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
The non-governmental organization (NGO) has been one institution among many caught in the crossfire of growing discontent with neoliberal capitalism. Large, multinational NGOs became the hallmark of international development in the postwar era, especially as foreign aid became critical during the wartime collapse of public goods. NGOs that filled the gaps left behind by conflict … 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
A month ago, everything was normal. Cities bustled as people commuted to and from work in crowded subway cars and on congested freeways. Big glass office buildings were filled with afternoon meetings and cubicles of business casual. Kids sat in lines of desks at school, listening as their teachers explained algebra or the scientific method. … Read more
Associate U.S. Editor Chloe E.W. Levine moderates a dialogue between Menat Bahnasy, President of the Harvard College Democrats, and Wesley Donhauser, President of the Harvard Republican Club, about political discourse and how we can re-learn to have conversations across the aisle. Edited by Nicolas Medrano
After Earth Day 2020, Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard organizers reaffirm their commitment to the campaign. This article was co-written by Fossil Fuel Divest Harvard organizers Jing-Jing Shen and Ryan Sears. Earth Day came and went. For months, Harvard students had demanded a milestone of their university on the 50th anniversary of the celebration: divestment. Instead, the … Read more
Tara Setmayer is a CNN Political Commentator, ABC News Political Contributor, and hosts her own podcast, “Honestly Speaking with Tara Setmayer.” She has appeared regularly on CNN’s primetime programs, including “Erin Burnett OutFront” and “Anderson Cooper 360°”, and is well-known for her fact-focused, no-nonsense approach, especially during the 2016 presidential elections, receiving a designation from … 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
During the Vietnam War, Harvard Business School graduate and Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara insisted that the war be fought with modern statistical methods — what would today be called “data science.” As a part of the “hamlet evaluation system,” Department of Defense officials would take every bit of information from the frontlines, quantify it, … Read more
Half a year ago, a broad-based anti-government protest movement swept across Lebanon, igniting the most sustained political unrest in recent memory. Incited by a proposed tax on internet messaging services in the midst of a fiscal crisis, and building on the agitation of periodic protests in past years, over one million citizens took to the … Read more