Joseph M. Sellers is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney who has been a trailblazer for victims of discrimination. He played a pivotal role in such seminal legislation as the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the Civil Rights Act of ...
Brendan Fleig-Goldstein is a philosophy professor and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University’s Cogut Institute for the Humanities. His research explores the philosophical foundations of cognitive science and artificial intelligence. In part...
After nearly a decade of conflict, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, garnering significant public attention. Now, over four years later, this direct warfare is still ongoing, but the public spotlight has largely faded...
A cluster of third-graders, clad in khakis and blue polos, sit for lunch facing a world map marked with notecards on dozens of countries, telling the stories of the students’ families. These are the youth of Achievement First, one of Rhode Island...
A cluster of third-graders, clad in khakis and blue polos, sit for lunch facing a world map marked with notecards on dozens of countries, telling the stories of the students’ families. These are the youth of Achievement First, one of Rhode Island...
Most Americans aren’t expecting to find a beneficial program hiding in their tax return. Yet the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), despite its dull name, is just that. In 2013, the EITC brought 6.2 million workers above the poverty line and boosted ...
Most Americans aren’t expecting to find a beneficial program hiding in their tax return. Yet the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), despite its dull name, is just that. In 2013, the EITC brought 6.2 million workers above the poverty line and boosted ...
From driving tests to downtown, parking is the bane of drivers young and old. Limited parking is an accepted and unavoidable fact of life in most metropolitan areas, but wrongly so. Around the nation, a transportation crisis stems from a surplus of p...
From driving tests to downtown, parking is the bane of drivers young and old. Limited parking is an accepted and unavoidable fact of life in most metropolitan areas, but wrongly so. Around the nation, a transportation crisis stems from a surplus of p...
The first round of elections for the Majlis, Iran’s national parliament, changed the dynamic for political reformists throughout the country. 83 candidates from The List of Hope — an informal coalition of moderate and reformist candidates — cla...
The first round of elections for the Majlis, Iran’s national parliament, changed the dynamic for political reformists throughout the country. 83 candidates from The List of Hope — an informal coalition of moderate and reformist candidates — cla...
Nigeria has a people problem. With a population of 167 million and one of the highest fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa, the country is struggling with the repercussions of longstanding cultural and religious traditions that encourage large famil...
Nigeria has a people problem. With a population of 167 million and one of the highest fertility rates in sub-Saharan Africa, the country is struggling with the repercussions of longstanding cultural and religious traditions that encourage large famil...
When Trudy Robideau needed to finance a car repair, she decided to take out a payday loan. When she couldn’t afford to pay it back after the loan expired, she had to take out another one. She described the experience as being hooked: “You can fee...
When Trudy Robideau needed to finance a car repair, she decided to take out a payday loan. When she couldn’t afford to pay it back after the loan expired, she had to take out another one. She described the experience as being hooked: “You can fee...
Tucked between northeast Nepal and southern Tibet, the Khumbu Icefall slides down Mount Everest an average of three to four feet each day. The icefall’s crust is a Jenga-pile of house-sized ice blocks that break and collapse without warning. Crossi...
Tucked between northeast Nepal and southern Tibet, the Khumbu Icefall slides down Mount Everest an average of three to four feet each day. The icefall’s crust is a Jenga-pile of house-sized ice blocks that break and collapse without warning. Crossi...
Earlier this year, the world watched in consternation as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasingly autocratic regime closed Zaman, one of the country’s most prominent and critical newspapers, and reopened it overnight. The day before...
Earlier this year, the world watched in consternation as Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s increasingly autocratic regime closed Zaman, one of the country’s most prominent and critical newspapers, and reopened it overnight. The day before...
Mei Fong, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has reported on the societal impacts of China’s burgeoning economy. Her most recent book, One-Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment, explores the conditions and effects of China’s one...
Mei Fong, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has reported on the societal impacts of China’s burgeoning economy. Her most recent book, One-Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Experiment, explores the conditions and effects of China’s one...
Jennicet Gutiérrez is a transgender Latina activist and organizer with Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement. She gained national attention after interrupting President Obama’s speech at an LGBT pride event hosted by the White House. BPR: What ...
Jennicet Gutiérrez is a transgender Latina activist and organizer with Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement. She gained national attention after interrupting President Obama’s speech at an LGBT pride event hosted by the White House. BPR: What ...
Jane Ward is an associate professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of California, Riverside, where she teaches courses in feminist, queer, and heterosexuality studies. Her most recent book, Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, i...
Jane Ward is an associate professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of California, Riverside, where she teaches courses in feminist, queer, and heterosexuality studies. Her most recent book, Not Gay: Sex Between Straight White Men, i...
Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations, which currently operates in more than 90 countries. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 1987, Roth served as a...
Kenneth Roth is the executive director of Human Rights Watch, one of the world’s leading international human rights organizations, which currently operates in more than 90 countries. Prior to joining Human Rights Watch in 1987, Roth served as a...