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On Thursday and Friday, Providence WaterFire hosted the Art of Placemaking conference in the Downtown Omni hotel. This conference brought together economic development professionals, artists, and representatives from the National Endowment for the Ar...

Event Report: The Art of Placemaking

On Thursday and Friday, Providence WaterFire hosted the Art of Placemaking conference in the Downtown Omni hotel. This conference brought together economic development professionals, artists, and representatives from the National Endowment for the Ar...

While the anger that charged the events leading to the premature end of Ray Kelly’s lecture yesterday was justified, holding the intellectual rights of fellow students hostage was not. Wrestling Commissioner Kelly from the stage stripped other atte...

Ray Kelly and the Need for Open Discourse

While the anger that charged the events leading to the premature end of Ray Kelly’s lecture yesterday was justified, holding the intellectual rights of fellow students hostage was not. Wrestling Commissioner Kelly from the stage stripped other atte...

BPR is covering live President Paxson’s University forum, which has been scheduled for 8:30pm in Alumnae Hall. After the outcome of yesterday’s Taubman event, in which New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was heckedl offstage and t...

[Liveblog]: University Forum

BPR is covering live President Paxson’s University forum, which has been scheduled for 8:30pm in Alumnae Hall. After the outcome of yesterday’s Taubman event, in which New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was heckedl offstage and t...

A new term has sprung up in the urban policy world: Buffalo Hunting.  This describes when city chambers of commerce, economic development teams and city councils attempt to lure a major company to town through incentives. The incentives are the rock...

The Hunt

A new term has sprung up in the urban policy world: Buffalo Hunting.  This describes when city chambers of commerce, economic development teams and city councils attempt to lure a major company to town through incentives. The incentives are the rock...

On the evening of April 21, members of the Brown community were sent an election update from UCS President Anthony White, ostensibly reporting the outcome of the recent UCS election. Instead, what we found in our inboxes was the following piece of el...

IRV: How to Improve Democracy in Just Three Letters

On the evening of April 21, members of the Brown community were sent an election update from UCS President Anthony White, ostensibly reporting the outcome of the recent UCS election. Instead, what we found in our inboxes was the following piece of el...

Welcome back from spring break, Brunonians.  After a week at home reading the North Carolina papers, I came up with an NC issue to write about this week.  Also, I wanted to use whatever audience BPR has to bring some attention outside NC to a cont...

Students for Students

Welcome back from spring break, Brunonians.  After a week at home reading the North Carolina papers, I came up with an NC issue to write about this week.  Also, I wanted to use whatever audience BPR has to bring some attention outside NC to a cont...

According to Inside Higher Ed: “The Senate voted last Wednesday to bar the use of National Science Foundation funds for political science research not deemed essential to national security or economic interest.” This article notes that th...

Defunding Political Science Research Is Undemocratic

According to Inside Higher Ed: “The Senate voted last Wednesday to bar the use of National Science Foundation funds for political science research not deemed essential to national security or economic interest.” This article notes that th...

It used to be that people would think of Brazil in terms of sparkling beaches, suave bossa nova clubs, and the occasional scantly clad samba dancer. That was before it became one of the most talked-about success stories in contemporary international ...

Is the Rise of Brazil Sustainable? (Part 2)

It used to be that people would think of Brazil in terms of sparkling beaches, suave bossa nova clubs, and the occasional scantly clad samba dancer. That was before it became one of the most talked-about success stories in contemporary international ...

From Wikimedia Commons Lots of cities and states subsidize and promote their airports, and Rhode Island is no exception.  Policy has been built around TF Green being a job creator and major asset for the state – a nice, reasonably priced airport w...

Do Airports Hurt Downtowns?

From Wikimedia Commons Lots of cities and states subsidize and promote their airports, and Rhode Island is no exception.  Policy has been built around TF Green being a job creator and major asset for the state – a nice, reasonably priced airport w...

“This is something we will not give up on because we are not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the American people.” – Paul Ryan, on his budget proposal What more needs to be said. These are strange times we are living i...

Biopolitics & Ideology

“This is something we will not give up on because we are not going to give up on destroying the health care system for the American people.” – Paul Ryan, on his budget proposal What more needs to be said. These are strange times we are living i...