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Harvard Youth Poll: Millennials Not Locked and Loaded

According to a recent survey of 2,631 individuals aged 18 to 29 conducted by the Harvard Public Opinion Project, millennials broadly support gun control...

Can Democrats Win in the South?

On one remarkable night in December, red, white, and blue confetti rained down on supporters of Senator-elect Doug Jones. The Birmingham Sheraton Hotel was...

Why Domestic Terror Must Be Criminalized

On August 12, 2017, James Alex Fields Jr. drove his Dodge Charger into a crowd of peaceful counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia. One woman was...

How Insulin Became Unaffordable

Just before Alec Raeshawn Smith turned 24, he thought he had come down with the flu. When he went to the doctor a few...

Why Congress Can’t Help Caltrain

Silicon Valley has long been heralded as the world’s center of innovation. Yet every day, when some of the country’s smartest engineers commute to...

Unity in Diversity: The Nascent Political Identity of Indian-Americans

  Karthik Chandramouli has always been an active citizen. Growing up in Kentucky as the only son of two Indian immigrant professionals, Chandramouli recalls his...

Pension Reform: The Fiscal Crisis No One Wants to Talk About

America is facing a fiscal crisis and no one is talking about it. Pension reform has snuck under the public’s radar, even though it...

HPR Chat: Eva Moskowitz and Success Academy

This article was co-authored by Akshaya Annapragada, Chad Borgman, Katherine Ho, Quinn Mulholland, and Akash Wasil. In the POLITICO feature “Paul Ryan’s Favorite Charter School,”...

Science, Sensationalized: How the Press Undermines Research Funding

In mid-March, the Trump administration released its proposed budget for 2018. It included deep cuts to federal scientific agencies such as the National Institutes...

Quality over Quantity: The New Challenge Facing Computer Science Education

“In the new economy, computer science isn’t an optional skill – it’s a basic skill, right along with the three “Rs.” President Obama made...