On Sunday afternoon, Hillary Clinton finally revealed what we had known all along: She’s running for president. Her slick announcement video, preceded by an email from John Podesta, her campaign manager, intends to deemphasize the feeling of inevit...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr '18 is a Political Science and History concentrator and a staff columnist for BPR.
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On Sunday afternoon, Hillary Clinton finally revealed what we had known all along: She’s running for president. Her slick announcement video, preceded by an email from John Podesta, her campaign manager, intends to deemphasize the feeling of inevit...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
Senator Ted Cruz, famous for his far right ideology and disinterest in compromise, became, with a speech in a packed auditorium at Liberty University, the first Republican to officially announce his presidential campaign. The school in Lynchburg, Vir...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
Senator Ted Cruz, famous for his far right ideology and disinterest in compromise, became, with a speech in a packed auditorium at Liberty University, the first Republican to officially announce his presidential campaign. The school in Lynchburg, Vir...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
Recently, a student government council at the University of California, Irvine voted to remove all flags, including and especially the American flag, from a student lounge. The flag ban was meant to create a more inclusive space, but the American fla...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
Recently, a student government council at the University of California, Irvine voted to remove all flags, including and especially the American flag, from a student lounge. The flag ban was meant to create a more inclusive space, but the American fla...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This past week, MSBNC announced it would be canceling both the Reid Report and Ronan Farrow Daily, two of its daytime shows that had been attracting infinitesimal audiences as of late. The network, long viewed as a progressive alternative to Fox News...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This past week, MSBNC announced it would be canceling both the Reid Report and Ronan Farrow Daily, two of its daytime shows that had been attracting infinitesimal audiences as of late. The network, long viewed as a progressive alternative to Fox News...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This week, Slovaks voted on a referendum that would have banned same-sex marriage in the country as well as adoption by same-sex couples. A sizable majority approved of the legislation, but it failed because more than half of the population did not...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This week, Slovaks voted on a referendum that would have banned same-sex marriage in the country as well as adoption by same-sex couples. A sizable majority approved of the legislation, but it failed because more than half of the population did not...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This year, Cuba hosted the 24th annual International Ballet Festival, which attracted talented dancers from around the world. Media attention was focused on a very particular group of dancers: for the first time in decades, Cuban dancers who had prev...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This year, Cuba hosted the 24th annual International Ballet Festival, which attracted talented dancers from around the world. Media attention was focused on a very particular group of dancers: for the first time in decades, Cuban dancers who had prev...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
The 2014 midterm election cycle saw many competitive Democratic House districts fall, including the race for Florida’s 26th and southernmost district. Both candidates were Cuban-Americans running in districts with large Hispanic populations, many o...
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Owen Parr
The 2014 midterm election cycle saw many competitive Democratic House districts fall, including the race for Florida’s 26th and southernmost district. Both candidates were Cuban-Americans running in districts with large Hispanic populations, many o...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
Since the Common Core’s creation in 2009, forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core as a set of educational standards to teach in schools. Despite being recommended by the federal government, these standards are in...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
Since the Common Core’s creation in 2009, forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core as a set of educational standards to teach in schools. Despite being recommended by the federal government, these standards are in...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
After reports surfaced that NBC was seriously courting Jon Stewart, a comedian and the host of The Daily Show, to host the network’s longest running and arguably most prestigious television program, the mere fact that Stewart was considered has...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
After reports surfaced that NBC was seriously courting Jon Stewart, a comedian and the host of The Daily Show, to host the network’s longest running and arguably most prestigious television program, the mere fact that Stewart was considered has...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
Since the College of Cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy, the global community has been eager to see if Pope Francis, who seemed far more liberal than his modern predecessors, would transform the Church in a significant way. As a So...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
Since the College of Cardinals elected Jorge Mario Bergoglio to the papacy, the global community has been eager to see if Pope Francis, who seemed far more liberal than his modern predecessors, would transform the Church in a significant way. As a So...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This past week, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, was lambasted in a series of articles for repeatedly requesting that the DNC pay for her wardrobe. Although such a request may seem more befitting to a pop star tha...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This past week, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, was lambasted in a series of articles for repeatedly requesting that the DNC pay for her wardrobe. Although such a request may seem more befitting to a pop star tha...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This year at the 66th annual Primetime Emmys, three of the shows which seemed to dominate the award ceremony had significant LGBTQ themes: The Normal Heart, Orange is the New Black, and Modern Family. The Normal Heart and OITNB both explore complex g...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr
This year at the 66th annual Primetime Emmys, three of the shows which seemed to dominate the award ceremony had significant LGBTQ themes: The Normal Heart, Orange is the New Black, and Modern Family. The Normal Heart and OITNB both explore complex g...
Owen Parr
Owen Parr