Author, Author at Harvard Political Review

Books & Arts

Reframing the Axis of Evil

Author - October 13, 2014

Navigating identity in Iran.

Interviews

Anne Lewis and Todd Plants on Digital Political Marketing

Author - October 12, 2014

"It is not quite right to look at it and say that the super PACs’ money is 'drowning out' the little guy" – Anne Lewis and Todd Plants describe the importance of online fundraising in the "Citizens United" era.

The Americas

Bolivia's Perennial President

Author - October 8, 2014

Evo Morales and the manipulation of democracy.

Humor

Uncle Sam's Perennial Lessons in Food Critiquing

Author - October 6, 2014

A (satirical) look into the seedy underbelly of food critique.

City Limits

Knowing the City

Author - October 5, 2014

Growing up in Glenview, a leafy northern suburb of Chicago, I rarely had to think much about the big city next door. In my...

City Limits

Rob Robertson Won't Hold Office

Author - October 5, 2014

ABOUT THIS PROJECT Rob Robertson's political career started with a Senate internship in D.C., during which he drafted the 1997 federal budget, unassisted, in one...

Online

Punch. Tap. Bicker. Rush.

Author - October 2, 2014

The issue of exclusive social organizations is a complex one, deeply entrenched in tradition as well as sociology and human psychology.

Media

Interview with Heather Pickerell: Wear Yellow for Hong Kong

Author - October 1, 2014

Protests in Hong Kong, and the American students rooting for democracy there.

Campus

Legacy: Just a By-Product of a Broken System

Author - October 1, 2014

In a society dominated by institutional benefits for the wealthy, preference for legacy applicants is a tiny detail in the larger picture of Harvard’s massively flawed “meritocracy.”

Campus

Democracy's Dynasties: Legacy and the Culture of Nepotism

Author - October 1, 2014

By continuing legacy admissions, Harvard sends a message by example to its students that nepotism is a regular part of American life.