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Berkeley Political Review

By Alexander Casendino Breakthroughs typically arise from strange beginnings. In his early years as a student at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg

By Alexander Casendino “It is nevertheless remarkable that the world’s pre-eminent power so frequently fails to pay for its government

By Alexander Casendino On Feb. 26th, 2015, Senator Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, a climate change skeptic, decided to put an

By Alexander Casendino Despite a troubling and violent past, the shooter responsible for killing 26 worshipers in the First Baptist

By Alexander Casendino War and conflict are synonymous with human history, and where there is conflict, there are often mercenaries

By Alexander Casendino United States of Incarceration “It’s a level of suffering that is unprecedented. The degree of suffering and

By Alexander Casendino “Today, we’re the only advanced country on Earth that doesn’t guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity

The conflict in Syria has resulted in the greatest humanitarian disaster of recent times. In 1945, the global

Last month, for the first time in its history, the Senate changed its procedure on filibusters. Though the majority party

Harvard “history” professor Niall Ferguson said that John Maynard Keynes was short-sighted because he was gay and childless. Niall Ferguson