This past week, the Koch brothers announced that they were pledging roughly $900 million to back select conservative candidates during the 2016 election cycle. Being a staunch liberal myself, the news ignited white-hot flames of fury and fear in my s...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell is a Co-Editor-in-Chief of BPR and a senior concentrating in History. She holds dual New Zealand-United States citizenship, hails most immediately from the United Arab Emirates, and is getting used to the New England life. When not attempting to subvert the mechanics of oppression, she spends her days obsessively rereading Calvin and Hobbes.
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This past week, the Koch brothers announced that they were pledging roughly $900 million to back select conservative candidates during the 2016 election cycle. Being a staunch liberal myself, the news ignited white-hot flames of fury and fear in my s...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
‘‘Here’s how to tell if your company is a philanthropic hypocrite,” the Guardian’s Suzanne McGee fumed in early October, following news that oil giant Baker Hughes (BH) had announced a donation of $100,000 to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cance...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
‘‘Here’s how to tell if your company is a philanthropic hypocrite,” the Guardian’s Suzanne McGee fumed in early October, following news that oil giant Baker Hughes (BH) had announced a donation of $100,000 to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cance...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
It’s no secret that the United States has a prison problem: astronomically large incarcerated populations, soaring recidivism rates, a disproportionate number of non-white prisoners — the list of maladies goes on and on. But true to form, Washing...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
It’s no secret that the United States has a prison problem: astronomically large incarcerated populations, soaring recidivism rates, a disproportionate number of non-white prisoners — the list of maladies goes on and on. But true to form, Washing...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
BPR’s live blog of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. The Brown Political Review is the best place to keep updated on this year’s SOTU. Follow for updates below! And check out a must-read from the archives: Matt McCa...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
BPR’s live blog of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. The Brown Political Review is the best place to keep updated on this year’s SOTU. Follow for updates below! And check out a must-read from the archives: Matt McCa...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
Type any sentence involving “women” into Google and see what you find. According to a set of UN Women ads, it’s not pretty. Women shouldn’t have rights. Women shouldn’t vote. Women cannot be trusted. Women need to be controlled. Women need ...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
Type any sentence involving “women” into Google and see what you find. According to a set of UN Women ads, it’s not pretty. Women shouldn’t have rights. Women shouldn’t vote. Women cannot be trusted. Women need to be controlled. Women need ...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
With the stay of effect on gay marriages overturned on June 18 and flexible legislation around the definition of family enacted last Friday, California is finally living up to long-held expectations of its progressive social change. On Oct. 4, Govern...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
With the stay of effect on gay marriages overturned on June 18 and flexible legislation around the definition of family enacted last Friday, California is finally living up to long-held expectations of its progressive social change. On Oct. 4, Govern...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
In a move that surprises no one ever, House Republicans added a last minute measure to the spending bill before the government shutdown aimed at exerting yet more control over female health and autonomy. The “conscience clause,” in a delightful ...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
In a move that surprises no one ever, House Republicans added a last minute measure to the spending bill before the government shutdown aimed at exerting yet more control over female health and autonomy. The “conscience clause,” in a delightful ...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
In the midst of a monumental trial fixed in the public eye, Bradley Manning’s recent transition to Chelsea Manning blew through the US media with exactly the amount of grace and sensitivity towards a disenfranchised minority that one might expe...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
In the midst of a monumental trial fixed in the public eye, Bradley Manning’s recent transition to Chelsea Manning blew through the US media with exactly the amount of grace and sensitivity towards a disenfranchised minority that one might expe...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
Summer is on its way out, and its departure comes not only with fading light, but with a sense of resignation in the sentencing of convicted sexual offender Stacey Rambold. A lot has been written about this topic – partly because of the gross...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell
Summer is on its way out, and its departure comes not only with fading light, but with a sense of resignation in the sentencing of convicted sexual offender Stacey Rambold. A lot has been written about this topic – partly because of the gross...
Mintaka Angell
Mintaka Angell