In April 2025, we met with the owners of two prominent local businesses on Hope Street in Providence. Here are their stories: When strolling through Fox Point, it is common to see small white placards attached to the fronts of historical buildings, u...
As I settled into life in Rhode Island as a freshman, I began searching for a healthcare provider in the Ocean State—but no matter where I looked, I couldn’t find a primary care provider, let alone any of the several specialists that I see back h...
It is impossible to be bored on Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve) in Ecuador’s capital city. The country blends rich traditions typical of many Latin American countries — like eating las doce uvas de la suerte, twelve grapes each bestowed with a wish...
In Rhode Island, 1 out of every 200 people is homeless. With limited resources, grassroots organizations are working to ensure that the voices of the homeless are heard. In this op-doc, BPR’s Media Team explores how individuals who have experie...
In Rhode Island, 1 out of every 200 people is homeless. With limited resources, grassroots organizations are working to ensure that the voices of the homeless are heard. In this op-doc, BPR’s Media Team explores how individuals who have experie...
As we approach the 2016 elections, both the Democratic and Republican parties have started fielding their candidates. Interestingly enough, the strongest candidates from both parties are figures well-known to the media, not merely due to their politi...
As we approach the 2016 elections, both the Democratic and Republican parties have started fielding their candidates. Interestingly enough, the strongest candidates from both parties are figures well-known to the media, not merely due to their politi...
It is an image that has become familiar to us all. Figures with black tape placed over their mouths hold signs that say “journalism is not a crime.” In the last year, this image, promoted by influential journalists like Christiane Amanpour, has p...
It is an image that has become familiar to us all. Figures with black tape placed over their mouths hold signs that say “journalism is not a crime.” In the last year, this image, promoted by influential journalists like Christiane Amanpour, has p...
Last Thursday, President Obama announced his use of an executive order to enact new immigration laws. Learn the details of the plan with this new stop-motion political update by the BPR Media Team. Video by Gray Brakke and Eric Song. ...
Last Thursday, President Obama announced his use of an executive order to enact new immigration laws. Learn the details of the plan with this new stop-motion political update by the BPR Media Team. Video by Gray Brakke and Eric Song. ...
This past July, William Deresiewicz’s article, “Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League,” and his criticism of elite universities sparked a nationwide conversation on the value of these institutions and their failure as engines ...
This past July, William Deresiewicz’s article, “Don’t Send Your Kid to the Ivy League,” and his criticism of elite universities sparked a nationwide conversation on the value of these institutions and their failure as engines ...
In the early afternoon on September 21, about 400,000 people congregated in the streets of New York City for the People’s Climate March. The movement was a call to action for world leaders who were in New York attending the “Climate Summi...
In the early afternoon on September 21, about 400,000 people congregated in the streets of New York City for the People’s Climate March. The movement was a call to action for world leaders who were in New York attending the “Climate Summi...
With the approaching November 4 general election, the Providence mayoral race remains, by most estimates, too close to call. Learn the facts about the candidates in the infographic below. For more coverage on the mayoral election, check out BPR’...
With the approaching November 4 general election, the Providence mayoral race remains, by most estimates, too close to call. Learn the facts about the candidates in the infographic below. For more coverage on the mayoral election, check out BPR’...
Brown Political Review’s Media team explains the history leading up to the current Hong Kong protests and its consequences through Prezi....
Brown Political Review’s Media team explains the history leading up to the current Hong Kong protests and its consequences through Prezi....
ISIS has become a recent focus for the United States and major media outlets in the recent weeks. Brown Political Review’s Media Team explores the history of the group through stop-motion animation....
ISIS has become a recent focus for the United States and major media outlets in the recent weeks. Brown Political Review’s Media Team explores the history of the group through stop-motion animation....
As Brown University celebrates its 250th Anniversary, BPR Media has produced a short documentary on the 1968 black student walkout and the 1975 University Hall takeover; movements which mobilized hundreds of students to take action against the Admini...
As Brown University celebrates its 250th Anniversary, BPR Media has produced a short documentary on the 1968 black student walkout and the 1975 University Hall takeover; movements which mobilized hundreds of students to take action against the Admini...
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn. In the latest update in our series, a reader asks Corn for what policy he thinks the Obama administration will be most harshly jud...
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn. In the latest update in our series, a reader asks Corn for what policy he thinks the Obama administration will be most harshly jud...
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn. In the latest update in our series, a reader wonders about the contradiction of an American electorate that can elect Barack Obama ...
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn. In the latest update in our series, a reader wonders about the contradiction of an American electorate that can elect Barack Obama ...