To shift social power dynamics and ensure the public safety of women in our modern patriarchy, feminism must be recast as an inclusive movement built on female autonomy — independent of the eyes of men. harvardpolitics.com/burqas-to-biki
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The many existing coding resources make it more than possible for our educational system to empower America’s youth to learn computer science. States can now choose to leave these barriers standing, or to use the power of code to break them down.
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Compared to generations before them, more of Gen Z belong to racial and ethnic minorities, have grown up using electronics, and have decided to pursue higher education. But how are they planning to lead?
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“Indian Matchmaking” dangerously endorses harmful double standards based on gender, excessive familial influence in romantic relationships, colorism, and casteism.
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The water crisis in Flint, Michigan could have been avoided, as could countless other health crises affecting undeserved communities in history.
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Raising the minimum wage is important to keep the economy and country moving forward, but awareness of the risks that come along with the raise is imperative to make well-informed policy decisions.
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The impression that China is now the foremost adversary of the U.S. has become so prevailing that talks of a new Cold War reverberate in the media, compelling major leaders to reject the analogy to quell fears.
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Utah’s Great Salt Lake is at the heart of the region’s ecosystem and economy. But without urgent action, it will soon dry up, with devastating consequences for all.
Fear of being called Indigenous or Black amongst Latines of mixed-race heritage is a symptom of the plague of colorism. In claiming our Blackness and/or Indigeneity, Latines resist the seeming ubiquity of Eurocentrism. I ask you to embrace your roots.
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To many immigrants living in the U.S., successfully naturalizing and officially becoming a citizen is the dream, not only to inherit the benefits and privileges reserved for U.S. citizens, but also to be embraced and protected by the country.
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To restore the stability and legitimacy of the Supreme Court, we need an 18-year term limit for Supreme Court justices in combination with a stricter commitment to legal precedent.
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As part of the Fall 2022 Campus Poll series this semester, the Harvard Political Review seeks to understand the views of Harvard undergraduates on a variety of political topics, from campus politics to cultural issues to national policy.
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The IOP is packed for our election night watch party!
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Both expanded early voting and mail in voting were passed only as temporary reforms for the pandemic, expiring at the end of 2020. One of the core motivations behind the VOTES Act was to ensure that those reforms were permanent.
A Paul LePage victory may mean the end of reproductive freedom in Maine.
Apocalyptic fear-mongering shouldn’t be a central plank of the environmentalist platform. Instead, climate activists must emphasize the need for change, the possibility of progress, and the essential worth of every human being.
Our forecast predicts that Republicans will narrowly control Congress after this midterm election. This is a break from the current Democrat-controlled Congress from 2020.
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We can either make the American flag a symbol of the sins of the present and past. Or it can be a symbol of the hope that Americans have for the future.
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In order to ease immigrants, documented and undocumented alike, into feeling secure of their access to American infrastructure, the Massachusetts law on driver’s licenses must be upheld.
A graduated income tax on the very wealthy, such as this amendment, deserves merit only if the state properly outlines the policy steps that it is going to implement following the potentially adverse effects on the economy.
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Dr. Anthony S. Fauci is the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the U.S. National Institutes of Health. Today, he serves as the Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden.
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The true litmus test for morally sound, effective political action is whether it addresses the inequalities that persist along racial lines in American society.
While we might soon see a change in the demographics of our elected officials, more steps need to be taken to guarantee not just representation, but a working democracy for everyone.
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The truth is that American foreign aid produces positive outcomes for its recipients, contains safeguards against corruption, and promotes national security and economic growth.
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On the back of voters’ ballots this year are printed four questions — one proposed constitutional amendment, two initiative petitions, and one veto referendum — each of which could stand to change the landscape of state politics.
Sex work is not immoral: It is work, and for many, work that is vital to survive. Stigmatizing this industry — both in our legal system and in the media — prevents fair investigations of crimes against sex workers.
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To ensure that the natural hair movement remains salient in 2022, it is crucial that we codify natural hair protections nationwide and dismantle Eurocentric hierarchies within the community.
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As part of the Fall 2022 Campus Poll series this semester, the Harvard Political Review seeks to understand the views of Harvard undergraduates on a variety of political topics, from campus politics to cultural issues to national policy.
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The act of scrutinizing our scrutiny becomes especially salient as we grapple with the extent to which cover-ups are an entrenched component of the systemic phenomena we loathe yet in which we may one day be complicit.
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The internet can be a place for productive debate, but its fixation on culture-war debates about M&Ms proved to be more diversion than substance and distracted from deeper troubles.
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It is imperative, then, that societies look beyond the shrewd rhetoric and justifications employed by genocide’s orchestrators to truly confront the facts of mass murder, no matter how difficult or emotionally burdensome they may be.
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So whenever I think about the idea of me being at risk, I also think about the people that I fight for and the risks that they have the courage to take on every day.
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Many wealthy students feel the need to seem less wealthy, especially when in financially diverse environments — but Canada Goose continues to saturate Harvard’s winter closet. How do we explain this discrepancy?
It is clear that the Freedom Trail sweeps non-White, non-male, non-affluent areas under the rug — ignoring areas like Beacon Hill that house much of the city’s Black and women’s historical landmarks.
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The season depicts how rigid definitions of career success and anxieties about cultural preservation are used to shame mental unwellness while making a compelling case for more individuals to invest in mental healthcare.
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As threats to American hegemony evolve, so too does the Pentagon’s pro-military messaging in American films. There is no longer any certainty in winning or losing. The message is now woefully ambiguous: we must prepare for whatever is next.
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With world-threatening political, military, and technological challenges mounting, Washington’s aim becomes clear. The goal isn’t to win a war over Taiwan: it is for there to be no war over Taiwan.
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As part of the Fall 2022 Campus Poll series this semester, the Harvard Political Review seeks to understand the views of Harvard undergraduates on a variety of political topics, from campus politics to cultural issues to national policy.
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As students, we’ve seen “Veritas” crest everything we do. Meaning “truth” in Latin, the word takes its place within the Harvard laurel, letters scattered across three open books, professing to ground the university’s knowledge-seeking ethos. “Veritas” is etched into every noo...
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Through Cover-Up, we hope to provide a space for the conversations that those in power try to avoid and challenge the narratives we believe and perpetuate about government, business, society, and ourselves.
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