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Larry Siems, the author of The Torture Report, is a writer and human rights activist. He is the editor of the New York Times bestseller “Guantánamo Diary,” the memoir of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who has been imprisoned at the Guantánamo Bay detent...

BPR Interviews: Larry Siems

Larry Siems, the author of The Torture Report, is a writer and human rights activist. He is the editor of the New York Times bestseller “Guantánamo Diary,” the memoir of Mohamedou Ould Slahi, who has been imprisoned at the Guantánamo Bay detent...

Thomas Perez ’83, a Brown alumnus who holds a master of public policy and a law degree from Harvard University, is the US Secretary of Labor and the former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights of the US Department of Justice. Brown Political...

BPR Interview: Thomas Perez

Thomas Perez ’83, a Brown alumnus who holds a master of public policy and a law degree from Harvard University, is the US Secretary of Labor and the former Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights of the US Department of Justice. Brown Political...

Dr. Reza Aslan is the author of the New York Times Bestseller “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.” Currently a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, Aslan was born in Iran and holds a BA in Religi...

BPR Interview: Reza Aslan

Dr. Reza Aslan is the author of the New York Times Bestseller “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.” Currently a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside, Aslan was born in Iran and holds a BA in Religi...

Katherine Mangu-Ward is the managing editor of Reason Magazine, the news arm of the libertarian policy center Reason Foundation. A featured panelist in BPR’s recent family weekend media event, she is a 2013-2014 Future Tense fellow at the New Ameri...

BPR Interview: Katherine Mangu-Ward

Katherine Mangu-Ward is the managing editor of Reason Magazine, the news arm of the libertarian policy center Reason Foundation. A featured panelist in BPR’s recent family weekend media event, she is a 2013-2014 Future Tense fellow at the New Ameri...

Junot Díaz, the 2008 winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” is a professor of writing at the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology. A fiction editor at Boston Review and a 2012 MacArthur ...

BPR Interviews: Junot Díaz

Junot Díaz, the 2008 winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction for his novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao,” is a professor of writing at the Massachusetts Institutes of Technology. A fiction editor at Boston Review and a 2012 MacArthur ...

Joel Simon is the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent nonprofit that provides assistance to journalists in dangerous situations around the globe. Brown Political Review: News organizations have recently slashed...

BPR Interview: Joel Simon

Joel Simon is the executive director of the Committee to Protect Journalists, an independent nonprofit that provides assistance to journalists in dangerous situations around the globe. Brown Political Review: News organizations have recently slashed...

Dawn K. Smith is an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In May, the CDC began recommending that men who have sex with men (MSM), intravenous drug users and other high-risk groups take Truvada, a drug that can reduc...

BPR Interview: Dawn Smith

Dawn K. Smith is an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In May, the CDC began recommending that men who have sex with men (MSM), intravenous drug users and other high-risk groups take Truvada, a drug that can reduc...

Joe Scarborough is a former lawyer and the current host of the popular political commentary news program Morning Joe on MSNBC. He was a Republican congressman for Florida from 1995 to 2001.   Brown Political Review: What do you think was the larges...

BPR Interview: Joe Scarborough

Joe Scarborough is a former lawyer and the current host of the popular political commentary news program Morning Joe on MSNBC. He was a Republican congressman for Florida from 1995 to 2001.   Brown Political Review: What do you think was the larges...

Sherrilyn Ifill is the seventh President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She has served as a fellow at the ACLU and is on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Law. Brown Political Review: As a top civil rights lawyer,...

BPR Interview: Sherrilyn Ifill

Sherrilyn Ifill is the seventh President of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. She has served as a fellow at the ACLU and is on the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Law. Brown Political Review: As a top civil rights lawyer,...

Hugh Clements became Providence’s 37th Chief of Police in 2012. Clements has received recognition for his service from the FBI and holds a bachelor of science in justice administration from Roger Williams University. Brown Political Review: ...

BPR Interview: Hugh Clements

Hugh Clements became Providence’s 37th Chief of Police in 2012. Clements has received recognition for his service from the FBI and holds a bachelor of science in justice administration from Roger Williams University. Brown Political Review: ...

Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat currently serves as the chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization delegation to the United States. Prior to his appointment to Washington, he served as Chairman of the PLO and the Palestinian National Authority. B...

BPR Interview: Maen Rashid Areikat

Ambassador Maen Rashid Areikat currently serves as the chief of the Palestine Liberation Organization delegation to the United States. Prior to his appointment to Washington, he served as Chairman of the PLO and the Palestinian National Authority. B...

Dennis Ross has been a principal actor in US policy towards Israel and Palestine for decades. More recently, he was President Barack Obama’s advisor for Israel-Palestine policy and worked for the National Security Council as the Special Direct...

BPR Interview: Dennis Ross

Dennis Ross has been a principal actor in US policy towards Israel and Palestine for decades. More recently, he was President Barack Obama’s advisor for Israel-Palestine policy and worked for the National Security Council as the Special Direct...