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...
Jury nullification—the power of a jury to deliver a not-guilty verdict despite the evidence suggesting otherwise—is a quirky and rarely used mechanism of the legal system. Despite its legality, judges rarely mention jury nullification in court, a...
Jury nullification—the power of a jury to deliver a not-guilty verdict despite the evidence suggesting otherwise—is a quirky and rarely used mechanism of the legal system. Despite its legality, judges rarely mention jury nullification in court, a...
What a privilege it is to hate. To roil in anger or resentment. What satisfaction it brings us to share our ire with others and hear it echoed or reaffirmed. We feel validated—vindicated even—and, smug in our delusion of consonance, we proceed to...
What a privilege it is to hate. To roil in anger or resentment. What satisfaction it brings us to share our ire with others and hear it echoed or reaffirmed. We feel validated—vindicated even—and, smug in our delusion of consonance, we proceed to...
In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America,” which began with the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act. A year later, his newly established Office of Economi...
In his January 1964 State of the Union address, President Lyndon B. Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty in America,” which began with the passage of the Economic Opportunity Act. A year later, his newly established Office of Economi...
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...
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...
United States Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) was elected as the junior senator from Illinois on November 8, 2016. A former US Army helicopter pilot, she lost both legs and partial use of her right arm while leading a combat mission during Operation I...
United States Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) was elected as the junior senator from Illinois on November 8, 2016. A former US Army helicopter pilot, she lost both legs and partial use of her right arm while leading a combat mission during Operation I...
This article was produced in part with the financial support of the Stone Inequality Initiative. Brown Political Review maintains editorial independence over all articles published. Between the colonial period and the 19th century, gambling expanded ...
This article was produced in part with the financial support of the Stone Inequality Initiative. Brown Political Review maintains editorial independence over all articles published. Between the colonial period and the 19th century, gambling expanded ...
The defamation trial between formerly married actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was the media’s defining event in the six week period between April 11 to June 1, 2022. The catalyst for the trial was an oblique reference to intimate partner violenc...
The defamation trial between formerly married actors Johnny Depp and Amber Heard was the media’s defining event in the six week period between April 11 to June 1, 2022. The catalyst for the trial was an oblique reference to intimate partner violenc...
Crime and punishment: ideas central to human society that have long been debated by philosophers, academics, and politicians. We might believe that decisions about who gets punished, and for what, are ones rooted in fact and fairness, but history has...
Crime and punishment: ideas central to human society that have long been debated by philosophers, academics, and politicians. We might believe that decisions about who gets punished, and for what, are ones rooted in fact and fairness, but history has...
This article was produced in part with the financial support of the Stone Inequality Initiative. Brown Political Review maintains editorial independence over all articles published. Walking down the aisles of a grocery store, you are met with an illu...
This article was produced in part with the financial support of the Stone Inequality Initiative. Brown Political Review maintains editorial independence over all articles published. Walking down the aisles of a grocery store, you are met with an illu...
In June 2023, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved an application for St. Isidore of Seville, the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school. The Republican Governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, was quick to praise...
In June 2023, the Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board approved an application for St. Isidore of Seville, the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school. The Republican Governor of Oklahoma, Kevin Stitt, was quick to praise...
President Ronald Reagan, embodying the traditional conservative ideology of federalism, stated: “All of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the States; the States created the Federal Government.” But amidst the rubbl...
President Ronald Reagan, embodying the traditional conservative ideology of federalism, stated: “All of us need to be reminded that the Federal Government did not create the States; the States created the Federal Government.” But amidst the rubbl...
“She seemed some sort of genetic anomaly, a combination of every positive quality a human being should have: bright, hardworking, tall, and beautiful”—this is how Vice President JD Vance recalls meeting his wife, Usha Vance, for the first time ...
“She seemed some sort of genetic anomaly, a combination of every positive quality a human being should have: bright, hardworking, tall, and beautiful”—this is how Vice President JD Vance recalls meeting his wife, Usha Vance, for the first time ...