Rates of homelessness in America have been increasing since 2016, reaching record highs in 2024. Despite declining unemployment rates post-pandemic, it has become increasingly difficult for Americans to find and maintain stable, affordable housing. F...
In 2022, the federal government investigated the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the agency in charge of both Boston’s metro system and its regional rail network. The results were damning. As a result of decades of neglect and de...
As the global order tilts toward rivalry and resistance, the United States continuously upholds international laws from Geneva to the South China Sea. In the wake of waning US global dominance, President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jin...
In this podcast, Mitsuki Jiang talks to Staff Writer Kenneth Kalu about his article “Bricks, Not Bullets.” Below is a transcript of the conversation. And, read the article online at https://brownpoliticalreview.org/2023/12/bricks-not-bull...
In this podcast, Mitsuki Jiang talks to Staff Writer Kenneth Kalu about his article “Bricks, Not Bullets.” Below is a transcript of the conversation. And, read the article online at https://brownpoliticalreview.org/2023/12/bricks-not-bull...
With the first contest of the Republican presidential primaries under a week away, former President Donald Trump has a large lead over his competitors. Polls show him nearly 50 percent ahead of his closest challenger, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a...
With the first contest of the Republican presidential primaries under a week away, former President Donald Trump has a large lead over his competitors. Polls show him nearly 50 percent ahead of his closest challenger, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a...
There is nothing more American than our diet. The American diet is notorious for its high intake of fats, sugars, and carbohydrates—and rightfully so. The average American consumes 77 grams of sugar a day, over double the American Heart Association...
There is nothing more American than our diet. The American diet is notorious for its high intake of fats, sugars, and carbohydrates—and rightfully so. The average American consumes 77 grams of sugar a day, over double the American Heart Association...
If you’re ever looking for proof that technology is accelerating exponentially, consider this: In 2000, only 5 percent of the world’s population used the internet. 5 percent. Your odds of using the internet 23 years ago were just greater than you...
If you’re ever looking for proof that technology is accelerating exponentially, consider this: In 2000, only 5 percent of the world’s population used the internet. 5 percent. Your odds of using the internet 23 years ago were just greater than you...
“I’m not going to be able to do anything more… this is my only option,” a single working-mother of three told a phone counselor at the Women’s Medical Fund in November of 2017. With only $125 in savings, she was forced to turn to a pri...
“I’m not going to be able to do anything more… this is my only option,” a single working-mother of three told a phone counselor at the Women’s Medical Fund in November of 2017. With only $125 in savings, she was forced to turn to a pri...
In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the Yixian People’s Court ruled that Bai was innocent of rape on the grounds that violently forcing one’s wife to have...
In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the Yixian People’s Court ruled that Bai was innocent of rape on the grounds that violently forcing one’s wife to have...
You’re wearing your pajamas and fuzzy slippers while sitting in your bedroom. You’re also on an important Zoom call and it’s 2 pm in the afternoon. While this scenario seems perfectly normal now, before the pandemic it would have felt biz...
You’re wearing your pajamas and fuzzy slippers while sitting in your bedroom. You’re also on an important Zoom call and it’s 2 pm in the afternoon. While this scenario seems perfectly normal now, before the pandemic it would have felt biz...
Recently, OpenAI, an AI research company, released ChatGPT, the latest in its series of text-based AI models. It was an unexpected release, just before its highly anticipated GPT-4 model drops sometime within the next few months. As a neural network ...
Recently, OpenAI, an AI research company, released ChatGPT, the latest in its series of text-based AI models. It was an unexpected release, just before its highly anticipated GPT-4 model drops sometime within the next few months. As a neural network ...
Mohammed Suman Miah moved to Qatar in 2016, allured by stories of great Qatari wealth and prosperity. The Bangladeshi construction worker borrowed $7,000 to pay for his work visa and eventually found work on a construction project for Qatar’s upcom...
Mohammed Suman Miah moved to Qatar in 2016, allured by stories of great Qatari wealth and prosperity. The Bangladeshi construction worker borrowed $7,000 to pay for his work visa and eventually found work on a construction project for Qatar’s upcom...
Since the industrial revolution, wealth has been used as a way to measure a country’s prosperity—income has been synonymous with well-being. In more recent years, however, those seeking to quantify development have turned to other, more holistic,...
Since the industrial revolution, wealth has been used as a way to measure a country’s prosperity—income has been synonymous with well-being. In more recent years, however, those seeking to quantify development have turned to other, more holistic,...
Twice a semester, members of BPR’s Editorial board meet to select articles for the next issue of the magazine. This video provides the first-ever look inside that process....
Twice a semester, members of BPR’s Editorial board meet to select articles for the next issue of the magazine. This video provides the first-ever look inside that process....
In this episode of BPRadio, Elijah Dahunsi and Asher Labovich discuss the Brown Political Review’s first-ever midterm prediction model. Labovich is a data associate at the magazine and the lead creator of this new model. Dahunsi is the Head of ...
In this episode of BPRadio, Elijah Dahunsi and Asher Labovich discuss the Brown Political Review’s first-ever midterm prediction model. Labovich is a data associate at the magazine and the lead creator of this new model. Dahunsi is the Head of ...