Miguel Sanchez is the Majority Whip of the Providence City Council from Ward 6 and an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedoms. In October 2023, Sanchez was fired from his position in Governor Daniel McKee’s office after protesting Israel’s ac...
Picture this: After years of waiting for your immigration hearing, you finally step into the courtroom. You take your seat, ready to share your story—and then realize you cannot understand anything that is happening. The interpreter’s voice is mu...
Since his name entered contention as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz mania has swept the Democratic Party. One CBS poll found that 60 percent of Democratic voters were enthusiastic about the pick, while another 35 percent were...
Miguel Sanchez is the Majority Whip of the Providence City Council from Ward 6 and an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedoms. In October 2023, Sanchez was fired from his position in Governor Daniel McKee’s office after protesting Israel’s ac...
Miguel Sanchez is the Majority Whip of the Providence City Council from Ward 6 and an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedoms. In October 2023, Sanchez was fired from his position in Governor Daniel McKee’s office after protesting Israel’s ac...
Picture this: After years of waiting for your immigration hearing, you finally step into the courtroom. You take your seat, ready to share your story—and then realize you cannot understand anything that is happening. The interpreter’s voice is mu...
Picture this: After years of waiting for your immigration hearing, you finally step into the courtroom. You take your seat, ready to share your story—and then realize you cannot understand anything that is happening. The interpreter’s voice is mu...
Since his name entered contention as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz mania has swept the Democratic Party. One CBS poll found that 60 percent of Democratic voters were enthusiastic about the pick, while another 35 percent were...
Since his name entered contention as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz mania has swept the Democratic Party. One CBS poll found that 60 percent of Democratic voters were enthusiastic about the pick, while another 35 percent were...
Gloria Gilbert Stoga is the founder of Puppies Behind Bars (PBB), a Manhattan-based organization that partners puppies with incarcerated individuals. These individuals will train and raise the puppies to serve as bomb-sniffers, veteran servicers, and...
Gloria Gilbert Stoga is the founder of Puppies Behind Bars (PBB), a Manhattan-based organization that partners puppies with incarcerated individuals. These individuals will train and raise the puppies to serve as bomb-sniffers, veteran servicers, and...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s career has been mired in controversy. He is the subject of an ongoing Department of Justice investigation, the defendant in a lawsuit brought by the State Bar of Texas, and was impeached by the GOP-controlled sta...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s career has been mired in controversy. He is the subject of an ongoing Department of Justice investigation, the defendant in a lawsuit brought by the State Bar of Texas, and was impeached by the GOP-controlled sta...
This piece was produced in part with the financial support of the Stone Inequality Initiative. The Brown Political Review maintains editorial independence over all columns and stories published. Richard Griffin spent two days in Michigan’s Wayne Co...
This piece was produced in part with the financial support of the Stone Inequality Initiative. The Brown Political Review maintains editorial independence over all columns and stories published. Richard Griffin spent two days in Michigan’s Wayne Co...
Why are you going to college? Ask a panel of 18-year-olds that question, and you’re likely to get a wide variety of responses. Some might cite earnings data and describe the returns to various degrees. Others may lean on the fond memories of their ...
Why are you going to college? Ask a panel of 18-year-olds that question, and you’re likely to get a wide variety of responses. Some might cite earnings data and describe the returns to various degrees. Others may lean on the fond memories of their ...
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...
In November 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly passed Measure 110, which decriminalized possession of illicit drugs. Law enforcement can still impose fines up to $100 on a person caught with controlled substances, but the fine can be waived if the pe...
In November 2020, Oregon voters overwhelmingly passed Measure 110, which decriminalized possession of illicit drugs. Law enforcement can still impose fines up to $100 on a person caught with controlled substances, but the fine can be waived if the pe...
The BPR High School Program invited student writers from Providence-area public schools to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of Fall 2023. A special thank you to the editor on this piece, Michael Farrell-Rosen ...
The BPR High School Program invited student writers from Providence-area public schools to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of Fall 2023. A special thank you to the editor on this piece, Michael Farrell-Rosen ...
The Supreme Court granted a stay in October in a case that will determine the future of content moderation in the United States. Missouri v. Biden is the culminating case originating from free speech complaints issued by the states of Louisiana...
The Supreme Court granted a stay in October in a case that will determine the future of content moderation in the United States. Missouri v. Biden is the culminating case originating from free speech complaints issued by the states of Louisiana...
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...