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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

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COVID, Communities, and Crime: A Discussion with Dr. Ryan Berg

Pipa Powers, Contributor September 28, 2022

Vanderbilt’s Alexander Hamilton Society hosted an event, “The Intersection of Pandemics and Politics in Latin America,” with Dr. Ryan Berg, on September 22, 2022. Dr. Berg specializes in U.S.-Latin...

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What Now? Vanderbilt Women Tell Us What Comes Next

Lily Bragin January 1, 2022

“What now?” was the central question at the virtual TEDxVanderbiltUniversityWomen event on Friday, Dec. 10. Viewers heard from both Vanderbilt leaders and speakers who had participated in the TedWomen...

SATIRE: In Defense of DNA-altering, Microchipped COVID-19 Vaccines

SATIRE: In Defense of DNA-altering, Microchipped COVID-19 Vaccines

Olivia Haas, Contributor April 30, 2021

I’m an avid supporter of the COVID-19 vaccine, but not in the ways you may expect. Yeah, it might protect you against a deadly virus, blah blah blah, but how often do you get the opportunity to alter...

Chancellor's Lecture Series Brings Experts to Discuss Vaccine Misconceptions and the Future of COVID-19

Chancellor’s Lecture Series Brings Experts to Discuss Vaccine Misconceptions and the Future of COVID-19

Mark Grujic and Skanda Gulibhi March 24, 2021

On Mar. 23, 2021, three leading scientists formed a panel of speakers for a Chancellor’s Lecture Series event hosted by Chancellor Daniel Diermier and moderated by Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic...

Tennessee State Prisons: A Petri-Dish for COVID-19 Infection

Tennessee State Prisons: A Petri-Dish for COVID-19 Infection

Pipa Powers, Contributor March 10, 2021

In the week leading up to Mar. 4, the Tennessee state prison system reported 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19. These cases have brought the prison total to 6,541 recoveries and 42 deaths. Of the 42 deaths,...

Op-Ed: No, COVID isn’t an excuse for your xenophobia

Op-Ed: No, COVID isn’t an excuse for your xenophobia

Netra Rastogi, Senior Editor December 6, 2020

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has naturally disrupted various parts of human life. Social isolation has resulted in declining mental health, education has been disrupted, and an incredible number of...

2020 G20 Summit Recap

2020 G20 Summit Recap

Nikhil Polepalli December 2, 2020

With new global problems arising every year, it has become increasingly essential for countries to come together and discuss these issues. At the G20 Summit, twenty leaders from both developed and developing...

College Democrats Make Closing Statement for Biden; Republicans Silent on Trump

Jacob Hale, Senior Editor November 1, 2020

Senior Editor Jacob Hale asked the Vanderbilt College Republicans and Vanderbilt College Democrats to make a closing case for their party’s respective presidential candidate just days before the election....

An Economy Held Hostage: Inside the Battle for Further Stimulus

An Economy Held Hostage: Inside the Battle for Further Stimulus

Mark Grujic, Staff Writer October 31, 2020

In the wake of the recession caused by COVID-19, Congress has been deliberating a second major round of stimulus legislation. Yet for months now, negotiations have been held up. A bill with any likelihood...

Are we coming back?

Are we coming back?

Abhinav Krishnan, Contributor May 14, 2020
As Vanderbilt students enter a summer under lockdown, one question has been on everyone’s minds. Will campus reopen in the fall?
Institutionalized Racism: America's Eternal Pandemic

Institutionalized Racism: America’s Eternal Pandemic

Isabella Randle and Abhinav Krishnan April 30, 2020

Far from being the “great equalizer,” the coronavirus pandemic has disproportionately affected African Americans, highlighting pervasive racial inequality in American society. Since the start of...

OPINION: What Andrew Yang Got Wrong About Asian-Americans and the Coronavirus

OPINION: What Andrew Yang Got Wrong About Asian-Americans and the Coronavirus

Jin Heo, Contributor April 16, 2020

In early February, a video showed a man physically attacking an Asian woman wearing a face mask at a New York subway station. A Facebook post, which has since been deleted, alleged that the man called...

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