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 ...
In my fifth column for BPR, back in October 2012, I wrote about the Supreme Court striking down campaign finance laws. Last week, the high court continued to chip away at these laws. This time, in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the court ...
In my fifth column for BPR, back in October 2012, I wrote about the Supreme Court striking down campaign finance laws. Last week, the high court continued to chip away at these laws. This time, in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission, the court ...
A friend and reader of my column (thanks to all the readers!) lent me a copy of Tracy Thompson’s book, “The New Mind of the South,” to better inform future columns. Ms. Thompson, a Georgia native, laments and celebrates in turn the pro...
A friend and reader of my column (thanks to all the readers!) lent me a copy of Tracy Thompson’s book, “The New Mind of the South,” to better inform future columns. Ms. Thompson, a Georgia native, laments and celebrates in turn the pro...
The year President George W. Bush left office Jane Mayer published “The Dark Side,” a scathing, revelatory piece on the Bush administration’s unscrupulous detention and interrogation policies during the administration’s War on Terror. Mayer...
The year President George W. Bush left office Jane Mayer published “The Dark Side,” a scathing, revelatory piece on the Bush administration’s unscrupulous detention and interrogation policies during the administration’s War on Terror. Mayer...
The Political Theory Project, in collaboration with Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) present an Odyssey Lecture with “Freeway” Rick Ross, the drug kingpin turned reformer. After serving a commuted life sentence of over 20 years,...
The Political Theory Project, in collaboration with Students for a Sensible Drug Policy (SSDP) present an Odyssey Lecture with “Freeway” Rick Ross, the drug kingpin turned reformer. After serving a commuted life sentence of over 20 years,...
Hello readers! I know that the unseasonably cold weather might be getting you down, but I come bearing good news. This past Wednesday, March 26, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in United States v. Castleman that it is now a crime for people co...
Hello readers! I know that the unseasonably cold weather might be getting you down, but I come bearing good news. This past Wednesday, March 26, the Supreme Court unanimously decided in United States v. Castleman that it is now a crime for people co...
Gay marriage bans are falling like dominos, and not just in liberal states — first in Utah, then Oklahoma, Virginia and, most recently, Texas. These rulings, in addition to narrower rulings recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages in Ohio and ...
Gay marriage bans are falling like dominos, and not just in liberal states — first in Utah, then Oklahoma, Virginia and, most recently, Texas. These rulings, in addition to narrower rulings recognizing out-of-state same-sex marriages in Ohio and ...
Photo Author’s Own I have no problem admitting it: I am a small-town kid. I spent my first 22 years in two southern towns: Greensboro, NC (about the size of Providence) and Lexington, VA (very small). My first ever post for the Brown Political...
Photo Author’s Own I have no problem admitting it: I am a small-town kid. I spent my first 22 years in two southern towns: Greensboro, NC (about the size of Providence) and Lexington, VA (very small). My first ever post for the Brown Political...
Last October, voters in Houston’s largely black and Democratic second district began receiving campaign mailers from candidate Dave Wilson for a position on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees. The words, “Please vote for our friend a...
Last October, voters in Houston’s largely black and Democratic second district began receiving campaign mailers from candidate Dave Wilson for a position on the Houston Community College Board of Trustees. The words, “Please vote for our friend a...
Mississippi bears the unfortunate distinction of highest infant mortality rate in the United States. Context is everything, but Mississippi’s current rate of nine deaths per 1,000 newborns doesn’t improve in the national, or international, frame ...
Mississippi bears the unfortunate distinction of highest infant mortality rate in the United States. Context is everything, but Mississippi’s current rate of nine deaths per 1,000 newborns doesn’t improve in the national, or international, frame ...
Hello from Arlington! There might be snow on the ground, but it is indeed late March — and that means that the Supreme Court has finally heard oral arguments for Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius...
Hello from Arlington! There might be snow on the ground, but it is indeed late March — and that means that the Supreme Court has finally heard oral arguments for Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. and Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius...
Marc Dunkelman, research fellow at the Taubman Center for Public Policy, gave a talk Wednesday about his upcoming book The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community. Dunkelman set out to answer a question that many people, includ...
Marc Dunkelman, research fellow at the Taubman Center for Public Policy, gave a talk Wednesday about his upcoming book The Vanishing Neighbor: The Transformation of American Community. Dunkelman set out to answer a question that many people, includ...
There are more gun-inflicted suicides than gun-inflicted homicides in the United States and have been since the Center for Disease Control began collecting data in 1981. There are nearly 20,000 gun-inflicted suicides and 11,000 gun-inflicted homicide...
There are more gun-inflicted suicides than gun-inflicted homicides in the United States and have been since the Center for Disease Control began collecting data in 1981. There are nearly 20,000 gun-inflicted suicides and 11,000 gun-inflicted homicide...