A Telescope in Hawaii and the Dangers of Uninformed Activism

In October of 2014, construction was set to begin for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) on Mauna Kea, a dormant…

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Kyiv vs. Kiev: What Two Letters Mean For Ukrainian Independence

In 2014, unmarked Russian troops invaded and annexed the Crimean peninsula in southern Ukraine. The justification behind it, according to…

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“I think it will be close vote either way”: Professor Pamela Karlan on LGBT discrimination in the Supreme Court

Pamela Karlan is a Professor of Constitutional Law at Stanford Law School and the co-director of the Supreme Court Litigation…

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How Stanford Wants to Change the Freshman Experience

In a September 16 email addressed to the Stanford community, President Marc Tessier-Lavigne unveiled two proposals, designed by teams of…

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How Stanford is Financing the 2020 Election in 8 Graphs

The 2020 election cycle is in full swing with candidates campaigning all across the country. In addition to holding rallies…

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Stanford Politics Magazine: June 2019

Editor’s Note tanford Politics’ third and final magazine of the academic year—and my final magazine as an SP staffer—tackles an…

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Stanford One Year After #MeToo: How Stanford’s Response Failed Victims of Sexual Assault

A little over a year ago, Stanford Politics Magazine published a cover story titled, “Fairly Normal and Routine,” which described…

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“I keep running into these kinds of moments where I think to myself: What are they thinking?”: Outgoing Faculty Senate Chair Stephen Stedman on University Governance

Outgoing Faculty Senate Just over fifty years ago, the Academic Council at Stanford University created, for the first time, a…

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“Entrepreneurship as Humanitarianism”: Are Stanford Students Actually Changing the World?

“All around us in America is the clank-clank-clank of the new,” writes Anand Giridharadas in the prologue to his 2018…

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2018 – 2019 Politicos: A Look at Stanford’s Most Influential Undergrads

t the end of each year, Stanford Politics highlights 10 undergraduates of impact, the Politicos. In the past, these Politicos…

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