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...
As a child growing up in South India I was often told by my South Indian nanny to stay out of the Sun. “Or else you’ll be black like me and you will have to work as a maid”, she would tell me. The origins of fairness traced back to the advent o...
As a child growing up in South India I was often told by my South Indian nanny to stay out of the Sun. “Or else you’ll be black like me and you will have to work as a maid”, she would tell me. The origins of fairness traced back to the advent o...
The fabled “undecided voter” gets a bad rap in SNL’s Digital Short this week (granted, so has the Chronicles of Narnia and President Ahmadinejad in the past). But amazingly, SNL’s dumbed-down undecideds—“What happe...
The fabled “undecided voter” gets a bad rap in SNL’s Digital Short this week (granted, so has the Chronicles of Narnia and President Ahmadinejad in the past). But amazingly, SNL’s dumbed-down undecideds—“What happe...
The topics for the first presidential debate have been announced and education is not on the agenda. The economy dominates half of the planned topics, which is unsurprising. But the recently ended teachers strike in Chicago has put education back on ...
The topics for the first presidential debate have been announced and education is not on the agenda. The economy dominates half of the planned topics, which is unsurprising. But the recently ended teachers strike in Chicago has put education back on ...
When Richard Saul Wurman produced the TED Conference, it was the culmination of a decades-long career in “information architecture.” After publishing Information Anxiety, his bestselling guide to the technology age, Wurman won numerous grants fro...
When Richard Saul Wurman produced the TED Conference, it was the culmination of a decades-long career in “information architecture.” After publishing Information Anxiety, his bestselling guide to the technology age, Wurman won numerous grants fro...
No President since FDR has ever been reelected with an unemployment rate above 7.2%. Period. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in August that the unemployment rate is 8.1%, about where it has been since the beginning of the year. What ...
No President since FDR has ever been reelected with an unemployment rate above 7.2%. Period. However, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported in August that the unemployment rate is 8.1%, about where it has been since the beginning of the year. What ...
Many Americans’ first exposure to Chief Justice John Roberts was in January 2009 when he made a mistake reading the Oath of Office to President Obama at the inauguration ceremony. Before then, he was a somewhat “under-the-radar” member of the C...
Many Americans’ first exposure to Chief Justice John Roberts was in January 2009 when he made a mistake reading the Oath of Office to President Obama at the inauguration ceremony. Before then, he was a somewhat “under-the-radar” member of the C...
Obama isn’t the only candidate whose numbers are rising. So is the collective fate of a Senate that could remain in Democratic hands. There’s any number of guesses for why it’s happening, but as Nate Silver breaks it down, the odds ...
Obama isn’t the only candidate whose numbers are rising. So is the collective fate of a Senate that could remain in Democratic hands. There’s any number of guesses for why it’s happening, but as Nate Silver breaks it down, the odds ...
What do a black Mormon mayor in Utah and a gay real estate broker from the Boston suburbs have in common? This year, they’re both fighting for coveted seats in the U.S. Congress – as loud and proud members of the G.O.P. In a party whose national ...
What do a black Mormon mayor in Utah and a gay real estate broker from the Boston suburbs have in common? This year, they’re both fighting for coveted seats in the U.S. Congress – as loud and proud members of the G.O.P. In a party whose national ...
A new leaked video records Mitt Romney speaking at an unnamed, undated private fundraiser. Coincidentally, new data released hours beforehand suggested that this week could make or break the Romney campaign. Depending on how the week plays out, then...
A new leaked video records Mitt Romney speaking at an unnamed, undated private fundraiser. Coincidentally, new data released hours beforehand suggested that this week could make or break the Romney campaign. Depending on how the week plays out, then...
Not that anyone will need this, but the Romney video isn’t wrong—it’s just plain weird. By now, we’ve all seen it: In the recording, Governor Romney whips out a fan-favorite talking point—that 47% of Americans can simply be expected to vote...
Not that anyone will need this, but the Romney video isn’t wrong—it’s just plain weird. By now, we’ve all seen it: In the recording, Governor Romney whips out a fan-favorite talking point—that 47% of Americans can simply be expected to vote...
As Constitution Daily announced eight months ago, 2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Constitution, which was signed into law on September 17, 1787. This landmark year may not seem all that impressive when one considers, for a momen...
As Constitution Daily announced eight months ago, 2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the United States Constitution, which was signed into law on September 17, 1787. This landmark year may not seem all that impressive when one considers, for a momen...
September has come and Europe’s politicians are finally in their offices, back from the annual August recess. Back to the rescue. We’re only half way through the month, but so much has been done and said over the past few days. True, European lea...
September has come and Europe’s politicians are finally in their offices, back from the annual August recess. Back to the rescue. We’re only half way through the month, but so much has been done and said over the past few days. True, European lea...