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...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...
Pedro Casaldáliga. In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a small town bordering the Amazon region of northern Mato Grosso. We went there to meet Pedr...
Senator Rob Portman, Republican from Ohio, came out last week in support of same-sex marriage. Portman, who had previously opposed gay marriage, reconsidered his position after learning is son his gay. Portman’s op-ed is heartfelt, and reflects sev...
Senator Rob Portman, Republican from Ohio, came out last week in support of same-sex marriage. Portman, who had previously opposed gay marriage, reconsidered his position after learning is son his gay. Portman’s op-ed is heartfelt, and reflects sev...
I walked up into the store like I got a big—well, a big thrift shop party to prepare for. And it was when milling through the Salvation Army store east of campus that I first heard the news of Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) endorsing same-sex marriage....
I walked up into the store like I got a big—well, a big thrift shop party to prepare for. And it was when milling through the Salvation Army store east of campus that I first heard the news of Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) endorsing same-sex marriage....
In discussing the Middle East, media outlets and political pundits alike can’t seem to avoid lame catchphrases, which reduce the complex political developments in the region to a narrative palatable enough for the average Joe. In 2011, it was &...
In discussing the Middle East, media outlets and political pundits alike can’t seem to avoid lame catchphrases, which reduce the complex political developments in the region to a narrative palatable enough for the average Joe. In 2011, it was &...
In 100 years, will Americans’ lives be job-centric? Will workweek hours be the same? Will we even have a “workweek”? Robots, things once relegated to science fiction, are now, right now, helping us answer these questions. They efficiently work ...
In 100 years, will Americans’ lives be job-centric? Will workweek hours be the same? Will we even have a “workweek”? Robots, things once relegated to science fiction, are now, right now, helping us answer these questions. They efficiently work ...
As the Latin American Caesar lay dying, his trusted triumvirate kept up its bedside vigil. For over a year and a half the political powerbrokers of a post-Chávez Venezuela often left behind the business of the state to attend to their Comandante-in-...
As the Latin American Caesar lay dying, his trusted triumvirate kept up its bedside vigil. For over a year and a half the political powerbrokers of a post-Chávez Venezuela often left behind the business of the state to attend to their Comandante-in-...
I’ll start with the low-down: there’s a good chance many in the political arena don’t fully understand the Three-Fifths Clause. And when Americans try to talk about the “horrors” of Three-Fifths, they may actually perpetuate serious sub-tex...
I’ll start with the low-down: there’s a good chance many in the political arena don’t fully understand the Three-Fifths Clause. And when Americans try to talk about the “horrors” of Three-Fifths, they may actually perpetuate serious sub-tex...
Hello, readers! I hope that your March experience has started off as well as mine has—Providence is experiencing some unseasonal sun right now and I’m looking forward to March Madness, SCOTUS Style at the end of the month. It’s a little slow a...
Hello, readers! I hope that your March experience has started off as well as mine has—Providence is experiencing some unseasonal sun right now and I’m looking forward to March Madness, SCOTUS Style at the end of the month. It’s a little slow a...
Modern Brazil is a country defined by its optimism. Marked by a history of prosperous booms and repressive regimes, the country has often found itself at the doorstep of political and economic prosperity, just to be dragged back down by a coup or mar...
Modern Brazil is a country defined by its optimism. Marked by a history of prosperous booms and repressive regimes, the country has often found itself at the doorstep of political and economic prosperity, just to be dragged back down by a coup or mar...
Photo Credit: Adam E. Moreira Brown students get the privilege of riding RIPTA for free, a fairly common setup for students in college towns. The University pays a lump sum to the public transit authority, and then a student ID card gets the studen...
Photo Credit: Adam E. Moreira Brown students get the privilege of riding RIPTA for free, a fairly common setup for students in college towns. The University pays a lump sum to the public transit authority, and then a student ID card gets the studen...
Sequestration – the series of automatic spending cuts that went into effect March 1 – came not with a bang but a whimper. The Obama administration did its best to argue that the cuts would have drastic consequences, almost implying that we’d ha...
Sequestration – the series of automatic spending cuts that went into effect March 1 – came not with a bang but a whimper. The Obama administration did its best to argue that the cuts would have drastic consequences, almost implying that we’d ha...
by Thomas Nath As Hillary Clinton leaves the position of Secretary of State and John Kerry steps in, the inevitable flurry of comparisons and questions arise concerning both the legacy Clinton leaves and the challenges that await her successor. What ...
by Thomas Nath As Hillary Clinton leaves the position of Secretary of State and John Kerry steps in, the inevitable flurry of comparisons and questions arise concerning both the legacy Clinton leaves and the challenges that await her successor. What ...