Peter Shumlin served three terms as Vermont’s 81st governor before stepping down in 2017. A native Vermonter, he has also served as President Pro Tempore of the Vermont State Senate and as chair of the Democratic Governors Association. Outside of public service, Shumlin runs his family business, Putney Student Travel. HPR: On a national scale, … Read more
Molly McKew is an information warfare expert and specialist on Russia-U.S. relations. She has worked as an adviser to political officials in Moldova and Georgia. Currently, McKew is working as a writer in Washington, D.C. The HPR conducted a wide-ranging interview with McKew, and what follows are excerpts from that interview. Harvard Political Review: How … Read more
The murder trial of O.J. Simpson was resurrected in 2016. Ryan Murphy, co-creator of American Horror Story, produced the TV drama American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson, while Ezra Edelman, Academy Award-winning documentary director and producer, created the documentary O.J.: Made in America. These captivating works did not simply retell the story of the … Read more
“The story I tell is one of a city transformed,” opens Thomas Sugrue in his book The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar Detroit. Once America’s fourth-largest city, boasting over 1.8 million residents and a multitude of car manufacturers, steel mills, depots, and parts plants, Sugrue noted that by 1996, Detroit … Read more
Kelly Ayotte served as a U.S. Senator from New Hampshire from 2011 to 2017. Harvard Political Review: You clerked for Justice Sherman Horton in New Hampshire and eventually became Attorney General of the state. Was there a particular moment when your political identity began to take shape or was it a gradual process? KA: I … Read more
Dr. Mohamed Moncef Marzouki served as the interim President of Tunisia between 2011 and 2014, following the Tunisian Revolution. He is best known for his role in establishing the national Truth and Dignity Commission to investigate violations of human rights and provide reparations to victims. Dr. Marzouki has also founded and held leadership in several … Read more
A crowd of people gather around a bright orange building, with orange and blue circles painted on the windows. In friendly letters, the building’s sign reads “Día Día Practimercados.” “Practimercados” is a portmanteau of práctico, “practical”, and mercado, “market.” The practical market. Día Día, or “day to day,” is the essence of the supermarket’s mission: … Read more
Watch this interview. Harvard Political Review: Tell us about yourself and take us through your career. Sarah Hurwitz: My name is Sarah Hurwitz and I am a fellow this semester at the Institute of Politics here at Harvard. Previously I was with the Obama administration for eight years, most recently as Michelle Obama’s Chief Speechwriter, … Read more
Josh Earnest was the White House press secretary under President Barack Obama from 2014 to 2017. Before that, he served as principal deputy White House press secretary and chief of staff to Press Secretary Jay Carney. He was succeeded in January by President Donald Trump’s press secretary, Sean Spicer. Harvard Political Review: You are one … Read more
Cenk Uygur is the host and co-founder of The Young Turks, a progressive online news show that boasts over 3 million subscribers on YouTube. He sat down for this interview before a live broadcast of his show from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy Junior Forum on November 14, 2016. Harvard Political Review: Do you see any positives … Read more