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Liz Studlick '16 is a staff writer for the Brown Political Review and former Layout Director.

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Jun, an eighteen-year-old student from a Tokyo suburb, was in despair. He had just failed the entrance examination for the national university where he had planned to study philosophy. Confidence shattered, he nonetheless spent six months studying ha...

Japan’s Lost Generation

Jun, an eighteen-year-old student from a Tokyo suburb, was in despair. He had just failed the entrance examination for the national university where he had planned to study philosophy. Confidence shattered, he nonetheless spent six months studying ha...

Red had had enough. Casa Diablo, the vegan Portland strip club where she danced, had crossed one too many lines. The daily, unchecked groping and pinching of dancers by clients and bouncers had become unbearable. The shady fees the club charged for b...

Stripped of Rights

Red had had enough. Casa Diablo, the vegan Portland strip club where she danced, had crossed one too many lines. The daily, unchecked groping and pinching of dancers by clients and bouncers had become unbearable. The shady fees the club charged for b...

BuzzFeed brought some incredibly important journalism to the world this spring—they ran the numbers on how much money Joey owed Chandler on the hit sitcom Friends. Though the final tally of $114,260 is far-removed from reality, most things involvin...

Making Ends Meet in the World Of Sitcoms

BuzzFeed brought some incredibly important journalism to the world this spring—they ran the numbers on how much money Joey owed Chandler on the hit sitcom Friends. Though the final tally of $114,260 is far-removed from reality, most things involvin...

“So weird how writing ability is directly proportional to being able to afford a creative writing MFA. The universe is mysterious sometimes.” So sayeth the popular Twitter account @GuyInYourMFA, run by a straw man writer who weighs in on topics r...

Masters of the Fine Arts Universe

“So weird how writing ability is directly proportional to being able to afford a creative writing MFA. The universe is mysterious sometimes.” So sayeth the popular Twitter account @GuyInYourMFA, run by a straw man writer who weighs in on topics r...

Amtrak has long been a political lightning rod. Founded in 1971 as a way for the government to subsidize America’s declining railways, the quasi-corporation, quasi-government entity has recently drawn attention not for its hemorrhaging of cash but ...

On the Rails: Tweets and Trains

Amtrak has long been a political lightning rod. Founded in 1971 as a way for the government to subsidize America’s declining railways, the quasi-corporation, quasi-government entity has recently drawn attention not for its hemorrhaging of cash but ...

Art by Julia Rosenfield. A riddle: An award-winning journalist with his own CNN segment and Washington Post column is accused of plagiarism. The accusers claim that for over 20 years of his career, the journalist has paraphrased, improperly quoted or...

The Media’s New Clothes

Art by Julia Rosenfield. A riddle: An award-winning journalist with his own CNN segment and Washington Post column is accused of plagiarism. The accusers claim that for over 20 years of his career, the journalist has paraphrased, improperly quoted or...

In Pennsylvania, during the spring of 2008, Hillary Clinton’s campaign faced a notable problem: white women.  While Clinton courted the demographic as a key component for what could be a critical primary victory, they just weren’t biting. Barack...

Running in Heels

In Pennsylvania, during the spring of 2008, Hillary Clinton’s campaign faced a notable problem: white women.  While Clinton courted the demographic as a key component for what could be a critical primary victory, they just weren’t biting. Barack...

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