President Donald Trump came to power with “Make America Great Again” as his central slogan. It is a rhetorical move that is premised on a past of greatness. America’s past, however, was not great for many groups. For Indigenous people and Black...
The BPR High School Program invites student writers to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of a semester. Pooja Ezhilmaran is a senior at East Providence High School in Rhode Island. Every year, thousands of high...
The BPR High School Program invites student writers to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of a semester. Catherine Xue is a senior at Bellaire High School. Donald Trump shot during a Pennsylvania rally. Charlie ...
On election night, a rainbow settled over the United States capital. Like so many of the events in this past year, it seemed stranger than fiction, an overdone theatrical device used more for the sake of its looks than its purpose. Nonetheless, shine...
On election night, a rainbow settled over the United States capital. Like so many of the events in this past year, it seemed stranger than fiction, an overdone theatrical device used more for the sake of its looks than its purpose. Nonetheless, shine...
The global community has proven sluggish in responding to climate change, but nations have been quick to position themselves to prosper from its effects. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Arctic. As global sea temperatures rise, the once solid...
The global community has proven sluggish in responding to climate change, but nations have been quick to position themselves to prosper from its effects. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Arctic. As global sea temperatures rise, the once solid...
In October 2018, a referendum to split California into three states almost made it onto the state ballot, gathering more than 600,000 signatures. It would have created three new states: “Northern California” (stretching from the Oregon border to ...
In October 2018, a referendum to split California into three states almost made it onto the state ballot, gathering more than 600,000 signatures. It would have created three new states: “Northern California” (stretching from the Oregon border to ...
From the 12th to the 14th of September, the streets of San Francisco and the extensive ranks of the global environmentalist community buzzed with excited anticipation for the Global Climate Action Summit. The summit, spearheaded by California Governo...
From the 12th to the 14th of September, the streets of San Francisco and the extensive ranks of the global environmentalist community buzzed with excited anticipation for the Global Climate Action Summit. The summit, spearheaded by California Governo...
Presidents have often alluded to manifest destiny when discussing space exploration: outer space is the next frontier. Presidential administrations have often conflated the imperative to pursue new knowledge with an American duty to lead other nation...
Presidents have often alluded to manifest destiny when discussing space exploration: outer space is the next frontier. Presidential administrations have often conflated the imperative to pursue new knowledge with an American duty to lead other nation...
Congress recently passed an opioid policy package allocating $8.4 billion to address the drug epidemic that claimed 72,000 lives just last year. Although this number seems large, experts say it is only a fraction of the funding needed to stem the ti...
Congress recently passed an opioid policy package allocating $8.4 billion to address the drug epidemic that claimed 72,000 lives just last year. Although this number seems large, experts say it is only a fraction of the funding needed to stem the ti...
An election in Georgia may result in the first woman of color becoming governor in the US. Of any state. Ever. That woman’s name is Stacey Abrams, a Yale-educated Democrat who hails from humble beginnings, having paid her way through college, and c...
An election in Georgia may result in the first woman of color becoming governor in the US. Of any state. Ever. That woman’s name is Stacey Abrams, a Yale-educated Democrat who hails from humble beginnings, having paid her way through college, and c...
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of the century: Roe v. Wade. Crafting an argument based on the implicit right to privacy, Justice Blackmun made history by declaring abortion legal under the Consti...
On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court issued one of the most consequential decisions of the century: Roe v. Wade. Crafting an argument based on the implicit right to privacy, Justice Blackmun made history by declaring abortion legal under the Consti...
Helicopters with sniper rifles, cyanide landmines, and poison bombs dropped from the sky: The practices of Wildlife Services sound more like those of a fringe branch of the military than a small-budgeted domestic agency buried deep in the Department ...
Helicopters with sniper rifles, cyanide landmines, and poison bombs dropped from the sky: The practices of Wildlife Services sound more like those of a fringe branch of the military than a small-budgeted domestic agency buried deep in the Department ...
In every single congressional session since 2003, Congressman Steve King (R-IA) has introduced the English Language Unity Act (HR 997), which seeks to establish English as the United States’ official national language. Though HR 997 would primarily...
In every single congressional session since 2003, Congressman Steve King (R-IA) has introduced the English Language Unity Act (HR 997), which seeks to establish English as the United States’ official national language. Though HR 997 would primarily...
Physician burnout—not Zika or Ebola—is the next big epidemic threatening our health care system. Doctors in the United States are more burnt out than ever before, leading to emotional exhaustion and even depression, which harms the well-b...
Physician burnout—not Zika or Ebola—is the next big epidemic threatening our health care system. Doctors in the United States are more burnt out than ever before, leading to emotional exhaustion and even depression, which harms the well-b...
“I am an invisible man… I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids… I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. A matter of the construction of their inner eyes, those eyes with which they look thr...
“I am an invisible man… I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids… I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. A matter of the construction of their inner eyes, those eyes with which they look thr...