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...
There was an ominous silence after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) finished asking Dr. Arindrajit Dube her question. “If we started in 1960 and we said that as productivity goes up — that is, as workers are producing more — then the minimum wage i...
There was an ominous silence after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) finished asking Dr. Arindrajit Dube her question. “If we started in 1960 and we said that as productivity goes up — that is, as workers are producing more — then the minimum wage i...
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...