Editor’s note: Last week, BPR Online had the pleasure of publishing two pieces on the Catalan independence movement, written by guest columnists Jorge Tamames and Daniel Bogre Udell. These can be found here and here. This week, the authors are ...
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Editor’s note: Last week, BPR Online had the pleasure of publishing two pieces on the Catalan independence movement, written by guest columnists Jorge Tamames and Daniel Bogre Udell. These can be found here and here. This week, the authors are ...
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Cody Wilson is a 25-year old law student and entrepreneur. Founder of Defense Distributed, he has successfully developed the digital design files needed to make a functional pistol almost entirely from a 3D printer. He also runs DefCad.org, a search ...
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Cody Wilson is a 25-year old law student and entrepreneur. Founder of Defense Distributed, he has successfully developed the digital design files needed to make a functional pistol almost entirely from a 3D printer. He also runs DefCad.org, a search ...
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The following is a statement by the Brown University Democrats. The opinions expressed are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Brown Political Review. The state of Rhode Island did something incredible over this past April and May. Ou...
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The following is a statement by the Brown University Democrats. The opinions expressed are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of Brown Political Review. The state of Rhode Island did something incredible over this past April and May. Ou...
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A Special Feature by BPR and BPF On February 20, the Supreme Court heard Shelby County v. Alabama, a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Four Brown Political Forum participants weigh in on the pending decision. (more…)...
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A Special Feature by BPR and BPF On February 20, the Supreme Court heard Shelby County v. Alabama, a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Four Brown Political Forum participants weigh in on the pending decision. (more…)...
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by Christina Kata “Your blood, the government’s shedding it/Your nation, they’ve exhausted it/Your religion, they’ve targeted it/Your portion… they’ve swallowed it.” — Ramy Donjewan’s “Ded El 7koma,” or “Against the Gover...
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by Christina Kata “Your blood, the government’s shedding it/Your nation, they’ve exhausted it/Your religion, they’ve targeted it/Your portion… they’ve swallowed it.” — Ramy Donjewan’s “Ded El 7koma,” or “Against the Gover...
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by Athena Bryan In 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Plata that the degree of overcrowding in California prisons constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Hordes of suffering prisoners might present an image culturally mapped to condition...
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by Athena Bryan In 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Plata that the degree of overcrowding in California prisons constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Hordes of suffering prisoners might present an image culturally mapped to condition...
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by Meghan Koushik Afghan history brings to life George Santayana’s maxim: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” For the last two centuries the nation has witnessed a stream of failed occupations by foreign invaders wh...
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by Meghan Koushik Afghan history brings to life George Santayana’s maxim: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” For the last two centuries the nation has witnessed a stream of failed occupations by foreign invaders wh...
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by Joaquim Salles Soccer, beaches, carnival, scantily clad women. Clichés and stereotypes inevitably arise when talking about Brazil. Chief among them is the myth of the jeitinho brasileiro, or the “Brazilian way”: the informal and street-smart ...
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by Joaquim Salles Soccer, beaches, carnival, scantily clad women. Clichés and stereotypes inevitably arise when talking about Brazil. Chief among them is the myth of the jeitinho brasileiro, or the “Brazilian way”: the informal and street-smart ...
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by Gae Emilio Leanza Maharashtra, like the rest of “rising” India, is full of contradictions. Home to 111 million, it ranks second only to Uttar Pradesh as India’s most populous state. Maharashtra has two very different symbolic capitals within...
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by Gae Emilio Leanza Maharashtra, like the rest of “rising” India, is full of contradictions. Home to 111 million, it ranks second only to Uttar Pradesh as India’s most populous state. Maharashtra has two very different symbolic capitals within...
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Hooshang Amirahmadi, Ph.D., professor at Rutgers University, spoke with Brown Political Review’s Michael Chernin. Dr. Amirahmadi is the founder and president of the American–Iranian Council (AIC), a non-profit think tank dedicated to building U.S...
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Hooshang Amirahmadi, Ph.D., professor at Rutgers University, spoke with Brown Political Review’s Michael Chernin. Dr. Amirahmadi is the founder and president of the American–Iranian Council (AIC), a non-profit think tank dedicated to building U.S...
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by J Street U Brown On the heels of President Obama’s first trip to Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry embarked on a ten-day visit to Europe and Asia that included scheduled visits to both Israel and the West Bank. These trips were symbolic of t...
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by J Street U Brown On the heels of President Obama’s first trip to Israel, Secretary of State John Kerry embarked on a ten-day visit to Europe and Asia that included scheduled visits to both Israel and the West Bank. These trips were symbolic of t...
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by José Francisco Muci Lander Four days after the announcement of President Hugo Chávez’s death on March 5, Tibisay Lucena, head of Venezuela’s electoral authority, called for new elections on April 14. On that day, the late Hugo Chávez’s po...
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by José Francisco Muci Lander Four days after the announcement of President Hugo Chávez’s death on March 5, Tibisay Lucena, head of Venezuela’s electoral authority, called for new elections on April 14. On that day, the late Hugo Chávez’s po...
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