Does gerrymandering contribute to polarization? Art by Katrina Machado In the July tradition of summer camps past, let’s play Two Truths and a Lie: Gerrymander Edition. Ready? Guess the lie: 1. Based on national votes cast for them, Democrats shou...
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Ben Wofford ‘14 is a History concentrator and an Associate Editor at BPR. He is one of the magazine's co-founders.
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Does gerrymandering contribute to polarization? Art by Katrina Machado In the July tradition of summer camps past, let’s play Two Truths and a Lie: Gerrymander Edition. Ready? Guess the lie: 1. Based on national votes cast for them, Democrats shou...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn. In the latest update in our series, a reader asks Corn for what policy he thinks the Obama administration will be most harshly jud...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn. In the latest update in our series, a reader asks Corn for what policy he thinks the Obama administration will be most harshly jud...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn. In the latest update in our series, a reader wonders about the contradiction of an American electorate that can elect Barack Obama ...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn. In the latest update in our series, a reader wonders about the contradiction of an American electorate that can elect Barack Obama ...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. In the fourth video in our series, a reader asks Corn if he thinks journalism is headed in the wrong direction. See the ...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. In the fourth video in our series, a reader asks Corn if he thinks journalism is headed in the wrong direction. See the ...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. In the third video in our series, readers ask Corn about Hillary Clinton’s liberal bona fides, and whether a Clinto...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. In the third video in our series, readers ask Corn about Hillary Clinton’s liberal bona fides, and whether a Clinto...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. In the second video in our series, readers ask Corn about his fascination with Senator Rand Paul, and whether or not he t...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. In the second video in our series, readers ask Corn about his fascination with Senator Rand Paul, and whether or not he t...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. In the opener to our series, readers asks Corn how he honed his journalistic instincts at Brown. See the entire series he...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. In the opener to our series, readers asks Corn how he honed his journalistic instincts at Brown. See the entire series he...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. Check back here to see the full production as we add videos to the series. ...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. Check back here to see the full production as we add videos to the series. ...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Today, Terry McAuliffe is the consummate political power broker: millionaire, fundraiser, influence peddler and now governor. But for one night in January 2008, McAuliffe had the single worst job in modern politics — informing the Clintons that the...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Today, Terry McAuliffe is the consummate political power broker: millionaire, fundraiser, influence peddler and now governor. But for one night in January 2008, McAuliffe had the single worst job in modern politics — informing the Clintons that the...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Spoiler alert: Check out what you can do to keep the conversation going here. It’s almost impossible not to be cynical, reading the Times story about the White House and America’s young billionaires-to-be. Have you seen it? 100 twenty-somethings,...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Spoiler alert: Check out what you can do to keep the conversation going here. It’s almost impossible not to be cynical, reading the Times story about the White House and America’s young billionaires-to-be. Have you seen it? 100 twenty-somethings,...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Image courtesy of the Watson Institute, Brown University.[dropcaBPR is liveblogging the Watson Institute’s teach-in, “Making Sense of Events in Ukraine.” On the panel: Robert Legvold, professor emeritus, Political Science, Columbia...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
Image courtesy of the Watson Institute, Brown University.[dropcaBPR is liveblogging the Watson Institute’s teach-in, “Making Sense of Events in Ukraine.” On the panel: Robert Legvold, professor emeritus, Political Science, Columbia...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
One morning last month, Rhode Islanders woke up to the news that the National Rifle Association had been charged with the second-largest campaign finance ethics violation in state history. In a settlement reached by the Rhode Island Board of Election...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford
One morning last month, Rhode Islanders woke up to the news that the National Rifle Association had been charged with the second-largest campaign finance ethics violation in state history. In a settlement reached by the Rhode Island Board of Election...
Ben Wofford
Ben Wofford