*This interview is the third and last installment of BPR’s series, The Last Line of Defense: How Expansive Should the US Social Safety Net Be? In it, we are spotlighting differing viewpoints on the efficacy of widening our social safety net, partic...
Charles V. Hamilton is the Wallace S. Sayre Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Government at Columbia University. He has produced some of the most influential scholarship on race and American politics in the twentieth century, including his ...
Alex O’Connor is a prominent British advocate for animal rights and secularism. Over the past five years, he has frequently shared his views through his popular YouTube channel, Cosmic Skeptic, which has nearly half a million subscribers. On his po...
In this installment of our criminal justice reform series, we meet Vincent Southerland, a board member at the Bail Project since its inception in 2017. The Bail Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to combating racial and socioeconomic disp...
In this installment of our criminal justice reform series, we meet Vincent Southerland, a board member at the Bail Project since its inception in 2017. The Bail Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to combating racial and socioeconomic disp...
Simon Blackburn is one of the world’s leading academic philosophers. Over the course of his extensive career, Mr. Blackburn has taught at Oxford University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has pu...
Simon Blackburn is one of the world’s leading academic philosophers. Over the course of his extensive career, Mr. Blackburn has taught at Oxford University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has pu...
In this installment of our criminal justice reform series, we meet Sharon Dolovich, Professor of law and Director of the UCLA Prison Law and Policy Program. Professor Dolovich started the UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project, which has aggregat...
In this installment of our criminal justice reform series, we meet Sharon Dolovich, Professor of law and Director of the UCLA Prison Law and Policy Program. Professor Dolovich started the UCLA Law COVID-19 Behind Bars Data Project, which has aggregat...
*This interview is the first installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. LeRonne Armstrong is the Oakland Chief of Police. Chief Armstrong joined the Oakland Police Department in 1999, ...
*This interview is the first installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. LeRonne Armstrong is the Oakland Chief of Police. Chief Armstrong joined the Oakland Police Department in 1999, ...
Jayanti Owens is the Mary Tefft and John Hazen White, Sr. Assistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Her research focuses on the intersections of social stratification, education, race/ethnicity, organi...
Jayanti Owens is the Mary Tefft and John Hazen White, Sr. Assistant Professor of Sociology and International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Her research focuses on the intersections of social stratification, education, race/ethnicity, organi...
Michael Steele made history as the first African American Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2003) and chairperson of the Republican National Committee (2009). During the 2020 presidential election, Mr. Steele became an advisor for the Lincoln Projectâ...
Michael Steele made history as the first African American Lieutenant Governor of Maryland (2003) and chairperson of the Republican National Committee (2009). During the 2020 presidential election, Mr. Steele became an advisor for the Lincoln Projectâ...
In this installment of our criminal justice reform series, we meet Cameron Pipe, Operations Manager at the Bail Project. The Bail Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to combating racial and socioeconomic disparities in the pretrial detenti...
In this installment of our criminal justice reform series, we meet Cameron Pipe, Operations Manager at the Bail Project. The Bail Project is a non-profit organization dedicated to combating racial and socioeconomic disparities in the pretrial detenti...
Jake Auchincloss is a freshman congressman representing Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District. He currently sits on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Prior to becoming a congressman, Auc...
Jake Auchincloss is a freshman congressman representing Massachusetts’ 4th Congressional District. He currently sits on the Committee on Financial Services and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Prior to becoming a congressman, Auc...
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021, they will continue through the decennial redistricting process following the 2020 census. While we hope the unusual...
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021, they will continue through the decennial redistricting process following the 2020 census. While we hope the unusual...
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021, they will continue through the decennial redistricting process following the 2020 census. While we hope the unusual...
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021, they will continue through the decennial redistricting process following the 2020 census. While we hope the unusual...
Uahikea Maile is a Kanaka Maoli scholar and activist from Maunawili, O‘ahu. Maile’s research focuses on Hawaiian sovereignty, Indigenous critical theory, settler colonialism, and decolonization. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Journal of t...
Uahikea Maile is a Kanaka Maoli scholar and activist from Maunawili, O‘ahu. Maile’s research focuses on Hawaiian sovereignty, Indigenous critical theory, settler colonialism, and decolonization. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Journal of t...
John Hudson is a national security reporter at The Washington Post, focusing on the State Department and diplomacy. He previously worked for Foreign Policy, BuzzFeed, and The Atlantic. He has reported from places as varied as Afghanistan, China, and ...
John Hudson is a national security reporter at The Washington Post, focusing on the State Department and diplomacy. He previously worked for Foreign Policy, BuzzFeed, and The Atlantic. He has reported from places as varied as Afghanistan, China, and ...