Alexandra Blitzer

• Magazine

Walking along the Providence River is a favorite pastime of many Brown University students. Gazing out from the Pedestrian Bridge, they can easily imagine that the city has always been like this. However, as recently as 15 years ago, the waterfront l...

• Magazine

The internet is littered with harrowing stories of childbirth gone awry. In The New York Times, Tara Haelle chronicles Tamoyia Hashim’s experience with her third child, in which she lost three quarts of blood and needed a hysterectomy. A. Rochaun M...

• Magazine

As the United States enters a new presidential campaign season, discussions about the Electoral College are bound to resurface. The Constitution mandates that the outcome of presidential elections be determined by the College, a body of specially cho...

• Data
• Magazine

When Paddy Roy Bates claimed an abandoned military fort as a present for his wife Joan, the principality of Sealand was born. There was no fanfare or paperwork, Bates simply created a micronation: an “entity that claims to be an independent state b...

• Magazine

As Deputy Secretary of Defense during Ronald Reagan’s first term, Frank Carlucci oversaw the largest build-up of American military forces in the country’s history. From 1981 to 1985, total military expenditures topped $1.4 trillion. Then, just th...

• Magazine

For many, the winter months mean more than holidays and spending time with family; breaks from work or school are often associated with a long awaited trip to the slopes. Skiing has become an important tradition for people looking to escape the bustl...

• Environment
• United States

In an era obsessed with buzzwords, what does it mean to be sustainable? Some might argue that sustainability is the relatively small, independent choice of ditching a plastic straw. Others see sustainability in the more systemic action of a city or c...

• Arts
• Culture

In 1600, an English peasant could pay one penny to stand and watch the first staging of a Shakespearean masterpiece. This penny was the price of a loaf of bread or approximately 10% of a worker’s wages for the day. By contrast, the cheapest ticket...

• Uncategorized
• United States

Before the “Blue Wave” of 2018, there was the “Republican Revolution” of 1994. In the midterm election of 1994, Republicans gained 54 House seats and 8 Senate seats, which was the biggest swing against a sitting president’s party in two dec...

• Elections
• United States

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of the century: Roe v. Wade. Crafting an argument based on the implicit right to privacy, Justice Blackmun made history by declaring abortion legal under the Consti...

• Elections
• United States

As the 2018 midterms loom large, many candidates and political organizations have worked tirelessly to get out the vote. Voting is the most direct way American citizens enact change and shape the direction of the country. Our democracy relies on this...