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...
Between the colonial period and the 19th century, gambling expanded from being an exclusive hobby to one including the working class and immigrants. During the Prohibition period, it provided key financial backing for criminal syndicates in tradition...
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...
In 2023, a New York doctor died from an allergic reaction to food served at a Disney World restaurant, despite taking every precaution to notify the waiter of her allergy. Citing the restaurant’s negligence, her widower sued Disney for wrongful dea...
In 2023, a New York doctor died from an allergic reaction to food served at a Disney World restaurant, despite taking every precaution to notify the waiter of her allergy. Citing the restaurant’s negligence, her widower sued Disney for wrongful dea...
“I knew immediately that I was in the right place. A traditional practitioner did prayers for me. They shared some songs with me. They put me in the sweat lodge and I could identify with those ceremonies. And from that day moving forward, I was abl...
“I knew immediately that I was in the right place. A traditional practitioner did prayers for me. They shared some songs with me. They put me in the sweat lodge and I could identify with those ceremonies. And from that day moving forward, I was abl...
In September 2024, Eliezer Masliah, the head of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) neuroscience division, stepped down from his post after Science found evidence of addition, deletion, and mirroring of images in 132 papers he authored be...
In September 2024, Eliezer Masliah, the head of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH’s) neuroscience division, stepped down from his post after Science found evidence of addition, deletion, and mirroring of images in 132 papers he authored be...
On July 7, 2021, 48 environmental and progressive advocacy groups released an open letter that “[called] on the Biden administration and all members of Congress to eschew the dominant antagonistic approach to US-China relations” in favor of “mu...
On July 7, 2021, 48 environmental and progressive advocacy groups released an open letter that “[called] on the Biden administration and all members of Congress to eschew the dominant antagonistic approach to US-China relations” in favor of “mu...
The year is 1979. A young senator from Delaware walks into the Kremlin to discuss nuclear arms control amid the Cold War. He would go on to be an outspoken advocate for nuclear nonproliferation and arms control for most of his long career. Fast forwa...
The year is 1979. A young senator from Delaware walks into the Kremlin to discuss nuclear arms control amid the Cold War. He would go on to be an outspoken advocate for nuclear nonproliferation and arms control for most of his long career. Fast forwa...
In early 2023, Iowa’s Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) conducted an elaborate sting operation targeting illicit gambling at Iowa State University. The DCI employed GeoComply’s “geofencing” technology, which surveilled all web traffi...
In early 2023, Iowa’s Department of Criminal Investigation (DCI) conducted an elaborate sting operation targeting illicit gambling at Iowa State University. The DCI employed GeoComply’s “geofencing” technology, which surveilled all web traffi...
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. A special thank you to the editor on this piece, Evan Tao ‘27! Miro ...
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. A special thank you to the editor on this piece, Evan Tao ‘27! Miro ...
On Election Day Eve, one particular endorsement pushed Trump’s campaign beyond the victory tipping point: Joe Rogan’s. The endorsement came about two weeks after Trump took a detour to film a three-hour episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, showin...
On Election Day Eve, one particular endorsement pushed Trump’s campaign beyond the victory tipping point: Joe Rogan’s. The endorsement came about two weeks after Trump took a detour to film a three-hour episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, showin...
The Pacific Coast is tip-toeing around not one but two of the largest seismic triggers of the region’s modern history. Even with the infrastructure plans championed by policymakers in the West, major coastal cities are woefully unprepared for such ...
The Pacific Coast is tip-toeing around not one but two of the largest seismic triggers of the region’s modern history. Even with the infrastructure plans championed by policymakers in the West, major coastal cities are woefully unprepared for such ...
Political debate has stood as a hallmark of American democracy for 250 years. Yet, the progression of debates over that time period has been anything but straightforward—evolving as unpredictably as the very institution of American republicanism.&n...
Political debate has stood as a hallmark of American democracy for 250 years. Yet, the progression of debates over that time period has been anything but straightforward—evolving as unpredictably as the very institution of American republicanism.&n...
This piece was produced in part with the financial support of the Stone Inequality Initiative. Brown Political Review maintains editorial independence over all articles published. For roughly a century, supermarkets have dominated everyday Americans...
This piece was produced in part with the financial support of the Stone Inequality Initiative. Brown Political Review maintains editorial independence over all articles published. For roughly a century, supermarkets have dominated everyday Americans...
The state of education in Oklahoma is dire. After years of chronic underfunding and declining test scores relative to the nation, Oklahoma’s schools now rank second-worst in the country. Chief among the state’s educational worries is a mass exodu...
The state of education in Oklahoma is dire. After years of chronic underfunding and declining test scores relative to the nation, Oklahoma’s schools now rank second-worst in the country. Chief among the state’s educational worries is a mass exodu...