The Vanderbilt Political Review has joined with other college political publications to form the Alliance of Collegiate Editors (ACE), hoping to generate cross-campus dialogue on political issues. Rebiya Kadeer, a prominent Uighur rights activist currently living in exile in the U.S., has agreed to answer some of our questions. You can read Ms. Kadeer’s biography ...
Featured, Online Exclusive, Special GuestNoah Fram The Vanderbilt Political Review has joined with other college political publications to form the Alliance of Collegiate Editors (ACE), hoping to generate cross-campus dialogue on political issues. The first topic we will discuss is class-based affirmative action. This is the sixth entry; for the first entry, see Sam Barr’s post at HPR; for the ...
Featured, Online ExclusiveBy Jeff Jay Thursday, August 5 marked the end of relentless, direct and, sometimes, inflammatory political advertisements in Tennessee, Vanderbilt’s home state. Numerous primary elections were held across the state, but the headlining event was the primary held to determine the Republican nomination for Tennessee’s upcoming gubernatorial election in November. Bill Haslam, Knoxville mayor and ...
Featured, Online ExclusiveNicholas D. Kristof of the New York Times recently wrote an article discussing the “nonviolent” movement currently on the rise in the West Bank. He described a march he participated in, mentioning the throwing of stones at Israeli soldiers and the soldiers tear-gassing the marchers in retaliation. Then, he compared the Palestinians to the oppressed ...
Featured, Online ExclusiveSpecial Guest Essay written by Tarun Galagali of Dartmouth College There is no doubt that the Obama administration has inherited a considerable number of important and urgent foreign policy challenges, ranging from dealing with a potentially nuclear Iran to preparing for China’s unprecedented economic growth rate. But in constructing a foreign policy agenda of its ...
Featured, Journal Articles, Special GuestOn February 15th, the Arizona State Senate passed SB 1070 with a vote of 17-13. This bill, also known as the “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” is scheduled to be debated this week in the Arizona State House of Representatives. If passed, this bill will make Arizona the state that is “toughest” ...
Featured, Journal ArticlesInterview conducted by Allegra Noonan and Matthew Taylor VPR: Do you think that health care reform is ethically imperative? Lachs: No. It has some good features to it but some very problematic ones. If you consider companies that turn a profit, you have to consider that they’re now going to have to take everyone no ...
A Professor's Perspective, Featured, Journal ArticlesThe Vanderbilt Political Review will be hosting the first annual Nashville Intercollegiate Activism Conference (NIAC) in conjunction with Vanderbilt Student Government, The Commons, and Vanderbilt LEAD on February 27, 2010. The event will take place at the Commons Center on Peabody campus from 11am to 6pm. The conference will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the ...
Featured, NewsBefore I begin, let me apologize. I do not normally allow my emotions to get the better of me, but this situation simply could not be analyzed objectively. There is real and valid debate over good and bad ways to combat poverty in this country. Some think that it must be reduced by reducing the ...
Featured, Online ExclusiveIt seems that this single year brought more political activism than America has seen throughout the past decade. In part, this can be credited to the efforts of our government to become more open with the American public through town hall meetings, Facebook, Twitter, and weekly radio addresses. Given all of these opportunities to confront ...
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