The Harvard Political Review is America’s preeminent student journal of politics, policy, and culture. The HPR is written and published entirely by Harvard undergraduates and is housed at the Institute of Politics.

The HPR was founded in 1969 by a group of Harvard College undergraduates. The founders envisioned a publication that allowed students to research, write, and edit incisive reportage and commentary in a thoughtful, non-partisan forum. To this day, the HPR does not take magazine-wide editorial positions. While individual articles have distinct viewpoints, the magazine as a whole does not represent any ideology or party.

Over the past generation, the HPR has incubated some of the best political minds in America. Among the magazine’s alumni are Al Gore, Jr. (former Vice President and Nobel Laureate), E.J. Dionne, Jr. (Washington Post columnist), Jonathan Alter (former Newsweek Senior Editor and columnist), and Jeffrey Sachs (Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University). In recent years, HPR writers have won the National Press Club Award for Outstanding College Political Writing, and matriculated to staff positions with Politico, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Reuters, Al Jazeera, and elsewhere.

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Emmy M. Cho

Naomi Corlette

Lyndon Ward

Kody Christiansen

Jonah Simon

Emory Paul

Alvira Tyagi

Alicia Campbell

Stephanie Wang

Shiloh Liu

Scott Wright

Nurayn Khan

Mira Nalbandian

Lola Deascentiis

Jack Silvers

Imaan Mirza

Emily Willrich

Chimaoge Ibe

Brammy Rajakumar

Alessandro Hammond

Alejandro Escobar

Aidan Scully

Abby Carr

Zoe Yu

Kendall Cooper

James Mertens

The Editorial Team at the Harvard Political Review is responsible for overseeing the research, writing, and editing of articles to ensure high-quality, insightful, and non-partisan reportage and commentary. Team members, ranging from Contributing Writers to Senior Editors, collaborate to develop compelling narratives, uphold journalistic standards, and provide thorough analysis on political, policy, and cultural issues. They guide the publication process from ideation to final draft, maintaining the magazine's commitment to thoughtful discourse and intellectual rigor.

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