It’s easy to assume that air pollution is a relic of America’s industrial past: a phenomenon that belonged to the age of steel mills and smog-choked skylines. But drive through the petrochemical corridor of Louisiana, or the refinery-lined neighb...
“No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider.” These are the 26 words that serve as the foundation for many policy and jud...
Last year, Elon Musk proclaimed that AI was already smarter than the smartest person in the world, and soon will be smarter than all of the smartest people in the world collectively. No matter how one might feel about this statement, it is undeniable...
Okay. So. It has been several weeks since I asked all of you out there on the Internet what the Next Big Question shall be. To sum up, my previous column asked: “after marriage equality has been decided, what will the next major question be?...
Okay. So. It has been several weeks since I asked all of you out there on the Internet what the Next Big Question shall be. To sum up, my previous column asked: “after marriage equality has been decided, what will the next major question be?...
Forgetting the Orwellian aspects of the NSA surveillance program (and you shouldn’t), this story has been pretty fun. Some have labeled NSA leaker Edward Snowden a hero, while House Speaker John Boehner called him a traitor. Rand Paul announ...
Forgetting the Orwellian aspects of the NSA surveillance program (and you shouldn’t), this story has been pretty fun. Some have labeled NSA leaker Edward Snowden a hero, while House Speaker John Boehner called him a traitor. Rand Paul announ...
We have had many discussions on BPR about the affects of gerrymandering on American policy. To sum up: very few members of Congress are in danger of losing their seat to the other party. Instead, they need to protect their far flank from a prim...
We have had many discussions on BPR about the affects of gerrymandering on American policy. To sum up: very few members of Congress are in danger of losing their seat to the other party. Instead, they need to protect their far flank from a prim...
Public Domain I am a big fan of bars as a social equalizer. I believe bars are one of the last places in modern America where it remains socially acceptable to talk to strangers. So put your phone away. Anyway, I happened to be in a Providence Ba...
Public Domain I am a big fan of bars as a social equalizer. I believe bars are one of the last places in modern America where it remains socially acceptable to talk to strangers. So put your phone away. Anyway, I happened to be in a Providence Ba...
The media likes narratives, probably because the public likes narratives. The media has been trying to shoehorn the three ongoing scandals at the White House – Benghazi, the IRS, and the Associated Press subpoenas – into a coherent story about th...
The media likes narratives, probably because the public likes narratives. The media has been trying to shoehorn the three ongoing scandals at the White House – Benghazi, the IRS, and the Associated Press subpoenas – into a coherent story about th...
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...
Kathleen Sebelius really doesn’t want universal Plan B access. Image courtesy of “woohoo120” on Flickr. Friends, Romans, countrypeople, lend me your ears (…er, eyes?)—we’ve got a third week of Plan B coverage on our hands! Las...
Kathleen Sebelius really doesn’t want universal Plan B access. Image courtesy of “woohoo120” on Flickr. Friends, Romans, countrypeople, lend me your ears (…er, eyes?)—we’ve got a third week of Plan B coverage on our hands! Las...
“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...
Hello readers! Did you take my advice from last week and follow the news? If not, I want to point out that, on April 30, the Food and Drug Administration announced that “it would make the most widely known morning-after pill available without a pre...
Hello readers! Did you take my advice from last week and follow the news? If not, I want to point out that, on April 30, the Food and Drug Administration announced that “it would make the most widely known morning-after pill available without a pre...
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has proposed draft legislation that would require every grant handed out by the National Science Foundation (which oversees non-medical science) relate to research that is of “the finest quality, is ground breaking, and a...
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) has proposed draft legislation that would require every grant handed out by the National Science Foundation (which oversees non-medical science) relate to research that is of “the finest quality, is ground breaking, and a...
In the last several months, members of some of Mexico’s most high-profile drug cartels have come to the city. Settling down among unsuspecting neighbors, these new residents pretend to lead normal lives. They make routine business calls to inform...
In the last several months, members of some of Mexico’s most high-profile drug cartels have come to the city. Settling down among unsuspecting neighbors, these new residents pretend to lead normal lives. They make routine business calls to inform...
A Special Feature by BPR and BPF On February 20, the Supreme Court heard Shelby County v. Alabama, a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Four Brown Political Forum participants weigh in on the pending decision. (more…)...
A Special Feature by BPR and BPF On February 20, the Supreme Court heard Shelby County v. Alabama, a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Four Brown Political Forum participants weigh in on the pending decision. (more…)...