A Letter From the Editors
Dear Reader,
In an era of constant political divide, trusted institutions such as our news sources are often pressured by divisive interests. Whether it’s a national magazine or a local or school paper, corrosive partisanship can undermine our trust in the sources of information we need most.
As the founders and Editors-in-Chief of The Emory Political Review, we hope the EPR represents a new path forward by embracing lessons learned from our journalistic past. We wish to shift to a new mainstream where, subject to no external pressures, political media provided the facts and allowed the public to decide how they felt about it.
As members of this organization, we all have differing views, opinions and approaches to our politics. And yet, we are united in our view that knowledge is the purest form of power. Knowledge can often be used as the tool of the powerful, which they use to obfuscate the public’s discourse.
We believe that discrepancy in political knowledge undermines the very nature of our democracy. We must understand the decisions made by our leaders and we must grapple with the context and complications when the toughest choices are made. Former Vice President of the United States, Adlai Stevenson I, once remarked, “If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us.” Stevenson’s value of knowledge is ours as well. As the Editors-in-Chief, we commit to our readers that anything published under our publication’s banner will be done without fear or favor, regardless of the topic or the writer’s personal beliefs.
Our vision for the EPR is to create a medium that would allow politically-minded students to investigate, edit, and produce profound coverage and commentary on the sweeping world of politics. We aspire to have writers for our organization who enjoy having their pre-existing notions challenged and are comfortable with sometimes arriving at conclusions that may cause them to question their own beliefs.
The path forward will be difficult, especially given the polarized world we find ourselves in. We at EPR aren’t afraid of the challenges ahead of us, but we do hope you’ll join us for the ride.
Sincerely,
Anuj Sawhney, President & Editor-in-Chief of The Emory Political Review
Grace Kessler, Vice President & Co-Editor-in-Chief of The Emory Political Review
