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HPRgument: The Third Republican Debate

HPR writers analyze the night's happenings, from the strained relationship between moderators and candidates to the policies they discussed.

Of "A Gay Girl in Damascus" and the Real New Media

I suggest tuning into the medium-sized brouhaha that has emerged in the wake of "A Gay Girl in Damascus" - an affair far more morally and politically significant than what a Long Island congressman decided to do with his digitally-rendered private parts.

Anthony Weiner's Corruption

The relationship between representative and represented is sacred, and by trading political admiration for sexual gratification, Anthony Weiner corrupted that relationship.

Schooling the Activist

An Activist’s Year in Review Last week, reporter Monica Dodge wrote the Crimson’s update on student activism in 2010-2011. Her article, “The Evolution of Activism,”...

Religion Revue: In Which Joshua Meets Yeshua

Unraveling the "Jews for Jesus" mystery

McCain Clears the Air on Torture

In the aftermath of Osama bin Laden’s death, the merits of enhanced interrogation are at issue again.  Required reading on the topic is Senator...

The Edwards Middle School Writes About Politics

For the past ten weeks, writers from the Harvard Political Review have been meeting with 6th graders from the Clarence R Edwards Middle School in...

Melvil Dewey and The Legacy of Google’s “Knowledge Group”

The historical precedent for Google's "Knowledge Group"

Why do we read the news?

James Fallows’ awesomely-titled article on the future of journalism – “Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media” – is well worth reading in...

Policing the Line: Challenges on the US/Mexico Border: Drugs, Violence and Terror

As a member of the audience for the panel discussion on challenges facing the US and Mexico,  I really enjoyed the discussion on the...