On September 21, 2015, the world watched the inaugural trip of sub-Saharan Africa’s first urban light rail system — and if they didn’t, they should have. The Ethiopian government partnered with two Chinese companies to bring a much-needed mass ...
Former US Ambassador and Co-Chair of US China Policy Foundation Chas Freeman speaks at the Foreign Policy Panel at the Brown China Summit from April 22-23. Ambassador Freeman’s talk discusses “Evolving Diplomacy in the 21st Century”...
Martin Shkreli has received extensive coverage for raising the price of a medication for HIV overnight, but he’s only a symptom of a larger problem. Learn more about the high cost of pharmaceuticals in the US with this update from the BPR Media...
Of all the countries affected by the Arab Spring, Tunisia has long been lauded as the movement’s one success. When Mohammed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit vendor, set fire to himself in protest of the government confiscation of his weighing scales (...
Of all the countries affected by the Arab Spring, Tunisia has long been lauded as the movement’s one success. When Mohammed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit vendor, set fire to himself in protest of the government confiscation of his weighing scales (...
A farewell party was thrown for James Kidney in March of this year to celebrate a lengthy career for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kidney, an SEC trial attorney for nearly 28 years, reflected on his time at the agency with some closing rema...
A farewell party was thrown for James Kidney in March of this year to celebrate a lengthy career for the Securities and Exchange Commission. Kidney, an SEC trial attorney for nearly 28 years, reflected on his time at the agency with some closing rema...
Last month, a group of nations led by the United States agreed to extend important negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program. As the diplomats worked for peace, Congress once again beat the drums of war. A bloc led by Senators Robert Menen...
Last month, a group of nations led by the United States agreed to extend important negotiations with Iran regarding its nuclear program. As the diplomats worked for peace, Congress once again beat the drums of war. A bloc led by Senators Robert Menen...
By many accounts, 2014 was a year of unprecedented economic growth. In the second quarter of this year the GDP grew by 4.6 percent, in the third quarter it grew by 3.5 percent. The stock market continues to climb ever higher – both the Dow and S&am...
By many accounts, 2014 was a year of unprecedented economic growth. In the second quarter of this year the GDP grew by 4.6 percent, in the third quarter it grew by 3.5 percent. The stock market continues to climb ever higher – both the Dow and S&am...
This year, Cuba hosted the 24th annual International Ballet Festival, which attracted talented dancers from around the world. Media attention was focused on a very particular group of dancers: for the first time in decades, Cuban dancers who had prev...
This year, Cuba hosted the 24th annual International Ballet Festival, which attracted talented dancers from around the world. Media attention was focused on a very particular group of dancers: for the first time in decades, Cuban dancers who had prev...
In the 2014 fiscal year, the United States allotted one-hundredth of one percent of its discretionary spending to the arts, at a little over $146 million. That money went to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an independent agency of the fede...
In the 2014 fiscal year, the United States allotted one-hundredth of one percent of its discretionary spending to the arts, at a little over $146 million. That money went to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), an independent agency of the fede...
SOMA, a bastion of contemporary, didactic art and subversive film, is an independent art gallery, coined ‘residencia,’ in the artistically inclined neighborhoods of Mexico City’s Federal District. A few hundred miles south of SOMA, in Managua, ...
SOMA, a bastion of contemporary, didactic art and subversive film, is an independent art gallery, coined ‘residencia,’ in the artistically inclined neighborhoods of Mexico City’s Federal District. A few hundred miles south of SOMA, in Managua, ...
In just the last year, there has been a 117 percent increase in the number of unaccompanied children under 12 apprehended while attempting to enter the United States illegally. This phenomenon has repeatedly been called an “urgent humanitarian situ...
In just the last year, there has been a 117 percent increase in the number of unaccompanied children under 12 apprehended while attempting to enter the United States illegally. This phenomenon has repeatedly been called an “urgent humanitarian situ...
‘‘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...
‘‘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...
There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish military forces fervently searched their waters for the invading culprit. For a week in October, the Swedish mil...
There is something rotten in the seas of Sweden. An unidentified swimming object was confirmed mid-November, nearly a month after Swedish military forces fervently searched their waters for the invading culprit. For a week in October, the Swedish mil...
While West Africa faces the ravages of Ebola, potential vaccines developed a decade ago are being exhumed from what Dr. James E. Crowe calls “the biotech valley of death.” Dr. Crowe, Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center at Vanderbilt Univers...
While West Africa faces the ravages of Ebola, potential vaccines developed a decade ago are being exhumed from what Dr. James E. Crowe calls “the biotech valley of death.” Dr. Crowe, Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Center at Vanderbilt Univers...
Putin’s expansion into Crimea, Ukraine and his other recent acts of aggression have been framed by some as parts of an attempt at rebuilding the Soviet Union. This description is intriguing, but predicated on a singular assumption: that Putin&#...
Putin’s expansion into Crimea, Ukraine and his other recent acts of aggression have been framed by some as parts of an attempt at rebuilding the Soviet Union. This description is intriguing, but predicated on a singular assumption: that Putin&#...