The Conservative Atheists

Coming out as an atheist in America presents difficulties regardless of one’s political beliefs. According to polls by Gallup in 2012 and Pew Research Center in 2014, presidential candidates face more opposition from voters if they are atheists than if they used marijuana, had an extramarital affair, or had never held office. According to another … Read more

In Horton Hears a Who, the Dr. Seuss You Never Knew!

Dr. Seuss has achieved what few artists have: his sixty-one children’s books, from And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1938) to Oh, The Places You’ll Go! (1990) have captivated millions of children’s hearts—and their parents’ too. Dr. Seuss’s characters are charismatic, entertaining, and imaginative. Who doesn’t recognize the Grinch, the elephant Horton, or the Cat … Read more

Matthew Vines’ Christian Take on Homosexuality

Matthew Vines is the author of God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships and is the president and founder of the Reformation Project. He is widely known for his viral video “The Gay Debate: The Bible and Homosexuality.” Harvard Political Review: What was your community like growing up? Matthew Vines: I grew … Read more

Matthew Vines’ Christian Take on Homosexuality

Matthew Vines is the author of God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships and is the president and founder of the Reformation Project. He is widely known for his viral video “The Gay Debate: The Bible and Homosexuality.” Harvard Political Review: What was your community like growing up? Matthew Vines: I grew … Read more

The Inadequacy Complex

I think that almost all of us at Harvard have insecurities about our place here, but but nobody likes to talk about them. Getting into Harvard is undeniably a prestigious achievement, but one for which I’ve always hesitated taking full credit. Perhaps it is a side effect of feeling like an overwhelmingly normal person at Harvard. Like many others, … Read more

On Harvard Liberals

Harvard occupies a peculiar place in the American political spectrum. Browsing the conservative media and blogosphere, it takes almost no time at all to come across an article berating elite American universities as bastions of unchecked, militant liberalism. For many, this criticism extends to all (non-religious) colleges, or as surprisingly durable Republican presidential candidate Rick … Read more

Same-Sex Marriage Comes to Georgia

In November 2004, five months after Massachusetts became the first state in the country to legalize same-sex marriage, voters in Georgia overwhelmingly adopted an amendment to the state constitution defining marriage as being between a man and a woman. With just 17 percent of Georgians approving of same-sex marriage, the outlook for same-sex couples in the state who … Read more

New Concentration Takes the Stage

While some students spend their summers traveling to other countries or interning in D.C., Sam Hagen ’18 would rather work with a Tony-winning director on a new musical. He is one of eight Harvard student interns at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.), a renowned theater company located at Harvard’s Loeb Drama Center. An internship with … Read more

China’s Forgotten Children

It’s 5:00 a.m. in Liaoning Province and a shrill whistle pierces the still air. All of a sudden, the lights turn on and a small group of eight-year-old boys springs up from the ground where they had been sleeping and start folding their blankets. They quickly put on their clothes and rush outside, meeting up with … Read more