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The 14th Amendment of the Constitution declares that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The language is plain and simple—a conscious choice for a country still reeling from a bloody civ...

In Word but Not in Deed

The 14th Amendment of the Constitution declares that no state shall “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The language is plain and simple—a conscious choice for a country still reeling from a bloody civ...

Paint me a picture of anguish. Tell me a story of hurt. Make it aching… agonizing. Let it scintillate with tortured tears and sing with cries of pain. Let it reverberate in darkness and bleed through curtains of silence. Let it corrupt innocence, p...

Designed for Depravity

Paint me a picture of anguish. Tell me a story of hurt. Make it aching… agonizing. Let it scintillate with tortured tears and sing with cries of pain. Let it reverberate in darkness and bleed through curtains of silence. Let it corrupt innocence, p...

Against the backdrop of a rapidly growing market for plant-based alternatives, an even bolder product has emerged: lab-grown, or cultivated, meat. Industry trailblazers like GOOD Meat are attempting to produce animal flesh through nonviolent means wi...

What’s At Steak

Against the backdrop of a rapidly growing market for plant-based alternatives, an even bolder product has emerged: lab-grown, or cultivated, meat. Industry trailblazers like GOOD Meat are attempting to produce animal flesh through nonviolent means wi...

In 2023, a New York doctor died from an allergic reaction to food served at a Disney World restaurant, despite taking every precaution to notify the waiter of her allergy. Citing the restaurant’s negligence, her widower sued Disney for wrongful dea...

Disney Plus (Minus Rights)

In 2023, a New York doctor died from an allergic reaction to food served at a Disney World restaurant, despite taking every precaution to notify the waiter of her allergy. Citing the restaurant’s negligence, her widower sued Disney for wrongful dea...

“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...

Old Wounds, Ancient Remedies

“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...

In September 2024, Eliezer Masliah, the head of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) neuroscience division, stepped down from his post after Science found evidence of addition, deletion, and mirroring of images in 132 papers he authored be...

False Discoveries, Real Consequences

In September 2024, Eliezer Masliah, the head of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) neuroscience division, stepped down from his post after Science found evidence of addition, deletion, and mirroring of images in 132 papers he authored be...

On July 7, 2021, 48 environmental and progressive advocacy groups released an open letter that “[called] on the Biden administration and all members of Congress to eschew the dominant antagonistic approach to US-China relations” in favor of “mu...

Green Dreams, Red Nightmares

On July 7, 2021, 48 environmental and progressive advocacy groups released an open letter that “[called] on the Biden administration and all members of Congress to eschew the dominant antagonistic approach to US-China relations” in favor of “mu...

The year is 1979. A young senator from Delaware walks into the Kremlin to discuss nuclear arms control amid the Cold War. He would go on to be an outspoken advocate for nuclear nonproliferation and arms control for most of his long career. Fast forwa...

The Choice is Nuclear

The year is 1979. A young senator from Delaware walks into the Kremlin to discuss nuclear arms control amid the Cold War. He would go on to be an outspoken advocate for nuclear nonproliferation and arms control for most of his long career. Fast forwa...

In early 2023, Iowa’s Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) conducted an elaborate sting operation targeting illicit gambling at Iowa State University. The DCI employed GeoComply’s “geofencing” technology, which surveilled all web traffi...

Negative Expected Value: Scandal and Sportbooks

In early 2023, Iowa’s Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) conducted an elaborate sting operation targeting illicit gambling at Iowa State University. The DCI employed GeoComply’s “geofencing” technology, which surveilled all web traffi...

The BPR High School Program invites student writers from Providence-area public schools to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of a semester. A special thank you to the editor on this piece, Evan Tao ‘27! Miro ...

Rats! We’re Killing Our Wildlife!

The BPR High School Program invites student writers from Providence-area public schools to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of a semester. A special thank you to the editor on this piece, Evan Tao ‘27! Miro ...

On Election Day Eve, one particular endorsement pushed Trump’s campaign beyond the victory tipping point: Joe Rogan’s. The endorsement came about two weeks after Trump took a detour to film a three-hour episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, showin...

How Rogan Widened the Gender Gap

On Election Day Eve, one particular endorsement pushed Trump’s campaign beyond the victory tipping point: Joe Rogan’s. The endorsement came about two weeks after Trump took a detour to film a three-hour episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, showin...

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 ...

Tectonic Tiptoeing

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 ...