Counterculture
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03.26.26: Counterculture
Hot Take: Ethical Basketball
Thunk. Swish. Throughout the evening of March 10, these were the main sounds anyone in the Miami Heat’s arena could hear, along with the roar of applause with each dunk and free-throw. The Heat’s home game against the Washington Wizards was expected to be a run-of-the-mill beatdown. The Wizards were battling elimination from playoff contention, […]
We Just Don’t Care: U.S. Baseball
While many Major League Baseball players are returning to form during spring training, countries from around the world united to compete in the World Baseball Classic. As a nearly two-week tournament, the Classic features Hall of Fame locks, top prospects, and some players who aren’t even professional ballplayers. With the chance to represent their country […]
Strategy and Uncertainty: Inside the U.S. Response to Iran
On March 10, the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum at the Harvard Kennedy School hosted a conversation with former Deputy U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Morgan Ortagus, moderated by Institute of Politics Interim Co-Director Ned Price and Harvard Undergraduate Iranian Association President Bahar Moradi ’27. The discussion centered on the Trump administration’s recent […]
A Winning Mindset or Winning the Mind?
At the highest levels of sport, athletes generate massive attention, whether in professional leagues or national and world championships. However, nothing quite captures the public’s fascination with competition like the Olympic Games. Success stories catapult athletes to permanent cultural fame—think Usain Bolt, who broke world records and cemented the start of his legacy as the […]
Who Participates in Participatory Budgeting?
The results are in: when it comes to civic engagement, Cambridge, Massachusetts, residents go above and beyond. The city of Cambridge held its 12th cycle of Participatory Budgeting, in which residents voted on which of 20 project proposals should receive funding from the municipal government, from Mar. 5 to Mar. 15. Out of the 121,186 […]
Kitchen Sink No. 8
The bitter wind had been blowing against my face for so long that I had stopped feeling it. My teeth ached. The collar of my coat was wet and was chafing a raw line along the back of my neck. I walked on. I had been in my room reading Henley. Then I was on […]
Politics Doesn’t Stop on the Sideline
Sports are often idealized as a great unifier, existing in a vacuum away from the noise of politics and the stressors of everyday life. To an extent, I agree. There is something sacred about turning on the television or going outside with a ball in hand to escape the seemingly collapsing world around us. That […]
Socratic Seminar
Socrates: “There are only two things in life that are decided entirely by Fate—who you are born as… and your Harvard House.”
Lights Out in Havana
It’s 7:30 a.m. in Havana, Cuba, and the sun is slowly rising above the malecón, the highway that runs along the city’s northern coastline. The orange glow of the sunrise reflects off the waves beating against the seawall. I run north, then east toward the harbor’s edge. After turning around, I pass the U.S. embassy […]