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 ...
The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014, Gallup measured Congress’s approval rating as a dismal 13 percent. In 2013, Public Policy Polling conducted a s...
The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014, Gallup measured Congress’s approval rating as a dismal 13 percent. In 2013, Public Policy Polling conducted a s...
Mayor Bill de Blasio won New York City’s mayoralty as “the liberal progressive” candidate, vowing to divert from the previous administration’s reactive policies on education, housing and, most notably, stop-and-frisk. Yet less than a year int...
Mayor Bill de Blasio won New York City’s mayoralty as “the liberal progressive” candidate, vowing to divert from the previous administration’s reactive policies on education, housing and, most notably, stop-and-frisk. Yet less than a year int...
The city of Detroit is an easy target for those who like to scoff at government mismanagement. Over the last decade it has been characterized by debt, depopulation and dilapidation, as negligent politicians disregarded essential reforms. The city’s...
The city of Detroit is an easy target for those who like to scoff at government mismanagement. Over the last decade it has been characterized by debt, depopulation and dilapidation, as negligent politicians disregarded essential reforms. The city’s...
Anyone who has ever lost, destroyed, or never received his or her birth certificate knows that the only way to obtain a replacement copy is to purchase one from his or her local Department of Vital Statistics. Without a birth certificate, it is ext...
Anyone who has ever lost, destroyed, or never received his or her birth certificate knows that the only way to obtain a replacement copy is to purchase one from his or her local Department of Vital Statistics. Without a birth certificate, it is ext...
Mass incarceration has found a comfortable home in the underbelly of American life. It slips through the cracks of democratic oversight and represents one of the more lucrative public-private partnerships of our time. In recent years, a vast trove of...
Mass incarceration has found a comfortable home in the underbelly of American life. It slips through the cracks of democratic oversight and represents one of the more lucrative public-private partnerships of our time. In recent years, a vast trove of...
On November 4th,weapon owners in Texas will be able to hit the polls using their concealed handgun licenses as voter identification — however, college students using college-issued IDs won’t have the same leisure. On September 2nd, a lawsuit file...
On November 4th,weapon owners in Texas will be able to hit the polls using their concealed handgun licenses as voter identification — however, college students using college-issued IDs won’t have the same leisure. On September 2nd, a lawsuit file...
On the surface, Senator Mary Landrieu seems to have all the strengths needed to survive as a Democrat in a red state: long experience in the Senate, the support of business interests and a storied family name. Her decades-old political machine, which...
On the surface, Senator Mary Landrieu seems to have all the strengths needed to survive as a Democrat in a red state: long experience in the Senate, the support of business interests and a storied family name. Her decades-old political machine, which...
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown — an unarmed black teen — was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Today, in the Salomon Center at Brown University, there will be a discussion of the recent events in F...
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown — an unarmed black teen — was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Today, in the Salomon Center at Brown University, there will be a discussion of the recent events in F...
“We are not going to be talking about polar bears and butterflies,” said political strategist Chris Lehane, “We are going to be talking about how this issue of climate impacts people in their backyards, in their states, in their communities.”...
“We are not going to be talking about polar bears and butterflies,” said political strategist Chris Lehane, “We are going to be talking about how this issue of climate impacts people in their backyards, in their states, in their communities.”...
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” President Barack Obama declared during his Second Inaugural Address on January 21, 2013. At the time unemployme...
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,” President Barack Obama declared during his Second Inaugural Address on January 21, 2013. At the time unemployme...
Politicians like data. But trends are a different story — harder to confuse and more difficult to misapply, trends can spell out dire predictions for even the most data-toting politicians. And today’s trends reveal a most moribund frontier in con...
Politicians like data. But trends are a different story — harder to confuse and more difficult to misapply, trends can spell out dire predictions for even the most data-toting politicians. And today’s trends reveal a most moribund frontier in con...
“You see homes in New Mexico where you have a crucifix and a picture of JFK on the wall, and now, President Clinton,” says New Mexico State Representative Brian Egolf (D-47). While the hangings on the walls might suggest that New Mexico has becom...
“You see homes in New Mexico where you have a crucifix and a picture of JFK on the wall, and now, President Clinton,” says New Mexico State Representative Brian Egolf (D-47). While the hangings on the walls might suggest that New Mexico has becom...