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Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

Vanderbilt's First and Only Nonpartisan Political Journal

Vanderbilt Political Review

America's Drone Strike Program Needs Greater Transparency

America’s Drone Strike Program Needs Greater Transparency

pfarrell21999 February 19, 2018

America’s drone strike program is a shockingly nonpartisan issue. There are far-left groups in loud opposition to it, but by and large, Americans from both sides of the political aisle are okay with...

OPINION: Canada Goose's Blood-Drenched Coats

OPINION: Canada Goose’s Blood-Drenched Coats

Noah Butler February 12, 2018

There seems to be an epidemic of Canada Goose parkas on Vanderbilt’s campus. The coats are a winter luxury trend across the United States, with a price tag ranging from $900 to $1,700. Much of this price...

Reflections on American Interventionism, Part II

Reflections on American Interventionism, Part II

Alejandro Monzon February 5, 2018

This is the second in a pair of pieces reflecting on American Foreign Policy based on the experiences of the author in Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia. The first can be read here. One of the...

Don't Underestimate the Women's March

Don’t Underestimate the Women’s March

Ania Szczesniewski January 29, 2018

This past Saturday, about 10,000 people gathered in front of Nashville’s courthouse, and with them nearly 10,000 signs sharing messages like, “Keep your policies off my body!” and “Vaginas got...

How We Are All Complicit in the Worst Humanitarian Crisis since WWII

How We Are All Complicit in the Worst Humanitarian Crisis since WWII

Sahil Soni December 9, 2017

  In February of this year, the United Nations declared famine in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen, claiming that the crisis endangering 20 million people is the largest humanitarian disaster...

OPINION: Syrian War was Long Overdue

Salem Sayegh December 7, 2017

This past summer I had the opportunity to visit some of my family members in Beirut, Lebanon.  For the most part, I was literate about the Syrian Civil War and current political discourse in Lebanon....

Reflections on American Interventionism, Part I

Reflections on American Interventionism, Part I

Alejandro Monzon November 28, 2017

This is the first in a pair of pieces reflecting on American Foreign Policy based on the experiences of the author in Successor States of the Former Yugoslavia. When informing friends and family that...

The Catalonian Independence Movement And Its Impact On Students Studying Abroad

The Catalonian Independence Movement And Its Impact On Students Studying Abroad

Ben Lackner November 27, 2017

Abigail Fournier contributed to this article Each year, Juniors at Vanderbilt have the choice to study abroad in over 100 cities throughout dozens of countries. One of the most popular destinations...

North Korea, Vanderbilt University, and You

North Korea, Vanderbilt University, and You

Alan Koo November 14, 2017

519 Vanderbilt undergraduate students and their families currently reside in the known range of a North Korean nuclear missile. With Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un dominating headlines, escalating tensions...

Lessons from an Auschwitz Survivor

Lessons from an Auschwitz Survivor

Eric Asen October 26, 2017

On Tuesday night, an 88-year-old Auschwitz survivor named Roman Kent came to Vanderbilt to share the story of his life during the Holocaust. Kent was imprisoned in the Lodz Ghetto and various concentration...

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OPINION: Supporting Palestinian Political Prisoners on Hunger Strikes is Our Moral Imperative

Hamzah Raza May 19, 2017

Some portions of this article detail graphic personal accounts of sexual assault, torture, and violence that some readers may find disturbing. In the summer of 2015, I embarked on a trip to Occupied...

Map of Mosul Iraq

Important events in Iraq and Yemen are largely being ignored

Ben Lackner October 27, 2016

In the days leading up to the election it seems that all news coverage is focusing on Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Unfortunately, the spectacle of this election has overshadowed events in the Middle...

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