On March 25, when former political aide Tara Reade came forward with allegations of sexual assault against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, her words were met with radio silence. The story was largely ignored by mainstream media sources until 19 days later, when the New York Times put out an investigative piece that interviewed … Read more
As the U.S. economy reels from the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s meat producers are facing a logistical disaster. Social distancing measures have forced restaurants and industrial food service providers to stall their operations, and meatpacking facilities across the country have shuttered or reduced capacity. With nowhere to send their chickens, pigs, and cows, farmers have … Read more
On Friday evenings, I walk along Mount Auburn Street — the epicenter of social life for many Harvard students — amidst the pungent odor of marijuana, open bottles, and the cacophony of voices waiting outside parties for a less than memorable night. Several blocks away, I enter the basement of a church, complete with people … Read more
On June 23rd, New Yorkers will — one way or another — cast their votes in the state’s primary elections. One race, however, will be missing from the ballot. On Monday, two unelected officials moved to cancel the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, denying a voice to millions of New Yorkers at this critical moment in history. The … Read more
This article was co-written by Chloe E.W. Levine and Oliver York. Espousing — no, exuding — patriotism has been a tacit requirement for U.S. presidential campaigns since the dawn of the nation, even as debates about the true meaning of patriotism have embroiled candidates. Who could forget the 2008 scandal in which then-Sen. Barack Obama, … Read more
This article was co-written by Abigail Romero and Jing-Jing Shen. Once bustling public spaces, now visited only by the occasional mask-wielding passerby. Funerals with no attendees. Blue tents dotting long-winded streets. These images bore into the minds of so many Americans amidst the coronavirus pandemic. Though the pandemic is not the genesis of our society’s … Read more
This article was co-written by Joy Ashford and Henry Austin. It’s hard to talk about politics with young Americans without hearing three words: “big, structural change.” While some pundits brush off young people’s frustration as adolescent rebellion or unrealistic idealism, their calls for change are in fact increasingly specific and the result of the tangible … Read more
This article was co-written by Jing-Jing Shen and Rebecca Araten. Right now, the lives of young people are fraught: worries surrounding healthcare, debt, and the cost of housing weigh heavily on young consciences. A majority of America’s youth — 50.4% — describe themselves as suffering in some way or another. They worry about what the … Read more
This article was co-written by Xavier Morales and Katie Heintz. In 2002, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, Americans were united by a common tragedy, against a common enemy. As a result, a huge majority of young Americans considered themselves patriotic: a youth survey by the Harvard Public Opinion Project at the time found that … Read more
This article was co-written by Sasha Barish and Katie Heintz. Over the course of the 21st century, the percentage of Americans who identify as “patriotic” has been falling. This shift is largely generational, and also differs vastly along partisan, racial, and other demographic lines, an observation supported by other analyses in this article series. In … Read more