Stuart Stevens, chief strategist for Mitt Romney’s 2012 campaign, spoke with the Harvard Political Review during his visit to the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University. Harvard Political Review: Is the Mitt Romney who Americans saw in Mitt the same Mitt Romney that Americans saw on the campaign? Stuart … Read more
Alex Castellanos is a Republican strategist and regular CNN contributor. He is a founding partner of Purple Strategies, a bipartisan political communications firm. Harvard Political Review: How have you seen the media’s political coverage evolve in the years since President Obama’s 2008 election? Alex Castellanos: I think media coverage of politics has devolved. Now that … Read more
Mike McCurry served as the White House Press Secretary during the Clinton administration. Harvard Political Review: What led you to pursue a career in public service and communications? Mike McCurry: Growing up in high school I had two loves, one was journalism and one was politics. I got to Princeton and worked my way through … Read more
Margaret Hodge is a Member of UK Parliament affiliated with the Labour Party. She spoke with the HPR about her efforts to revamp taxation policies in the UK. HPR: You are currently the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee. What would you say were some of your greatest accomplishments while on this committee? MH: We … Read more
Tom Countryman has served in the State Department’s Foreign Service since 1982 and currently serves as the Assistant Secretary for International Security and Nonproliferation. He has held overseas posts in Yugoslavia, Egypt, Italy, and Greece, as well as several positions in the State Department dealing with Near East and South Asian affairs. Mr. Countryman speaks … Read more
Evan Bayh served as Governor of Indiana from 1989 to 1997 and Senator from Indiana from 1999 to 2011. He currently serves as co-chair of No Labels, an organization seeking to promote bipartisan cooperation and problem solving. Harvard Political Review: After the government shutdown, many people were pessimistic about the chances for bipartisanship in Washington. … Read more
Peter Hamby currently serves as a national political reporter for CNN Digital. Hamby was the network’s reporter-at-large during the 2012 election cycle. Harvard Political Review: There’s a common perception that Fox News is on the right, MSNBC on the left, and CNN somewhere in the middle. Have you seen the network responding to those attitudes? … Read more
Simon Singh is the author of several mathematical and scientific works, including Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book, and, most recently, The Simpsons and Their Mathematical Secrets. Additionally, Singh is also a documentarian and a journalist, and has recently won a libel suit against the British Chiropractic Association. Harvard Political Review: What do you see … Read more
Anna Holmes is the founder of the feminist website Jezebel and recently published The Book of Jezebel. Holmes is an outspoken writer and a newly minted columnist for the New York Times Book Review. Harvard Political Review: You created Jezebel as an offshoot of the blog Gawker. Where do you see Jezebel going in the … Read more
Sarah Siskind visits Professor Alan Dershowitz in his office to talk to him about his latest book, Taking the Stand: My Life in the Law. You can access additional content by subscribing to our YouTube channel and visiting our iTunes page. Interview and Filming by Sarah Siskind Editing and Production by Jenny Choi Music by Dylan Perese