During his visit, John Bel Edwards sat down with the Harvard Political Review to discuss governing across party lines and to reflect on changes in Louisiana being put forward by his successor, Jeff Landry, and the new legislature.
Prior to their appearance at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Institute of Politics, Carr and Jones sat down with The Harvard Political Review to discuss their advocacy work and hopes for change in the wake of their family members’ deaths.
Compassion in the face of violence is difficult. In America, where police brutality and violent punishment are deeply ingrained within the justice system, it...
Jenny Odell’s book “How to Do Nothing” is neither a how-to guide nor a suggestion that we do nothing. Instead, she offers a compelling case that resisting the urge to act rashly or constantly make progress can actually be the greatest catalyst for change.
Slavery and anti-Blackness are deeply ingrained in American institutions, and prison labor is just one of the thinly veiled systems used to perpetuate it.
Carceral justice in America cannot make up for the deaths of Rittenhouse’s victims, nor for Jacob Blake, whose shooting they were protesting. We should instead shift our focus to ensure our policies and laws reflect our morals.
The media is a powerful tool that can be used to make people aware about issues taking place outside of their communities, but it only works when the issues are actually being responsibly represented, and not being portrayed in an apathetic way.
