read more
Richard Tisei is currently running for a congressional seat in Massachusetts’s Sixth District. If he wins, he will become the first openly gay Republican elected to Congress. Harvard Political Review: What are your priorities for office should you be elected? Richard Tisei: What I’d like to do is jumpstart the economy, which is my number one priority … Read more
Kevin Rudd served as prime minister of Australia from 2007 through 2010 and again in 2013. Harvard Political Review: Your government was characterized by a desire for fairness; most notably you gave an apology to the Indigenous people in 2008. How do you feel that your policies followed up upon that apology, or tried to … Read more
For the HPR’s photo essay of the demonstration, click here. Sarah Cole ’16 serves as one of the core organizers of the Diversity Report, a campus-wide movement that organized a demonstration called “We Are Here” in the Science Center Plaza on April 27, 2014. Harvard Political Review: What motivated you to organize this demonstration? Sarah Cole: To give … Read more
George Watsky is an American rapper and slam poet. He spoke with the Harvard Political Review regarding his artistic influences and the decision to offer his music for free online. Harvard Political Review: Many of your fans consider you an independent artist, and some of your lyrics allude to your independence. What’s kept you from signing … Read more