Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas. Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh. Walmart, El Paso. These shootings are a grave reminder of the epidemic of self-radicalization sweeping the United States. Today, lone-wolf attacks in the US are more deadly than ever before and are often tied to white supremacist ideologies, which disproportionately impact minority communities. Combatting this … Read more
Luke Albert is the Membership Chair of Harvard College Democrats for Warren. It is no exaggeration to say that this is the most important election of our lifetime and that the stakes could not be higher. Wages have stagnated for decades, except for the top earners, as income inequality has reached a historically high mark. … Read more
As the first presidential primaries grow closer and the field of Democratic candidates slowly dwindles, some voters are beginning to narrow down their preferences. While there is a plethora of information available to learn more about candidates and their policies, one of the most accessible ways to directly compare candidates’ visions is through the debates. … Read more
Michael Baick is the co-chair of Harvard College Democrats for Pete. Mayor Pete Buttigieg makes it no secret that he is the youngest one in the room. Indeed, the mayor himself epitomizes why so many young people are getting involved. He speaks movingly about his lived experience with modern challenges: $130,000 of student debt that weigh down his … Read more
Louisiana, like many coastal regions around the globe, is sinking into the sea. Years of canal dredging, built so the oil industry could travel through the bayous, have turned marshes into open ocean. Levees have blocked the natural flow of the Mississippi River, stopping the sediments that strengthen the wetlands. Meanwhile, sea levels are rising. … Read more
Damian Richardson is the chair of the Harvard College Democrats for Kamala Executive Board. The evidence is mounting. Donald Trump has repeatedly and openly solicited the services of foreign governments to investigate his political opponents and interfere in the 2020 election. This president is lawless, unpatriotic, and dangerous. Unlike proceedings in a courtroom, however, Donald … Read more
American youth climate activists have given themselves an 11-year deadline. Concerned by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s 2018 report, which warned of the dire impacts of a 1.5 degree Celsius global temperature increase by 2030, American youth climate activists are working to mobilize the government and the public. They aim to prevent the damaging … Read more
In January 2017, every resident of Seattle received a small white packet in the mail. Inside each of these packets was free money — a cumulative total of $54 million dollars — from the city of Seattle. Well, it was not exactly free money. The city had given each resident $100, not in cash but … Read more
On the morning of February 15, 2019, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency to redirect billions in federal funds toward building a wall along the United States-Mexico border. Despite the various ethical and constitutional concerns that arose from the president’s haphazard announcement, it was his manner of delivery that seemed to dominate subsequent media … Read more
On December 19, 2018, Federal Judge Emmet Sullivan settled a case between the ACLU and the Trump administration concerning the eligibility criteria for asylum, ruling against the administration and in favor of the ACLU. In doing so, Sullivan struck down former Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ policies restricting access to asylum for victims of gang violence … Read more