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...
Comuna 13, one of 16 administrative areas in Medellín, Colombia, was once considered among the most dangerous areas in the world for its notorious drug trafficking, paramilitary organizations, and gang violence. Today, it attracts 25,000 visitors ea...
Comuna 13, one of 16 administrative areas in Medellín, Colombia, was once considered among the most dangerous areas in the world for its notorious drug trafficking, paramilitary organizations, and gang violence. Today, it attracts 25,000 visitors ea...
On February 3, 2024, Saturday Night Live (SNL) aired a skit mocking former President Donald Trump. Part of the act was having former UN Ambassador and presidential candidate Nikki Haley comment on his old age. As part of the skit’s end, host Ayo Ed...
On February 3, 2024, Saturday Night Live (SNL) aired a skit mocking former President Donald Trump. Part of the act was having former UN Ambassador and presidential candidate Nikki Haley comment on his old age. As part of the skit’s end, host Ayo Ed...
The article explores the media strategies of the Harris and Trump campaigns targeting young voters for the 2024 U.S. election. Harris’s team uses memes, TikTok, and celebrity endorsements to engage mainstream young Democratic voters, while Trump’...
The article explores the media strategies of the Harris and Trump campaigns targeting young voters for the 2024 U.S. election. Harris’s team uses memes, TikTok, and celebrity endorsements to engage mainstream young Democratic voters, while Trump’...
In an era characterized by intense political polarization, it would seem bizarre to equate the far right and the far left. After all, political ideologies are often imagined as a straight line spanning from communism to fascism with a clear demarcati...
In an era characterized by intense political polarization, it would seem bizarre to equate the far right and the far left. After all, political ideologies are often imagined as a straight line spanning from communism to fascism with a clear demarcati...
Edward Sanders is the Chief Operating Officer at Equatic, a company that invented a method of atmospheric carbon dioxide removal using electrolysis. Mr. Sanders is an economist at heart; he received an economics degree from Melbourne University and a...
Edward Sanders is the Chief Operating Officer at Equatic, a company that invented a method of atmospheric carbon dioxide removal using electrolysis. Mr. Sanders is an economist at heart; he received an economics degree from Melbourne University and a...
Ninety-five years after the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, which gave African American men the right to vote, Congress finally sought to create a voting system reflective of the US Constitution’s emphasis on equal political representation. Civ...
Ninety-five years after the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, which gave African American men the right to vote, Congress finally sought to create a voting system reflective of the US Constitution’s emphasis on equal political representation. Civ...
Amid the ongoing United Auto Workers (UAW) union strike at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, one might expect the political conversation to polarize along pro-labor and pro-management lines. Some prominent Republicans have been predictably anti-u...
Amid the ongoing United Auto Workers (UAW) union strike at Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, one might expect the political conversation to polarize along pro-labor and pro-management lines. Some prominent Republicans have been predictably anti-u...
Even strength must bow to wisdom. There is a mist of wisdom in the foreign affairs of the People’s Republic of China. Instead of hasty military interventions, the nation plays the long game to bolster its hegemonic status. That is evident in the Gu...
Even strength must bow to wisdom. There is a mist of wisdom in the foreign affairs of the People’s Republic of China. Instead of hasty military interventions, the nation plays the long game to bolster its hegemonic status. That is evident in the Gu...
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite was the first South Korean film to be awarded the Palme d’Or. The film uncovers the South Korean class struggle by depicting the Kim family’s fraudulent invasion of the Park mansion and the stark contrast between their r...
Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite was the first South Korean film to be awarded the Palme d’Or. The film uncovers the South Korean class struggle by depicting the Kim family’s fraudulent invasion of the Park mansion and the stark contrast between their r...
For educators, bibliophiles, and parents alike, there are few things more devastating than hidden and empty bookshelves in elementary school classrooms. In Governor Ron DeSantis’s Florida, books intended to be devoured by young students, created as...
For educators, bibliophiles, and parents alike, there are few things more devastating than hidden and empty bookshelves in elementary school classrooms. In Governor Ron DeSantis’s Florida, books intended to be devoured by young students, created as...
On January 28, 2023, US officials first noticed a mysterious object floating over the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The object subsequently traveled over western Canada before floating back into US airspace in northern Idaho on January 31...
On January 28, 2023, US officials first noticed a mysterious object floating over the Aleutian Islands off the coast of Alaska. The object subsequently traveled over western Canada before floating back into US airspace in northern Idaho on January 31...
It is funny how the Oscars, a supposedly apolitical event, are as divisive and controversial as US elections. Certainly, there is a political angle to the Oscars. The nominees and winner in each category are voted on by members of the Academy, who ea...
It is funny how the Oscars, a supposedly apolitical event, are as divisive and controversial as US elections. Certainly, there is a political angle to the Oscars. The nominees and winner in each category are voted on by members of the Academy, who ea...