The BPR High School Program invites student writers to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of a semester. Annie O’Connor is a junior at St. George’s School. “Fifteen kills today!” My mom proclaime...
On the sides of brick buildings, across grapevines and maples, and even on car windshields, the spotted lanternfly can be seen all over Brown’s campus and New England. Its wings are delicate, decorated with little black dots and a flash of red hidd...
Dr. Faraz Harsini is the founder and CEO of Allied Scholars for Animal Protection (ASAP), a nonprofit organization working with students to promote animal rights and plant-based diets on college campuses. ASAP has chapters at 19 college campuses, inc...
Gay marriage bans are falling like dominos, and not just in liberal states — first in Utah, then Oklahoma, Virginia and, most recently, Texas. These rulings, in addition to narrower rulings recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages in Ohio and ...
Gay marriage bans are falling like dominos, and not just in liberal states — first in Utah, then Oklahoma, Virginia and, most recently, Texas. These rulings, in addition to narrower rulings recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages in Ohio and ...
Ed Rosenthal, well-known marijuana legalization activist. The Emerald Triangle has been looking more brown than green recently. With California en route to what may be the worst drought in 500 years, the Emerald Triangle — Mendocino, Humboldt and T...
Ed Rosenthal, well-known marijuana legalization activist. The Emerald Triangle has been looking more brown than green recently. With California en route to what may be the worst drought in 500 years, the Emerald Triangle — Mendocino, Humboldt and T...
Though climate change reform is the charge of the Democratic Party, the organization has allocated a disappointing amount of energy to pushing for new policy or even discussion of the issue. That’s why President Barack Obama took a significant step...
Though climate change reform is the charge of the Democratic Party, the organization has allocated a disappointing amount of energy to pushing for new policy or even discussion of the issue. That’s why President Barack Obama took a significant step...
When “An Inconvenient Truth” came out in 2006, introducing the severity of climate change to a mass audience, it seemed like the new buzz surrounding the issue had jolted the world into action. It was an uphill battle, but people on both the left...
When “An Inconvenient Truth” came out in 2006, introducing the severity of climate change to a mass audience, it seemed like the new buzz surrounding the issue had jolted the world into action. It was an uphill battle, but people on both the left...
Hello readers, and welcome to the coldest March that I’ve experienced in some time. The federal government was closed on Monday because of snow (but not the Supreme Court), and as I write this column here at Brown, the temperature is currently 15 d...
Hello readers, and welcome to the coldest March that I’ve experienced in some time. The federal government was closed on Monday because of snow (but not the Supreme Court), and as I write this column here at Brown, the temperature is currently 15 d...
How much does it cost to win a gubernatorial election? Or to kick out an incumbent Republican Senator? How much does it cost to save the environment? Answers to these questions may become clearer in coming years. The 2010 Supreme Court Citizens Unite...
How much does it cost to win a gubernatorial election? Or to kick out an incumbent Republican Senator? How much does it cost to save the environment? Answers to these questions may become clearer in coming years. The 2010 Supreme Court Citizens Unite...
Towns across America are hitting a troubling paradox in downtown revitalization: people do not want to move downtown until there is a grocery store there, but no grocery store wants to relocate until a critical mass of people live downtown. I know ...
Towns across America are hitting a troubling paradox in downtown revitalization: people do not want to move downtown until there is a grocery store there, but no grocery store wants to relocate until a critical mass of people live downtown. I know ...
Get ready for an eventful 2013 hurricane season. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center estimates that three to six major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 and 5; winds of 111 mph or higher) will make appearances this fall. Where and when, exactly, no one knows....
Get ready for an eventful 2013 hurricane season. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center estimates that three to six major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 and 5; winds of 111 mph or higher) will make appearances this fall. Where and when, exactly, no one knows....
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...
“For such a small state, why can’t it get its act together?” This is a sentiment often evoked when thinking of Rhode Island. From unemployment to pension reform, the Union’s tiniest member seems to have the greatest proportion of problems. On...
“For such a small state, why can’t it get its act together?” This is a sentiment often evoked when thinking of Rhode Island. From unemployment to pension reform, the Union’s tiniest member seems to have the greatest proportion of problems. On...
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...
The State Department’s draft report on the Keystone XL pipeline, released March 1st, has already been subject to loud criticism and praise. The American Petroleum Institute hailed the report, the New York Times called it a “2,000 page lubricant...
The State Department’s draft report on the Keystone XL pipeline, released March 1st, has already been subject to loud criticism and praise. The American Petroleum Institute hailed the report, the New York Times called it a “2,000 page lubricant...