Brandon Robinson is the Campaign and Policy Director of the Stop Torture RI Coalition (STRI), a statewide alliance of community organizers, formerly incarcerated people and their loved ones, direct service providers, students, and advocates united in...
The BPR High School Program invites student writers to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of a semester. Josiah Chu is a high school senior with dual enrollment at Wisconsin Lutheran College. In 1997, Anchalee A...
Marked by heavy layers of black clothing, comically tall boots, eccentric eyeliner, and coils of silver chains, goth subculture emerged in 1970s Britain as an offshoot of the punk movement. Since then, both subcultures have mainstreamed radical, anti...
It’s a well-worn cliché that older generations complain about their descendants’ privileges, but that doesn’t mean that it is any less justified. Parents seem to take a special joy in reminding their children that when they were learning calcu...
It’s a well-worn cliché that older generations complain about their descendants’ privileges, but that doesn’t mean that it is any less justified. Parents seem to take a special joy in reminding their children that when they were learning calcu...
Dear Reader, Control of the House of Representatives and the Senate can make or break a president’s agenda, and the Art by Emily Reif 2014 midterm elections will likely prove to do the same. With that in mind, we’ve created a project design to sh...
Dear Reader, Control of the House of Representatives and the Senate can make or break a president’s agenda, and the Art by Emily Reif 2014 midterm elections will likely prove to do the same. With that in mind, we’ve created a project design to sh...
John Dennis is running against Majority Leader Pelosi this November.Art by Katrina Machado John Dennis’ next few months look rough. Dennis, a San Francisco real estate agent, is traversing the city trying to generate support for his Congressional c...
John Dennis is running against Majority Leader Pelosi this November.Art by Katrina Machado John Dennis’ next few months look rough. Dennis, a San Francisco real estate agent, is traversing the city trying to generate support for his Congressional c...
Art by Emily Reif There’s a general understanding amongst the members of the American public that midterm elections are not, for most presidents, terribly pleasant. Much like the reevaluation that sometimes follows a daring decision to consume dodg...
Art by Emily Reif There’s a general understanding amongst the members of the American public that midterm elections are not, for most presidents, terribly pleasant. Much like the reevaluation that sometimes follows a daring decision to consume dodg...
Tom Steyer After years of inaction and public unawareness, the environmental movement has recently started to gain momentum, in no small part because of the unexpected and spectacular entrance onto the scene of a single person: Tom Steyer. Steyer, wh...
Tom Steyer After years of inaction and public unawareness, the environmental movement has recently started to gain momentum, in no small part because of the unexpected and spectacular entrance onto the scene of a single person: Tom Steyer. Steyer, wh...
Art by Olivia Watson Four years ago, then-Mayor John Hickenlooper leveraged his popular, quirky image to catapult himself out of Denver’s city hall and into the Colorado governor’s mansion. However, the several pieces of peculiar legislation that...
Art by Olivia Watson Four years ago, then-Mayor John Hickenlooper leveraged his popular, quirky image to catapult himself out of Denver’s city hall and into the Colorado governor’s mansion. However, the several pieces of peculiar legislation that...
Does gerrymandering contribute to polarization? Art by Katrina Machado In the July tradition of summer camps past, let’s play Two Truths and a Lie: Gerrymander Edition. Ready? Guess the lie: 1. Based on national votes cast for them, Democrats shou...
Does gerrymandering contribute to polarization? Art by Katrina Machado In the July tradition of summer camps past, let’s play Two Truths and a Lie: Gerrymander Edition. Ready? Guess the lie: 1. Based on national votes cast for them, Democrats shou...
Art by Anisa Holmes On a recent visit to my former high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, I asked my 12th grade English teacher, Kristen Ohaver, what she thought of the Republican-controlled state government. A devout Catholic and steadfast Repub...
Art by Anisa Holmes On a recent visit to my former high school in Charlotte, North Carolina, I asked my 12th grade English teacher, Kristen Ohaver, what she thought of the Republican-controlled state government. A devout Catholic and steadfast Repub...
Art by Olivia Watson Frank Underwood might be a Democrat, but it was Republican Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) that Kevin Spacey shadowed to learn the ins and outs of politics on Capitol Hill. The House of Cards production team even employed Mc...
Art by Olivia Watson Frank Underwood might be a Democrat, but it was Republican Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Ca.) that Kevin Spacey shadowed to learn the ins and outs of politics on Capitol Hill. The House of Cards production team even employed Mc...
Art by Emily Reif Since the founding of America, religion has always been both a powerful influence and a blunt weapon in political discourse. Politicians from across the aisle have no qualms in bringing up their religion when debating policy and pas...
Art by Emily Reif Since the founding of America, religion has always been both a powerful influence and a blunt weapon in political discourse. Politicians from across the aisle have no qualms in bringing up their religion when debating policy and pas...
Art by Katrina Machado “The definition of insanity, according to Einstein’s over-used proverb, is ‘doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’” These were the words with which the Republican National Committee...
Art by Katrina Machado “The definition of insanity, according to Einstein’s over-used proverb, is ‘doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.’” These were the words with which the Republican National Committee...
Image courtesy of Brown 250+ Timeline & John Carter Brown Library. A Note From the Editors This year, as part of Brown University’s celebration of its 250 years of institutional excellence, the Brown Political Review (BPR) is documenting th...
Image courtesy of Brown 250+ Timeline & John Carter Brown Library. A Note From the Editors This year, as part of Brown University’s celebration of its 250 years of institutional excellence, the Brown Political Review (BPR) is documenting th...