Founding

The magazine was founded in 1969 by a group of Harvard undergraduates, including Al Gore,^[1] as a publication that allowed students to research, write, and edit political 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.

The magazine was formed during the era of student protests in the late 1960s and witnessed several leadership and format changes in its first few years of existence.^[4] At times it has had to fight for its editorial independence.^[5] In recent years, HPR writers have won the National Press Club Award for Outstanding College Political Writing.^{[citation needed]}

Today

Currently, the magazine is written, edited, and managed entirely by undergraduates at Harvard. The Harvard Political Review also operates a daily website.^[6]

The magazine runs interviews with political figures, along with book reviews, humor pieces, and student opinion articles on domestic and world affairs. Each issue features a number of articles organized around a central theme or topic.^{[citation needed]}

Since the fall of 2010, the magazine has published an annual report on the U.S. federal budget.^[7] Its editors have been featured on Fox News^[8] and the Huffington Post.^[9][10]