A More Connected World Is a Better World In a May 2010 opinion post for the Washington Post, Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg wrote in response to the public’s growing concern over user privacy: Six years ago, we built Facebook around a few simple ideas. People want to share and stay connected with their […]

Abstract: In order to protect national interests, the REAL ID Act of 2005 was enacted to help prevent terrorists from coming into the United States. The act curbed abuses to the existing asylum system. Changes stemming from REAL ID heightened the credibility and corroboration standards for asylum and provided immigration judges more discretion in denying […]

Abstract: Recent policies affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) older adults and people living with HIV promise a new era of reform. From California Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s antidiscrimination HIV-related bills and the sweeping changes of the Affordable Care Act to U.S. Senator Michael Bennet’s LGBT Elder Americans Act and the federal administration’s recent regulations, […]

BY AHMED MOOR It was “one of these compressed moments, where an entire story is told in a headline,” says Harvard Kennedy School Professor Richard Parker. “The story narrative is so simple—and so powerful—that there is no way that Romney can easily escape.” To hear more of Professor Parker’s discussion of Romney’s “47%” comment, listen […]

By Chrissie Long Down with the donkeys and the elephants: It’s time for a new beast in American politics. Disillusioned with the same old two-party system, many Americans have begun looking for alternatives. Among them is political advisor and current fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School Mark McKinnon who says that our current political system […]

By Citizen Staff Kennedy School students secured the title of this year’s graduate kickball champions, defeating ten other graduate school teams from across Harvard. The 2nd annual Graduate Student Kickball Tournament was sponsored jointly by the Graduate Commons Program and the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A total of 11 teams from various Harvard graduate […]

By Jennifer Hoegen Regardless of which candidate wins the election, bipartisan support is needed to move the United States forward on anti-trafficking legislation and services. Hopefully, the election season will spur politicians to jump into action and pay attention to the need to pass the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA). Twelve years ago, the […]

By Bryann DaSilva As I write this, anyone who cares about politics is, well, freaking out. Some are scared to death of China or Iran. Some are still tweeting about binders and Big Bird. Others are still clamoring for tax returns or college transcripts or some documentation that, even if released, wouldn’t matter very much […]

By Zach Crowley Spend enough time researching the Massachusetts Senate race online and you are bound to wind up at a blog entry where 17 of the 84 words are ‘douchebag’. All of the time-tested political tricks are in play, from war whoops to deadly accusations of tenured professorship.  The gender baiting and name calling […]

By Citizen Staff The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) of Government attracts students with diverse backgrounds and experiences. This diverse student body includes quite a few seasoned campaign workers with informed opinions on the current state of affairs on both Presidential campaigns in the US. The Citizen interviewed five such students who have been involved with […]

By Zach Crowley Four years ago President Barack Obama rolled into office as the electorate reacted to a suddenly struggling economy after eight years of President George W. Bush. At the midterm elections, with the economy not yet recovered and following the advent of Tea Party politics, the country shifted to the right and Republicans […]

Editor’s Note: This is the third in a series of three columns leading up to the Nov. 6 election. The Citizen requested opinion pieces from campus democrats and republicans. The democrats failed to respond. The previous columns focused on foreign policy and healthcare.   Perhaps more than anything else, Barack Obama’s biggest failure as President […]