Current Events

Srdja Popovic

On Thursday, November 29th, Srdja Popovic visited Professor William Lovely’s Modern Political Thought class to lecture on the importance of non-violent activism. Popovic has an extensive history in the realm of peaceful action. He and his colleagues have significantly impacted the direction of Serbian politics, and they continue to be a major influence in nonviolent […]

Harm Reduction, HIV, and Drug Policy

Event Details: December 4th, 2012 7:30-8:30 Harm Reduction and HIV In honor of World AIDS Week, a group of panelists gathered to discuss harm reduction and HIV. The event was sponsored by FACE AIDS and Students For a Sensible Drug Policy and focused on how federal policy affects HIV/AIDS prevention, especially with regards to harm […]

The Social Enterprise Institute Panel Presentation

The Social Enterprise Institute (SEI) wrapped up the semester with its final Lecture Series event of the year, a panel presentation by three individuals involved in impact investing. The event, titled “Investing for Impact”, incorporated perspectives from many different areas of social finance and explored the breadth of innovation tackling extreme poverty and progressing global […]

A New Deal for a New Era: Michael Grunwald’s Retelling of the Stimulus

What happened to the stimulus? Once heralded as the greatest early victory of the Obama administration, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 has become a topic that the administration has no urge to discuss. This seems like a natural response to a policy that has failed, or at least failed according to the […]

An Interview With Elizabeth Warren

Recently, NU Political Review Domestic Editor Sean Comi and Deputy Domestic Editor Mike Leyba had the opportunity to interview Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren. The following interview took place over two days, via phone and on Northeastern’s campus. Professor Warren begins by filling us in on what her campaign has been doing on college campuses. EW: […]

Register to Vote!

Michael Leyba and Laura Mueller-Soppart October 13, 2012 US Senate Candidate Elizabeth Warren, ‘Scrubs’ star Zach Braff, Boston City Councilor-At-Large Ayanna Pressley, and the NEU College Democrats hosted a rally at Northeastern’s Fenway Center. The importance of the Massachusetts race was palpable from the sheer diversity of the crowd to the speaks on stage. And […]

Half The Sky

Northeastern’s Half the Sky Campus Ambassadors Noreen Leahy, Jessica Iocca, Sarah Lombardo, Olivia Allen & Cinnamon Bottaro It is estimated that over 100 million women and girls are ‘missing’ from the global population as a result of gender-based oppression. Issues ranging from sex trafficking to maternal mortality, place not only a disproportionate burden on developing […]

Summers versus Mankiw: How to Recover the Economy

Northeastern’s School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs is hosting an Open Classrooms series on “Policy Advice to the President.” The series is in debate format, two experts in a specific field give separate responses to a posed question, and field questions from the audience. Commencing the season’s series was Larry Summers and Greg Mankiw, […]

Reflections on General David D. McKiernan’s September 20th Address

When retired General David D. McKiernan thanked faculty and students for giving up a Friday evening to join him in Northeastern University’s packed Raytheon Amphitheater, no one mentioned it was Thursday.  Former commander of US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, as well as leader of all ground forces during the 2002-2003 Operation Iraqi Freedom, Gen. […]

Interview With Vali Nasr: Analyzing the Iranian Nuclear Threat

On March 6, 2012, the NUPR’s International Editor Dominic Contreras sat down with Tufts University Professor Vali Nasr, one of the world’s foremost experts on Iran and the Muslim world, to discuss the Iranian nuclear program and possible responses to it. Below is an excerpt of that interview. Q: Over the past year we’ve heard […]