In February 2025, the House of Hope opened the doors of ECHO Village, the first pallet shelter pilot community in Rhode Island. House of Hope is a non-profit corporation that originated in Rhode Island in 1989. They began in Warwick, with founders wh...
In this interview, Yifan Guo, a second-year graduate student studying and teaching mathematics at Brown University, shares her thoughts on California’s push to make their math curriculum more “equitable.” Recently, California ended a years-long...
Dr. Craig Spencer MD, MPH is an emergency medicine physician, epidemiologist and an Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health. Dr. Spencer has over a decade of international field exp...
Dr. Eric Knost, superintendent of the Rockwood School District in St. Louis County, MO, has spent more than 30 years in public education. These roles include that of teacher, principal, and currently, superintendent. During the 2017-2018 school year,...
Dr. Eric Knost, superintendent of the Rockwood School District in St. Louis County, MO, has spent more than 30 years in public education. These roles include that of teacher, principal, and currently, superintendent. During the 2017-2018 school year,...
Peter Asen has been the Director of Strategy and Development for Providence’s Housing Authority since January of 2018. Mr. Asen received his B.A. from Brown University in Africana Studies & Ethics/Political Philosophy in 2004 and then went on t...
Peter Asen has been the Director of Strategy and Development for Providence’s Housing Authority since January of 2018. Mr. Asen received his B.A. from Brown University in Africana Studies & Ethics/Political Philosophy in 2004 and then went on t...
Debbie Veney works as Director of Communications for NewSchools, a nonprofit venture philanthropy that invests in innovative education models with the goal of “reimagining learning,” particularly for underserved communities. NewSchools has a wide...
Debbie Veney works as Director of Communications for NewSchools, a nonprofit venture philanthropy that invests in innovative education models with the goal of “reimagining learning,” particularly for underserved communities. NewSchools has a wide...
BPR: What was your journey to Brown like, and what was your education like before becoming incarcerated? AI: I was always a really good student, but I grew up in distressed areas where people were generally low-income. In those environments, there’...
BPR: What was your journey to Brown like, and what was your education like before becoming incarcerated? AI: I was always a really good student, but I grew up in distressed areas where people were generally low-income. In those environments, there’...
Andre Perry is an activist, founding dean, professor, and award winning journalist in the field of education. He is currently a fellow at the Brooking Institution, focusing his research on race and structural inequality, economic inclusion, and educa...
Andre Perry is an activist, founding dean, professor, and award winning journalist in the field of education. He is currently a fellow at the Brooking Institution, focusing his research on race and structural inequality, economic inclusion, and educa...
Jessie Handbury is Assistant Professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, NBER Research Fellow, and Penn UIR Faculty Fellow. Professor Handbury’s work has been quoted in publications such as the New York Times and T...
Jessie Handbury is Assistant Professor of Real Estate at the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania, NBER Research Fellow, and Penn UIR Faculty Fellow. Professor Handbury’s work has been quoted in publications such as the New York Times and T...
Hank Herrera is President & CEO of the Center for Popular Research, Education & Policy (C-PREP), a non-profit community-based organization that conducts participatory research, education, and policy in low-income and vulnerable communities. A...
Hank Herrera is President & CEO of the Center for Popular Research, Education & Policy (C-PREP), a non-profit community-based organization that conducts participatory research, education, and policy in low-income and vulnerable communities. A...
Monica Ramírez is a civil rights attorney, public speaker, and life-long activist who has spent the majority of her professional career defending female farmworkers. A graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Ramirez is the Co-Founder a...
Monica Ramírez is a civil rights attorney, public speaker, and life-long activist who has spent the majority of her professional career defending female farmworkers. A graduate of Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Ramirez is the Co-Founder a...
Alissa Rubin currently works as the Paris bureau chief of The New York Times. In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize, “for thoroughly reported and movingly written accounts giving voice to Afghan women who were forced to endure unspeakable cruelties....
Alissa Rubin currently works as the Paris bureau chief of The New York Times. In 2016, she won the Pulitzer Prize, “for thoroughly reported and movingly written accounts giving voice to Afghan women who were forced to endure unspeakable cruelties....
Ernie Stevens III is a council member on the Business Committee of Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. Councilman Stevens was named one of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Native American 40 Under 40 award winners for 20...
Ernie Stevens III is a council member on the Business Committee of Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. Councilman Stevens was named one of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Native American 40 Under 40 award winners for 20...
Ben Domenech is the publisher of The Federalist, a self described “small c conservative” website that focuses on culture. Domenech also hosts The Federalist Radio Hour and writes the daily newsletter The Transom. Before co-founding The Federalist...
Ben Domenech is the publisher of The Federalist, a self described “small c conservative” website that focuses on culture. Domenech also hosts The Federalist Radio Hour and writes the daily newsletter The Transom. Before co-founding The Federalist...
Faiz Shakir is the National Political Director at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Prior to joining the ACLU, Shakir was a senior advisor to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. He has also wo...
Faiz Shakir is the National Political Director at the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Prior to joining the ACLU, Shakir was a senior advisor to Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid and House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi. He has also wo...