In July of 1995, Chicago experienced an intense heatwave, watching temperatures climb tas high as 106 degrees Fahrenheit while feeling like124 degrees. Over the five days this extreme heat lasted, 739 people died, most of them Black, low-income, and ...
Putting on a pair of glasses should not be enough to identify a stranger, pull up their home address, and turn a chance encounter into a data profile. But in 2024, two Harvard students did exactly that. Using Meta’s Ray-Ban smart glasses, the facia...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
Emerging from Rhode Island’s industrial legacy, Reharvest Repair approaches not a blank canvas, but artifacts of what was left behind—cracks, scraps, and fragments—to make something new. It challenges rapid production and reproduction—the une...
Emerging from Rhode Island’s industrial legacy, Reharvest Repair approaches not a blank canvas, but artifacts of what was left behind—cracks, scraps, and fragments—to make something new. It challenges rapid production and reproduction—the une...
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. Rai Flynn is a sophomore at East Providence High School. A special tha...
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. Rai Flynn is a sophomore at East Providence High School. A special tha...
Xay Khamsyvoravong is the former mayor of Newport, Rhode Island, known for his focus on community development and sustainable growth. During his tenure, he prioritized initiatives aimed at preserving Newport’s historic charm while fostering economi...
Xay Khamsyvoravong is the former mayor of Newport, Rhode Island, known for his focus on community development and sustainable growth. During his tenure, he prioritized initiatives aimed at preserving Newport’s historic charm while fostering economi...
The first mental illness attributed to women, and one of the most prolific for four millennia, was so-called “female hysteria.” An amalgamation of symptoms that would be considered both mood and personality disorders in the modern Diagnostic and ...
The first mental illness attributed to women, and one of the most prolific for four millennia, was so-called “female hysteria.” An amalgamation of symptoms that would be considered both mood and personality disorders in the modern Diagnostic and ...
“We need double the energy we currently have in the United States—can you imagine? For AI to really be as big as we want to have it,” President Donald Trump proclaimed at the World Economic Forum in January 2025. In his first action fulfilling ...
“We need double the energy we currently have in the United States—can you imagine? For AI to really be as big as we want to have it,” President Donald Trump proclaimed at the World Economic Forum in January 2025. In his first action fulfilling ...
Amid the colorful homes of Old San Juan lies an abandoned building adorned with a black-and-white striped flag. Painted over the original red, white, and blue colors of Puerto Rico, the monochrome flag is a symbol of resistance against US economic co...
Amid the colorful homes of Old San Juan lies an abandoned building adorned with a black-and-white striped flag. Painted over the original red, white, and blue colors of Puerto Rico, the monochrome flag is a symbol of resistance against US economic co...
“This government will set out a moderate aristocracy: it is at present impossible to foresee whether it will, in its operation, produce a monarchy, or a corrupt, tyrannical aristocracy.” This passage was “Forgotten Father” George Mason’s ju...
“This government will set out a moderate aristocracy: it is at present impossible to foresee whether it will, in its operation, produce a monarchy, or a corrupt, tyrannical aristocracy.” This passage was “Forgotten Father” George Mason’s ju...
For over a century, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House has stood on the border between Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. In a community where the border is marked by flowerpots, the library stands as ...
For over a century, the Haskell Free Library and Opera House has stood on the border between Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, a city in the Canadian province of Quebec. In a community where the border is marked by flowerpots, the library stands as ...
“It’s a very Christian concept that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country, and then after that you can focus and prioritize the rest of ...
“It’s a very Christian concept that you love your family, and then you love your neighbor, and then you love your community, and then you love your fellow citizens in your own country, and then after that you can focus and prioritize the rest of ...
On June 5, 1981, the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) published an article in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that spoke of five young, previously healthy gay men who presented with rare cases of a lung infection called pneumocystis cari...
On June 5, 1981, the US Center for Disease Control (CDC) published an article in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report that spoke of five young, previously healthy gay men who presented with rare cases of a lung infection called pneumocystis cari...
The Soviet Union’s triumphant launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957 started the Space Race, an era of intense geopolitical and scientific competition that ended with the American victory on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong took the first steps o...
The Soviet Union’s triumphant launch of the Sputnik satellite in 1957 started the Space Race, an era of intense geopolitical and scientific competition that ended with the American victory on July 20, 1969 when Neil Armstrong took the first steps o...
On November 2, 2024, roughly 14,500 people flocked to London’s O2 Arena to watch the annual League of Legends World Championship final. Linkin Park performed, with major sponsors like Red Bull and Mercedes present as well. A peak of 6.9 million vie...
On November 2, 2024, roughly 14,500 people flocked to London’s O2 Arena to watch the annual League of Legends World Championship final. Linkin Park performed, with major sponsors like Red Bull and Mercedes present as well. A peak of 6.9 million vie...