America’s built environment is dominated by pavement. Boasting over a billion parking spaces, not including any home parking, the country has four times as many spaces as cars. In New York City alone, the amount of curbside parking is equivalent to the area covered by 10 Central Parks, and nearly double that when including off-street … Read more
During the 2020 presidential primary, many voters were concerned above all with choosing a nominee who could defeat President Donald Trump in the general election. According to a HuffPost/YouGov poll, the majority of registered Democrats (51%) said they prioritized nominating a presidential candidate who seemed most likely to win against Donald Trump in November 2020, … Read more
Years after police departments across the United States came under public scrutiny following the killing of Eric Garner, they are once again at the center of controversy for the murder of George Floyd. Since the deaths of both Black men occurred in police custody, they each sparked national uproars over police brutality. Alarmingly, there is … Read more
On May 25, onlookers recorded Minneapolis police officers kneeling on the neck of George Floyd, an unarmed 46-year-old Black man, for eight minutes and 46 seconds, killing him. It was a horrifying reflection of the long history of police violence against Black people in the United States. Floyd’s murder sparked an ongoing wave of protests … Read more
Samantha O’Sullivan is President of Harvard’s Generational African-American Students Association. “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass first posed the question in a speech on July 5, 1852, and since then, it has rung, largely unanswered, in the ears of our country. As a little Black girl growing up in Chocolate … Read more
Campbell Erickson worked under U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf and with the NGO Integrity Initiatives International as an advocate for the International Anti-Corruption Court. There is no denying it: for much of the world, corruption is a crisis. Corruption has run rampant in governments for as long as governments have existed. And as global inequality … Read more
This Wednesday, June 17, is Dalloway Day – a celebration both ordinary and extraordinary. Around the world, fans of renowned modernist author Virginia Woolf will pause to celebrate her 1925 novel “Mrs. Dalloway,” a story about a single day in the life of wealthy Londoner Clarissa. As she walks through post World War I London to … Read more
Campus activism has been a long-lasting staple of university life. Though mass student demonstrations are generally thought to have become prevalent in the 1960s, Harvard has had such protests occur throughout its history, with the first dating back to 1639. Harvard’s campus has witnessed many instances of public protest in the past year. These include … Read more
When I was a kid, I spent my Saturdays like many my age: cooped up in bed blasting Cartoon Network on my TV. Reflecting on those days, though, always brings me back to two shows in particular: “Adventure Time” and “Regular Show.” I spent hours watching these shows. I still remember the cute indie outro … Read more
Even before Hillary Clinton officially announced her candidacy for president in April 2015, she was widely favored to win the Democratic nomination. As such, the explosive popularity of Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who was not nearly as well known as Clinton at the time, came as a surprise to many onlookers. Sanders cast himself … Read more