“I knew immediately that I was in the right place. A traditional practitioner did prayers for me. They shared some songs with me. They put me in the sweat lodge and I could identify with those ceremonies. And from that day moving forward, I was abl...
The Pacific Coast is tip-toeing around not one but two of the largest seismic triggers of the region’s modern history. Even with the infrastructure plans championed by policymakers in the West, major coastal cities are woefully unprepared for such ...
This January, users on X, formerly Twitter, flooded the network with sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift that were likely generated by artificial intelligence (AI). One of these images gained 47 million views, while X scrambled to stop the sprea...
Many months ago I wrote of Shinzo Abe’s ambitious new economic plan for Japan and the subsequent expansion of the monetary base with which it was accompanied. I cited the fact that, beginning in early 2014, the Bank of Japan would begin buying gove...
Many months ago I wrote of Shinzo Abe’s ambitious new economic plan for Japan and the subsequent expansion of the monetary base with which it was accompanied. I cited the fact that, beginning in early 2014, the Bank of Japan would begin buying gove...
According to estimates, about 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and many have little understanding of our agricultural industry aside from what they buy in the grocery store. Various advocacy groups, however, are pushing for increased transpa...
According to estimates, about 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and many have little understanding of our agricultural industry aside from what they buy in the grocery store. Various advocacy groups, however, are pushing for increased transpa...
If you’re in college and you’re reading this, you probably know someone with an unpaid internship this summer. You might even have one yourself. And entering a competitive job market in a slow economy, what can you expect? Sure, you might be doin...
If you’re in college and you’re reading this, you probably know someone with an unpaid internship this summer. You might even have one yourself. And entering a competitive job market in a slow economy, what can you expect? Sure, you might be doin...
Walking into MetroMart on Thayer, I pick up my third iPhone charger of the semester. I’m a forgetful person usually, and iPhone chargers seem to have an uncommon knack of disappearing into the gaping maw of the Sun Lab or the SciLi, never to re...
Walking into MetroMart on Thayer, I pick up my third iPhone charger of the semester. I’m a forgetful person usually, and iPhone chargers seem to have an uncommon knack of disappearing into the gaping maw of the Sun Lab or the SciLi, never to re...
“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of what’s happening in Syria.” — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, August 2012 As a result of the civil...
“The Department of Defense has reached unprecedented levels of cooperation with the Jordanian armed forces…We have done that in light of what’s happening in Syria.” — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, August 2012 As a result of the civil...
There was an ominous silence after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) finished asking Dr. Arindrajit Dube her question. “If we started in 1960 and we said that as productivity goes up — that is, as workers are producing more — then the minimum wage i...
There was an ominous silence after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) finished asking Dr. Arindrajit Dube her question. “If we started in 1960 and we said that as productivity goes up — that is, as workers are producing more — then the minimum wage i...
In late June of last year, to the dissatisfaction of conservatives and liberals alike, Congress passed a $128 billion legislative package that included the Federal Transportation Act of 2012. The Act sought to “[improve] the safety of public transp...
In late June of last year, to the dissatisfaction of conservatives and liberals alike, Congress passed a $128 billion legislative package that included the Federal Transportation Act of 2012. The Act sought to “[improve] the safety of public transp...
There’s a saying that claims that if both sides of a debate are unhappy with you, you must be doing something right. President Obama, in that case, must be onto something with his latest budget proposal: Both Republicans and many members of his own...
There’s a saying that claims that if both sides of a debate are unhappy with you, you must be doing something right. President Obama, in that case, must be onto something with his latest budget proposal: Both Republicans and many members of his own...
Despite the GOP’s established understanding of itself as a party with some serious diversity issues, Republicans are already coming out against Thomas Perez, Obama’s nominee for Labor Secretary. Considering the support Perez has garnered for his ...
Despite the GOP’s established understanding of itself as a party with some serious diversity issues, Republicans are already coming out against Thomas Perez, Obama’s nominee for Labor Secretary. Considering the support Perez has garnered for his ...
Bob Inglis, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, spoke to members of the Brown community Tuesday about climate change. Inglis, while in Congress, voted against a cap and trade system to reduce carbon emissions. But he’s come to...
Bob Inglis, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, spoke to members of the Brown community Tuesday about climate change. Inglis, while in Congress, voted against a cap and trade system to reduce carbon emissions. But he’s come to...
I walked up into the store like I got a big—well, a big thrift shop party to prepare for. And it was when milling through the Salvation Army store east of campus that I first heard the news of Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) endorsing same-sex marriage....
I walked up into the store like I got a big—well, a big thrift shop party to prepare for. And it was when milling through the Salvation Army store east of campus that I first heard the news of Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) endorsing same-sex marriage....
In 100 years, will Americans’ lives be job-centric? Will workweek hours be the same? Will we even have a “workweek”? Robots, things once relegated to science fiction, are now, right now, helping us answer these questions. They efficiently work ...
In 100 years, will Americans’ lives be job-centric? Will workweek hours be the same? Will we even have a “workweek”? Robots, things once relegated to science fiction, are now, right now, helping us answer these questions. They efficiently work ...