Antiguan-American novelist Jamaica Kincaid is often described as “angry.” Kincaid is best known for her candid and overtly critical approach to themes such as colonialism, racism, and gender. In her 1988 novel A Small Place, Kincaid condemns the colonial legacy of Antigua, extends her criticism to the modern tourist industry, and even criticizes her reader. … Read more
On April 10, Elizabeth Warren joined Jon Stewart on The Daily Show and declared, “Powerful corporations [and] rich people have figured out that if you can bend the government to help you just a little bit, it’s a tremendous payoff, and if you can bend it to help you just a little bit more and … Read more
“I never really questioned the fact that I was going to go to college. I didn’t really think there were other options.” For Gaby Díaz Quiñones ’17, the idea of attending college was always assumed and influenced a great deal by her mother’s completion of a bachelor’s degree, she told the HPR. Díaz Quiñones’s circumstance—being … Read more
“It’s ridiculous. It’s 2015. Pretty much every other college in the United States has a Latinx Studies program; at this point, it’s almost like Harvard is deliberately trying to not have one.” As I sit at the Dunster House dining hall table over dinner, Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez ‘17 explains her dissatisfaction with the lack of a … Read more
John Kasich is running for president. He has yet to announce his candidacy, but a source close to the Republican governor of Ohio has informed the HPR that “Kasich is definitely running,” in 2016. The HPR reached out to his office for comment, but has not yet received a response. According to the source, Kasich likely will not … Read more
See how different demographic groups’ opinions on government policies and moral questions compare. This data covers the fourteen “typology” questions from the Harvard Institute of Politics’ survey of 18-29 year old Americans. You can hover over a point on the chart to see the policy question at hand.
What should poor people be allowed to eat? That is apparently one of the most burning questions on the minds of some lawmakers. Republican Missouri State Representative Rick Brattin recently sponsored a bill proposing that recipients of food stamps under SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, not be allowed to use their benefits to buy … Read more
“I think they’re militant, and I don’t think we should be putting our name on a thing that sued the University.” Such were the words of Daniel Banks ’17, the Undergraduate Council’s Student Initiatives Chair, regarding Divest Harvard. The night was April 12, and the activist group had just introduced an unambitious piece of legislation … Read more
With 2016 GOP presidential hopefuls starting to declare their candidacies, their party already appears to be dividing into two factions: fiscal hawks and defense hawks. The Senate recently passed a budget blueprint with provisions and proposed amendments that put a spotlight on the fiscal differences between several presidential hopefuls. Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rand … Read more
I’m running for president. Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion. –H https://t.co/w8Hoe1pbtC — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) April 12, 2015 In her Twitter biography, Hillary Clinton describes herself in roles that range from being a “wife,” “FLOTUS,” and “SecState” to “hair icon” and “pantsuit aficionado.” Her biography, until recently, ended … Read more