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...
By Hassan Hamade Though former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly had been invited to give the Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture in October 2013, the reception that awaited him in Providence was anything but inviting. On the day of the...
By Hassan Hamade Though former New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly had been invited to give the Noah Krieger ’93 Memorial Lecture in October 2013, the reception that awaited him in Providence was anything but inviting. On the day of the...
By Francis Torres The first sight that greets visitors to the Third World Center (TWC) is a banner proclaiming the achievement of “Over 30 Years of Unity Through Diversity.” This brief statement encapsulates the mission of the Center: to help fos...
By Francis Torres The first sight that greets visitors to the Third World Center (TWC) is a banner proclaiming the achievement of “Over 30 Years of Unity Through Diversity.” This brief statement encapsulates the mission of the Center: to help fos...
By Mintaka Angell, Stephen Stahr & Marina Gattas Do Nascimento When Chancellor Stephen Robert announced the Brown University Corporation’s decision to divest from Sudan to the crowd of students rallying on the steps of Faunce House in February ...
By Mintaka Angell, Stephen Stahr & Marina Gattas Do Nascimento When Chancellor Stephen Robert announced the Brown University Corporation’s decision to divest from Sudan to the crowd of students rallying on the steps of Faunce House in February ...
By James Konsky On December 7, 1776, British forces made landfall at Newport, Rhode Island. The young Brown University, until then sheltered from the violence that plagued the colonies, was quickly affected. James Manning, the president of the Univer...
By James Konsky On December 7, 1776, British forces made landfall at Newport, Rhode Island. The young Brown University, until then sheltered from the violence that plagued the colonies, was quickly affected. James Manning, the president of the Univer...
Last Monday outside an Egyptian courtroom, families wept and women fainted after a judge passed down a mass death sentence to more than 680 people on charges related to an attack on a Minya police department last year. The attack took place on Augus...
Last Monday outside an Egyptian courtroom, families wept and women fainted after a judge passed down a mass death sentence to more than 680 people on charges related to an attack on a Minya police department last year. The attack took place on Augus...
Over the weekend a tape of Donald Sterling making racist statements was released. Sterling owns the L.A. Clippers basketball franchise. By Tuesday, Sterling was banned from all association with the NBA, fined $2.5 million, and the league’s com...
Over the weekend a tape of Donald Sterling making racist statements was released. Sterling owns the L.A. Clippers basketball franchise. By Tuesday, Sterling was banned from all association with the NBA, fined $2.5 million, and the league’s com...
The Internet was born in the United States as a project of the US Department of Defense and has always enjoyed a close relationship with its parent country. But recently, the United States has begun handing over one of the key functions of Internet g...
The Internet was born in the United States as a project of the US Department of Defense and has always enjoyed a close relationship with its parent country. But recently, the United States has begun handing over one of the key functions of Internet g...
The two largest sports events of the year come with much fanfare: The NFL’s Super Bowl is famous for multi-million dollar advertisements and garish halftime shows, and the UEFA Champions League Final, which showcases the best soccer clubs from acro...
The two largest sports events of the year come with much fanfare: The NFL’s Super Bowl is famous for multi-million dollar advertisements and garish halftime shows, and the UEFA Champions League Final, which showcases the best soccer clubs from acro...
“I just follow my own common sense,” a justice of 13 years told reporter William Glaberson of The New York Times, “and to hell with the law.” This justice is emblematic of many in New York’s approximately 1,250 town and village courts t...
“I just follow my own common sense,” a justice of 13 years told reporter William Glaberson of The New York Times, “and to hell with the law.” This justice is emblematic of many in New York’s approximately 1,250 town and village courts t...
On November 8, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Higher Education Act (HEA) into law. A key legislative pillar of his Great Society agenda, the HEA has since become a cornerstone of federal education policy. The law was originally intended to be res...
On November 8, 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Higher Education Act (HEA) into law. A key legislative pillar of his Great Society agenda, the HEA has since become a cornerstone of federal education policy. The law was originally intended to be res...
While a recent Gallup poll showed that 50 percent of the public prioritizes environmental issues over economic growth, only 24 percent identify it as a critical policy area. This indicates that although the public highly values the environment, it do...
While a recent Gallup poll showed that 50 percent of the public prioritizes environmental issues over economic growth, only 24 percent identify it as a critical policy area. This indicates that although the public highly values the environment, it do...
Today, Terry McAuliffe is the consummate political power broker: millionaire, fundraiser, influence peddler and now governor. But for one night in January 2008, McAuliffe had the single worst job in modern politics — informing the Clintons that the...
Today, Terry McAuliffe is the consummate political power broker: millionaire, fundraiser, influence peddler and now governor. But for one night in January 2008, McAuliffe had the single worst job in modern politics — informing the Clintons that the...