Politics
Warren Raised $6.9 Million in First Quarter of 2012
For the third consecutive quarter, Warren outpaced Brown, who raised a more modest $3.4 million.
Congressional Candidate Bielat Raises $200,000
Massachusetts Congressional candidate Sean Bielat raised roughly $175,000 in the first quarter of 2012, according to a campaign spokesperson. The numbers, while still an estimate, push the Fourth District Republican contender over the $200,000 mark with the election still seven months away.
Harvard Libertarian Forum Builds Free Speech Wall
As a part of the internationally-recognized Free Speech Week, the Harvard Libertarian Forum has built and maintained a free speech wall in front of the Science Center for this week.
Joseph P. Kennedy III Speaks at Winthrop
Congressional candidate Joseph P. Kennedy III ventured out of the Fourth Congressional District Tuesday night to make a campaign stop of sorts at Winthrop House, where he was the inaugural speaker in the Perini-Woods Memorial Speaker Series. His address, part campaign stump speech, part motivational charge, called on young people to become politically engaged and help turn the country around.
Scott Brown Raises $3.4 Million in First Quarter of 2012
In accordance with the national attention focused on the race, experts expect it to be one of the most expensive Senate campaigns this year as well.
Joe Kennedy speech
Joseph P. Kennedy III, who is running for the congressional seat in Massachusetts' 4th congressional district, speaks at Winthrop House Junior Common Room on Thursday evening. He indicated in his speech the importance of getting students involved in politics and elections and that we are not too young or too naive to demand changes, but rather "exactly the ones" to do so.
Joe Kennedy speech
Joseph P. Kennedy III, who is running for the congressional seat in Massachusetts' 4th congressional district, speaks at Winthrop House Junior Common Room on Thursday evening. He indicated in his speech the importance of sustained life-long learning, as well as energy independence, a fixed fiscal strategy, and health care policy.
Students Seek Spot on Democratic State Committee
Two Harvard undergraduates will contend for seats on the Massachusetts Democratic State Committee in an election on April 14. David H. A. LeBoeuf ’13 and Will F. Poff-Webster ’14 will compete against two other college candidates for the two seats set aside for undergraduate males registered in the Democratic Party.
Harvard on the Campaign Trail
Harvard, as an institution and as a symbol, has been a regular topic of discussion—or object of derision—in the 2012 presidential contest. Flyby brings you some of the most notable mentions of fair Harvard on the campaign trail.
Warren Speaks to College Democrats
Harvard Law School professor Elizabeth Warren delivered the keynote address at the College Democrats of Massachusetts’ annual convention.
Rachel Maddow Speaks About Debut Book
MSNBC broadcaster Rachel Maddow took a critical look at America’s state of perpetual war in a discussion of her recently published book sponsored by the Harvard Book Store Sunday afternoon.
Mass. Campaigns Hold Last Minute Funding Push
With the first fiscal quarter of 2012 drawing to a close on Saturday, Massachusetts’s leading political campaigns have spent much of the past few weeks scrambling to raise last-minute funds and boost what will be their first financial reports since January.
Warren and Obama: A Tenuous Relationship
The seemingly contradictory intersection between the campaigns points to what has been an important, though at times fraught, relationship between the President and his former advisor.
HLS Announces Class Day Speaker
On May 23, U.S. Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will address Harvard Law School's graduating third-years as the Commencement Class Day Speaker. Holder, who recently led the Justice Department to vote against a voter ID law in Texas, was nominated by President Barack Obama to become the 82nd Attorney General of the U.S. in 2008. Eleven years earlier, in 1997, Holder became the first African-American to be named deputy attorney general. The Class Day Program at HLS will take place on Holmes Field, with a reception to be held afterwards.
Gelfand Set To Rewrite HLS Student Government Constitution
On Wednesday, March 7, Gelfand—who is in his third year and set to graduate in May—won an election that had been mired in controversy and gained national publicity.
Laurence Golborne Rivero's, Chile's Minister of Public Works, jokes about his unfamiliarity with the particular version of his powerpoint during his address about public policy, leadership, and crisis management as moderator Herman Leonard, Professor of Public Management at HKS and Professor of Business Administration at HBS, listens on Monday, March 26 at the IOP John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum.
Health Care in USA
Timothy Johnson, former chief medical editor for ABC News, talks about problems with American health care and whether we can fix it in the near future.
Warren Opponent Drops Out of Senate Race
Boston lawyer Jim C. King announced that he would bow out of the contest for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, ending a campaign that struggled from its start to mount any serious challenge to frontrunner Elizabeth Warren.
CPD Officer Recognized For Protecting Foreign Dignitary
A Cambridge police officer was honored last week for protecting a visiting foreign dignitary against a potential threat at the intersection of Brattle and Mt. Auburn streets this past February.
Religion in Politics IOP
At the IOP forum titled The Faith Debate: The Role of Religion in Politics, former U.S Ambassador to Tanzania, Charles Stith, addresses The Honorable Ted Strickland. Along with the other forum speakers, they discussed the impact of religion in the current presidential election.