As the Puerto Rican economic recession approached its 10-year mark, the island’s government was preparing to unveil a new budget plan for the 2016 fiscal year. Recognizing the failure of spending cuts ...

The original artwork for this magazine piece was created by Amen Gashaw for the exclusive use of the HPR. From “Yankee Doodle” to Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly,” music has always acted as a ...

Not all experts agree with this characterization of the fossil fuel industry, though. Robert Stavins, a professor of energy and economic development at the Harvard Kennedy School, told the HPR that he ...

When it comes to flood myths, China’s is not as well known as Noah’s Ark, but just as influential. Legend says that four millennia ago, the Yellow and Yangtze rivers frequently flooded, with ...

Image by Nelson Ndongala licensed under the Unsplash License. Four Women’s World Cup trophies, four Olympic gold medals, nine CONCACAF Championship and Gold Cups, six SheBelieves Cups. The list of ...

The original artwork for this magazine piece was created by Amen Gashaw for the exclusive use of the HPR. Photos of all murals were captured by the author, Makenna Walko. Left: When it was created in ...

On the eve of National Day 2018, His Majesty Philippe, King of the Belgians, recorded a short speech to the Belgian public. In all three of the nation’s official languages — Dutch, French, and German ...

As 2020 continues, it has become increasingly easy to believe that the institutions of American democracy are breaking down. The president of the United States, despite having lost the presidential ...

According to the staff of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the phrase “White nationalist” is relatively new by linguistic standards since it only started to appear in print during the first half of the ...

“Avatar the Last Airbender” is my favorite show of all time, and I’m not alone. Water, Earth, Fire, Air: The Fire Nation wants to conquer the rest, and only the Avatar, a 12-year-old boy named Aang, ...

DC Comics recently announced that a Wonder Woman movie will come out in 2017. While this news is exciting for feminists, comic book fans, and moviegoers, this movie announcement should illuminate the ...

Dawn Neely-Randall has seen many things in her 24 years teaching in Ohio schools, but 2014 was different. With the advent of the Common Core State Standards in Ohio, students had to take a pilot ...