About Us

Politics & Policy (P&P) is a non-partisan student publication seeking to encourage informed political conversation on college campuses around the country. Made up of students of many majors and backgrounds, P&P is a community of individuals interested in why world shaping events occur and what impact these events have on our lives. We publish non-partisan analysis of current events -- local, national and international. We layer the opinions and leverage the minds of many to produce quality, objective analysis.

HISTORY

Politics & Policy was founded on August 1st, 2010 by four Northwestern University students (Trey Herr, Aubrey Blanche, Kian Hudson and Amy Cross), frustrated by the poor quality of political dialogue on campus. Existing groups organized discussions and there was some nascent political journalism, but there was no place where politically minded students could publish rigorous, academically informed analysis of current events. P&P became the first home for students looking to take a disciplined and analytical eye to issues of the day.

VISION

The more minds, the better. We are constantly looking to improve and expand our content and membership. While growing our presence on Northwestern's campus is a priority, we expect that our frustrations are shared by students at campuses across the country and around the world. Bringing informed political conversation to the broader undergraduate experience is critical to the development of knowledgeable and capable future decision makers. 

We ask three questions of every problem:

1. Why do I care? Why should you care about what you're reading, what's the significance of the event or the importance of the issue at hand?

2. Why don't I know? We're not here to replicate the mainstream media; we're here to present an important angle that hasn't been discussed or emphasize a critical issue that's received little attention.

3. What does it mean? You have the pieces but what does the puzzle look like? How does it all fit together and why does it work?

We are always looking for new members, whether they want to write, discuss or simply listen to the conversation. If you would like to become a part of Politics & Policy, whether at Northwestern or elsewhere, please email [email protected]

Editing Board:

David Gernon, editor-in-chief

Max Rowe

Jose Trejos

Avi Dravid

Philip Straus

Sean Conway

Contributors:

Sophie Chen

Jason Frankel

Dominic Bayer

Leah Dunlevy

Xinyang Zhou

Sachin Shukla