Mikalah Hodge, Author at Harvard Political Review

Culture

In the Darkness Let There Be Light: The Political Power of Black Hymns

Mikalah Hodge - April 8, 2024

Reported history on the political power of Black hymns.

United States

Meritocracy or Mediocracy: How the Myth of Equality Breeds Radicalism

Mikalah Hodge - October 13, 2023

The very substance of meritocracy is idealistic, as it calls out to the sense of justice each one of us carry deep within. Yet this country was not built on that very sense of justice. This leaves us at an impasse.

Covers

The Pitches of Protests: How Music Makes Movements

Mikalah Hodge - September 10, 2023

Music lies just below the surface of American history, subtly acting as a catalyst for change and a chronicle of the effects.