Though Portuguese missionaries first established the Catholic Church in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 1491, it was only under Belgian colonial rule in the late 1880s that missionaries arrived en masse, founding schools and hospitals a...
Christina Paxson is the 19th president of Brown University. President Paxson is an outspoken advocate for increasing access to higher education. She led The Brown Promise initiative, which eliminated loans from the aid packages awarded by the Univers...
In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the Yixian People’s Court ruled that Bai was innocent of rape on the grounds that violently forcing one’s wife to have...
In 2012, former Senator Rick Santorum reacted to Obama’s supposed desire to have every American attend college with quick judgment: “What a snob.” Many in the news media regarded this comment as a self-inflicted and ultimately fatal blow to his...
In 2012, former Senator Rick Santorum reacted to Obama’s supposed desire to have every American attend college with quick judgment: “What a snob.” Many in the news media regarded this comment as a self-inflicted and ultimately fatal blow to his...
“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...
“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...
President Barack Obama’s community college proposal has been touted as a revolutionary step towards universal education — one that will restore the middle class and kick start the economy’s growth for years to come. The president’s initiative...
President Barack Obama’s community college proposal has been touted as a revolutionary step towards universal education — one that will restore the middle class and kick start the economy’s growth for years to come. The president’s initiative...
With average student loan debts rapidly approaching $30,000 — more than three times what they were just 20 years ago — an increasing number of graduates are finding themselves stuck underneath an unconquerable mountain of debt. Student loan debts...
With average student loan debts rapidly approaching $30,000 — more than three times what they were just 20 years ago — an increasing number of graduates are finding themselves stuck underneath an unconquerable mountain of debt. Student loan debts...
As Alexis Tsipras and his victorious Syriza party try to make good on the promises that put them in power, world leaders are struggling to keep their frustration in check. In January, Greeks voted the radical left-wing party into office, hoping to re...
As Alexis Tsipras and his victorious Syriza party try to make good on the promises that put them in power, world leaders are struggling to keep their frustration in check. In January, Greeks voted the radical left-wing party into office, hoping to re...
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...
Rep. Tim Ryan is pictured here talking to a constituent. In an interview with BPR, Ryan said that he enjoys the ability of social media to “meet the people where they’re at” via Twitter and Facebook, platforms that simulate the humanistic chara...
Rep. Tim Ryan is pictured here talking to a constituent. In an interview with BPR, Ryan said that he enjoys the ability of social media to “meet the people where they’re at” via Twitter and Facebook, platforms that simulate the humanistic chara...
You can accomplish a lot on your phone apps in fifteen minutes. You can download a novel on the Kindle app, share photos on Facebook, order an Uber taxi — and now, you can receive a birth control prescription and have it mailed to your doorstep. In...
You can accomplish a lot on your phone apps in fifteen minutes. You can download a novel on the Kindle app, share photos on Facebook, order an Uber taxi — and now, you can receive a birth control prescription and have it mailed to your doorstep. In...
In June, the Supreme Court ruled that a group of banking-related software patents were invalid. The ruling was received with as much excitement as its bland description suggests. The case in question was between two banking institutions, Alice Corpor...
In June, the Supreme Court ruled that a group of banking-related software patents were invalid. The ruling was received with as much excitement as its bland description suggests. The case in question was between two banking institutions, Alice Corpor...
Art by Kristine Mar. Demos kratia, Greek for “people rule,” better known as “democracy” in English, has meant various things for various peoples, but today we widely value it as consent of the governed. A fundamental tenet of American...
Art by Kristine Mar. Demos kratia, Greek for “people rule,” better known as “democracy” in English, has meant various things for various peoples, but today we widely value it as consent of the governed. A fundamental tenet of American...
Art by Soraya Ferdman. Facebook statuses, tweets and Instagram posts have all been credited as by-products of a new, stream of consciousness, millennial culture prone to over-sharing and broadcasting “inappropriate” behavior. However, a new wave ...
Art by Soraya Ferdman. Facebook statuses, tweets and Instagram posts have all been credited as by-products of a new, stream of consciousness, millennial culture prone to over-sharing and broadcasting “inappropriate” behavior. However, a new wave ...
Art by Julia Ladics. The basis of US politics has come to strikingly resemble the computer binary system. Our political dialogue has come to take the ideological authority of the two-party duopoly as given, and our political rhetoric has become black...
Art by Julia Ladics. The basis of US politics has come to strikingly resemble the computer binary system. Our political dialogue has come to take the ideological authority of the two-party duopoly as given, and our political rhetoric has become black...