Recently, there has been considerable discourse surrounding the issue of free speech on college campuses. The most vocal participants in the conversation have crystallized into two extremes. One contingent feverishly offers up shocking examples of censorship in dire-sounding Atlantic op-eds, triumphantly assailing a supposed monolith of liberal PC anti-speech millennials. The other extreme militarily and … Read more
“No matter whether the country follows the flag or not, the Supreme Court follows the election returns,” wrote the Chicago humorist and author Finley Peter Dunne in 1901. More than a century later, many legal scholars and historians take Dunne’s famous quip—which identified a relationship between Supreme Court decisions and popular opinion—as gospel. There has … Read more
In 1939, a bill was placed before Congress seeking to allow 20,000 Jewish refugee children into America to escape the horrors of the Holocaust. In a flurry of America-first sentiment, the bill died on the Senate floor, and the would-be refugees were left to their fate. Seventy-one years to date after the largest Nazi death … Read more
In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, Valerie Peterson detailed her experience struggling to get access to an abortion in Texas. Petersen, a mother of two, found that she was pregnant with a fetus with alobar holoprosencephaly, or the failure of the brain to split into two halves. The fetus had no chance … Read more
Malcolm Jenkins is a National Football League safety for the Philadelphia Eagles. He has received media attention for his activism against police brutality and protests during the National Anthem. The interview was conducted on January 27th, 2017. Harvard Political Review: By the end of the season, you were the only player on the Eagles who … Read more
In the age of Trump, unlikely bipartisanship has blossomed. Ever since President Trump’s shocking victory last November, he has shown no signs of giving up his raucous and bombastic style, much to the dismay of his opponents and some of his supporters. In addition, his administration has become embroiled in a series of embarrassing PR … Read more
“Such a nasty woman.” During the third and final Presidential debate, Donald Trump uttered this gendered quip, in an attempt to undermine Clinton’s proposals on Social Security. The comment was far from a brief slip-up—Trump based much of his campaign on personal attacks and insults, widely condemned as overtly racist, misogynistic, or otherwise bigoted. However, … Read more
Africa is no stranger to exploitation. After decades of colonial rule under major Western powers, the continent was left with a legacy of harsh, imperialist rule that set it back years in modernization. As a result, it has become the focus of mountains of developmental assistance from countries hoping to foster social, institutional, and infrastructural … Read more
“I am asking you to believe, not in my ability to bring about change, but in yours.” These were the words President Obama offered a still-recovering nation during his farewell address. As was evident to many, the 2016 election not only lacked the energizing optimism of past elections, but also was disheartening and demoralizing. For … Read more
“Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country”, stated President John F. Kennedy’s charge to the American People in his 1961 inaugural address. Since Kennedy’s presidency, much has changed. The United States put a man on the moon, fought the Gulf Wars, and cycled through … Read more