Sunlight pours through sliding glass doors, pooling across the leaves of a fiddle-leaf fig and the gentle curves of a midcentury modern chair. On days like these, the doors are left open so that the sprawl of RealReal-scouring students, artists, and ...
If you experience domestic violence, a victims’ compensation fund should defray the medical and legal costs of victimization. If you are deemed the wrong kind of person, however, Rhode Island’s victim compensation fund will turn you away. Rhode I...
Albania’s newest cabinet member is pregnant…with 83 babies. But do not worry, she is not human. Meet Diella, Albania’s “AI minister.” Diella was “born” on January 19, 2025, with the job of managing Albania’s ‘e-Albania’ platform, ...
by Christina Kata “Your blood, the government’s shedding it/Your nation, they’ve exhausted it/Your religion, they’ve targeted it/Your portion… they’ve swallowed it.” — Ramy Donjewan’s “Ded El 7koma,” or “Against the Gover...
by Christina Kata “Your blood, the government’s shedding it/Your nation, they’ve exhausted it/Your religion, they’ve targeted it/Your portion… they’ve swallowed it.” — Ramy Donjewan’s “Ded El 7koma,” or “Against the Gover...
Oppressive regimes are not known for their tendency toward democratic reform. They are characterized by repression, the imprisonment of political opponents and the concentration of power in the hands of a few, and the longer they remain in command, t...
Oppressive regimes are not known for their tendency toward democratic reform. They are characterized by repression, the imprisonment of political opponents and the concentration of power in the hands of a few, and the longer they remain in command, t...
by Athena Bryan In 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Plata that the degree of overcrowding in California prisons constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Hordes of suffering prisoners might present an image culturally mapped to condition...
by Athena Bryan In 2011 the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Plata that the degree of overcrowding in California prisons constituted cruel and unusual punishment. Hordes of suffering prisoners might present an image culturally mapped to condition...
by Lauren Sukin Chris Hadfield recently celebrated St. Patty’s in space. The Canadian astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) wore a green shirt and bow tie, snapped a space pic of Ireland that puts your Instagram to shame and record...
by Lauren Sukin Chris Hadfield recently celebrated St. Patty’s in space. The Canadian astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) wore a green shirt and bow tie, snapped a space pic of Ireland that puts your Instagram to shame and record...
by Meghan Koushik Afghan history brings to life George Santayana’s maxim: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” For the last two centuries the nation has witnessed a stream of failed occupations by foreign invaders wh...
by Meghan Koushik Afghan history brings to life George Santayana’s maxim: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” For the last two centuries the nation has witnessed a stream of failed occupations by foreign invaders wh...
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers two prominent cases with monumental implications for same-sex marriage, legislatures in several states including Rhode Island have taken up debate whether to potentially preempt the Court by ending their own same-s...
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers two prominent cases with monumental implications for same-sex marriage, legislatures in several states including Rhode Island have taken up debate whether to potentially preempt the Court by ending their own same-s...
“For such a small state, why can’t it get its act together?” This is a sentiment often evoked when thinking of Rhode Island. From unemployment to pension reform, the Union’s tiniest member seems to have the greatest proportion of problems. On...
“For such a small state, why can’t it get its act together?” This is a sentiment often evoked when thinking of Rhode Island. From unemployment to pension reform, the Union’s tiniest member seems to have the greatest proportion of problems. On...
by Joaquim Salles Soccer, beaches, carnival, scantily clad women. Clichés and stereotypes inevitably arise when talking about Brazil. Chief among them is the myth of the jeitinho brasileiro, or the “Brazilian way”: the informal and street-smart ...
by Joaquim Salles Soccer, beaches, carnival, scantily clad women. Clichés and stereotypes inevitably arise when talking about Brazil. Chief among them is the myth of the jeitinho brasileiro, or the “Brazilian way”: the informal and street-smart ...
by Gae Emilio Leanza Maharashtra, like the rest of “rising” India, is full of contradictions. Home to 111 million, it ranks second only to Uttar Pradesh as India’s most populous state. Maharashtra has two very different symbolic capitals within...
by Gae Emilio Leanza Maharashtra, like the rest of “rising” India, is full of contradictions. Home to 111 million, it ranks second only to Uttar Pradesh as India’s most populous state. Maharashtra has two very different symbolic capitals within...
Hooshang Amirahmadi, Ph.D., professor at Rutgers University, spoke with Brown Political Review’s Michael Chernin. Dr. Amirahmadi is the founder and president of the American–Iranian Council (AIC), a non-profit think tank dedicated to building U.S...
Hooshang Amirahmadi, Ph.D., professor at Rutgers University, spoke with Brown Political Review’s Michael Chernin. Dr. Amirahmadi is the founder and president of the American–Iranian Council (AIC), a non-profit think tank dedicated to building U.S...
A response to “Nuclear Iran, Safer World” by Omar Ben Halim by Katherine Long While I agree with Mr. Omar Ben Halim that a nuclear Iran could be capable of balancing Israeli power and lead to a more stable Middle East (“Nuclear Iran, Safer Worl...
A response to “Nuclear Iran, Safer World” by Omar Ben Halim by Katherine Long While I agree with Mr. Omar Ben Halim that a nuclear Iran could be capable of balancing Israeli power and lead to a more stable Middle East (“Nuclear Iran, Safer Worl...
Uranium. Campaign checks. Oil. What’s really going on in Mali. France is at war. At the time of writing, 4,000 French soldiers are deployed in Azawad, the northern half of Mali, fighting a combination of Islamist and separatist insurgents who t...
Uranium. Campaign checks. Oil. What’s really going on in Mali. France is at war. At the time of writing, 4,000 French soldiers are deployed in Azawad, the northern half of Mali, fighting a combination of Islamist and separatist insurgents who t...