Bassem Youssef, dubbed the Jon Stewart of the Arab World, was the host of popular TV show Al-Bernameg - which was the first of its kind political satire show in the Middle East region. Originally an online 5-minute show, Al-Bernameg became the most watched show in the history of Egyptian TV with an average of 40 million viewers every week, in addition to over 2 million subscribers on YouTube and 700 million views on his own channel and other channels.

Authored by Marcus Dennis.

After 22 years in Congress, Robert “Bobby” Scott has not lost a step, nor has he forgotten what inspired him to become the first African-American Representative from Virginia since Reconstruction. Before participating in a two-person panel at the John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum entitled “50 Years After the Voting Rights Act: Strategies For Moving Forward,” I sat down to interview Congressman Scott, and discussed the contemporary obstacles in today’s electoral process.

Jay Newton-Small is Washington correspondent for TIME. She is currently writing a book about women in politics. Newton-Small joined TIME in 2007 to cover the Democratic side of the 2008 presidential campaign, traveling with Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. She has also covered the White House, Congress, the 2012 Republican presidential campaign and foreign policy. She has been on assignment for TIME in Iran, Iraq, Jordan, the UAE, Ethiopia, Haiti, Indonesia, Australia, Canada and Europe.

As a card-carrying millennial, I wait with anticipation for February 27, when I can binge-watch the entire third season of House of Cards on my parents' Netflix account. My generation, cynical of politics, is fixated with the manipulative, calculating Frank Underwood, a modern day Willie Stark. Gone are the days of "walk and talks" and the soaring rhetoric of The West Wing, the idealistic icon of a generation past.

Re-elected to her second term as Attorney General in 2010, Martha Coakley has devoted her career to protecting children and public safety, standing up for consumers and taxpayers, and fighting for equality for all. After growing up in North Adams reading Nancy Drew novels and watching Perry Mason, perhaps it’s no coincidence that Coakley has charted a career as a distinguished prosecutor on the state and federal levels before serving as Middlesex District Attorney and now as the Commonwealth’s first female Attorney General.

Matt Lira is a Republican strategist, who most recently served as the Deputy Executive Director of the National Republican Senatorial Committee during the 2014 midterm election cycle. For the past decade, Matt’s work has placed him at the cross-section of politics, government and the emerging digital economy. With a unique mixture of experiences in Congressional Leadership and national campaigns, he has gained first-hand insight into our nation’s political and governing institutions.

Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, today announced two additions to its 2015 IOP Spring Fellows class. The IOP was established in 1966 as a memorial to President Kennedy and aims to inspire, motivate and encourage undergraduates to consider careers in politics and public service.

For Harvard College undergraduate Joe Choe '17, work is its own reward. Here he is discussing his time as a mentor in the Citizenship Tutor program.

Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP), at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, today announced the selection of the 2015 IOP Spring Resident Fellows. The 2015 Fellows roster reflects expertise in law enforcement and legal affairs, political communications, campaign and digital strategy, journalism and political leadership in state, local and federal government.

Authored by Jacob Morello '15.

I had the privilege of attending the 2014 New Frontier Awards on Wednesday at the JFK Presidential Library in South Boston, and left inspired and invigorated. Each year, the JFK Library and the Institute of Politics partner to honor two young public servants under the age of 40—one elected, and one involved in community service and advocacy work. This year’s winners were Svante Myrick, Mayor of Ithaca, NY and Nina Dudnik, Founder and CEO of Seedling Labs. Both have made tremendous contributions to the world, and their stories were empowering for myself and the other undergraduates present at the reception and dinner. 

After returning from the National Campaign Conference, my fellow ambassador, Rachel Goldberg, and I met with the Committee for Political Engagement (CPE) and discussed our plans to engage students at the University of Rochester based on what we had learned at the conference. During this time, we focused on how to make politics more relatable to students on campus and on showing students that politics have an impact on their daily lives. Through inspiration from Rock the Vote’s recent TurnOutForWhat music video, we decided that we needed to show students how the issues they care about connect to politics. With the support of the Rochester Center for Community Leadership, we created a photo campaign.

The United States has a problem. Well, the country has a lot of problems, but I would like to focus on one in particular: our citizens’ voices are not being heard in the ways that they should be at the most fundamental level of government. Voting is broken–and government has broken it. From the local level to the highest branches of government, our states’ redistricting laws have–in effect–rigged elections to the point that voters do not have the strongest voice in choosing their representatives.