In this photo collection, Leyad Zavriyev explores street art and graffiti from neighborhoods across the world – from Buenos Aires and San Juan, to Marrakech and Brooklyn. These walls tell stories of struggle, resilience, memory, and pride: reme...
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...
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...
As a kid growing up, the mall was the place to be. First it meant that you had access to a car (or somehow got a ride). Second, you could wander around, eat terrible food, and see a movie. These days, though, malls are barely hanging on. The decline ...
As a kid growing up, the mall was the place to be. First it meant that you had access to a car (or somehow got a ride). Second, you could wander around, eat terrible food, and see a movie. These days, though, malls are barely hanging on. The decline ...
US Military Presence Across the Globe Interactive Graphic by Lauren Sukin & Myles Gurule [d3-source canvas=”wpd3-13273-0″] In high school, Rodrico Harp of Griffin, Georgia stole $5 from a junior high student. But other than that, he w...
US Military Presence Across the Globe Interactive Graphic by Lauren Sukin & Myles Gurule [d3-source canvas=”wpd3-13273-0″] In high school, Rodrico Harp of Griffin, Georgia stole $5 from a junior high student. But other than that, he w...
Grameen Bank’s Rising Risk Interactive Graphic by Myles Gurule [d3-source canvas=”wpd3-13124-0″] Microfinance was speculated to be the magic bullet, end-all cure for poverty. In 2006, Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank wo...
Grameen Bank’s Rising Risk Interactive Graphic by Myles Gurule [d3-source canvas=”wpd3-13124-0″] Microfinance was speculated to be the magic bullet, end-all cure for poverty. In 2006, Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank wo...
Feeling lucky? Submit a pitch to get published in BPR and be entered into a raffle for a St. Patty’s Day Prize! Submit at brownpoliticalreview.org/write-for-bpr by Wednesday, March 19th at 11:59 pm....
Feeling lucky? Submit a pitch to get published in BPR and be entered into a raffle for a St. Patty’s Day Prize! Submit at brownpoliticalreview.org/write-for-bpr by Wednesday, March 19th at 11:59 pm....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...