Chilean pro-democracy activists once used the slogan “La alegria ya viene” [“Happiness is coming”] to protest against the brutal dictator Augosto Pinochet, who left office in 1990. Thirty years later, some say that happiness has come—but mo...
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Chilean pro-democracy activists once used the slogan “La alegria ya viene” [“Happiness is coming”] to protest against the brutal dictator Augosto Pinochet, who left office in 1990. Thirty years later, some say that happiness has come—but mo...
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, reports say officials and politicians in London have been frantically pivoting to ready themselves for the incoming Biden administration. Creating a tight working relationship with President...
As President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take office, reports say officials and politicians in London have been frantically pivoting to ready themselves for the incoming Biden administration. Creating a tight working relationship with President...
If there is one enduring legacy of American democracy, it is a profound commitment to preventing people from voting. Under the Constitution, state governments are given wide leeway to regulate the “Times, Places, and Manner,” of Elections for Sen...
If there is one enduring legacy of American democracy, it is a profound commitment to preventing people from voting. Under the Constitution, state governments are given wide leeway to regulate the “Times, Places, and Manner,” of Elections for Sen...
As the majority of US voters celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s seemingly convincing victory in last week’s election, political commentators have been quick to temper the left’s jubilation in anticipation of a divisive transfer of power that...
As the majority of US voters celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s seemingly convincing victory in last week’s election, political commentators have been quick to temper the left’s jubilation in anticipation of a divisive transfer of power that...
Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer and privacy activist, first filed a privacy complaint against Facebook in 2011. Nine years and two landmark decisions from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) later, Schrems won a decisive victory for Eur...
Max Schrems, an Austrian lawyer and privacy activist, first filed a privacy complaint against Facebook in 2011. Nine years and two landmark decisions from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) later, Schrems won a decisive victory for Eur...
Jesse Wegman is a member of The New York Times editorial board, where he writes editorials on the Supreme Court and legal affairs. He previously worked as a senior editor at The Daily Beast and Newsweek, a legal editor at Reuters, and the managing ed...
Jesse Wegman is a member of The New York Times editorial board, where he writes editorials on the Supreme Court and legal affairs. He previously worked as a senior editor at The Daily Beast and Newsweek, a legal editor at Reuters, and the managing ed...
Per a 2018 survey, 71 percent of US adults believe their local news outlets are doing well financially, even though only 14 percent of those surveyed had paid for local news themselves in the past year. The belief that local news outlets are faring w...
Per a 2018 survey, 71 percent of US adults believe their local news outlets are doing well financially, even though only 14 percent of those surveyed had paid for local news themselves in the past year. The belief that local news outlets are faring w...
In the pandemic-era scramble of digital education delivery, the line between public and private has been unduly blurred. Remote learning has brought one particular learning tool — remote invigilance, or more colloquially “online proctoring” —...
In the pandemic-era scramble of digital education delivery, the line between public and private has been unduly blurred. Remote learning has brought one particular learning tool — remote invigilance, or more colloquially “online proctoring” —...
If Thomas Edison resurrected tomorrow and decided to inspect the American power grid, he would find everything up to his standards. In the 21st century, that’s a problem. The power grid is a climate, economic, and security issue. That means it’s ...
If Thomas Edison resurrected tomorrow and decided to inspect the American power grid, he would find everything up to his standards. In the 21st century, that’s a problem. The power grid is a climate, economic, and security issue. That means it’s ...
Each time I visited Matam, one of Senegal’s rural regions, it was instantly recognizable. Year after year, very little to no changes were made to the villages or farms, and construction projects were rare. In Dakar, the capital, however, constructi...
Each time I visited Matam, one of Senegal’s rural regions, it was instantly recognizable. Year after year, very little to no changes were made to the villages or farms, and construction projects were rare. In Dakar, the capital, however, constructi...
*Gabby Smith ’23 is a guest interviewer from BPR’s US section. When Keith Beauchamp was just 10 years old, he saw the image of Emmett Till’s battered face while looking through an issue of Jet magazine and afterwards his life would ...
*Gabby Smith ’23 is a guest interviewer from BPR’s US section. When Keith Beauchamp was just 10 years old, he saw the image of Emmett Till’s battered face while looking through an issue of Jet magazine and afterwards his life would ...
Nine months after the novel coronavirus was announced in China, it has spread to nearly every inch of the globe. Even the most isolated communities are not protected from it, as the virus itself and its secondary socioeconomic effects ripple through ...
Nine months after the novel coronavirus was announced in China, it has spread to nearly every inch of the globe. Even the most isolated communities are not protected from it, as the virus itself and its secondary socioeconomic effects ripple through ...