An appropriate description of President Donald Trump’s grand strategy has been widely debated. While it has been labeled anywhere from one of “reciprocity” to “illiberal hegemony,” his second term suggests a more volatile reality: “predat...
In 1984, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed a report alleging that federal judges improperly used funds to “influence pending legislation.” Specifically, the concern was that judges might have misused resources allo...
In 1895, following nearly four centuries of colonial rule, Cuba launched its third and final war of independence against the Spanish Empire. Almost immediately, the American population was theatrically captured by the plight of the Cuban people, sway...
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...
Ed Rosenthal, well-known marijuana legalization activist. The Emerald Triangle has been looking more brown than green recently. With California en route to what may be the worst drought in 500 years, the Emerald Triangle — Mendocino, Humboldt and T...
Ed Rosenthal, well-known marijuana legalization activist. The Emerald Triangle has been looking more brown than green recently. With California en route to what may be the worst drought in 500 years, the Emerald Triangle — Mendocino, Humboldt and T...
Last weekend Brown kicked off its semiquincentenary – its 250th anniversary – with fireworks and a 600-pound cake. The festivities brought together students, Providence locals, Brown alumni and their families and featured Brown graduates from all...
Last weekend Brown kicked off its semiquincentenary – its 250th anniversary – with fireworks and a 600-pound cake. The festivities brought together students, Providence locals, Brown alumni and their families and featured Brown graduates from all...
President Obama sat down for an interview – or rather, comedy skit – with Zach Galifianakis on his web series “Between Two Ferns.” Between questions like “So, which country were you rooting for in the Winter Olympics?...
President Obama sat down for an interview – or rather, comedy skit – with Zach Galifianakis on his web series “Between Two Ferns.” Between questions like “So, which country were you rooting for in the Winter Olympics?...
Hello readers, and happy “Spring Forward”! This week I’d like to discuss a case that deals with some very sensitive issues — namely, intellectual disabilities (known more commonly by the offensive term “mental retardation”) and the death ...
Hello readers, and happy “Spring Forward”! This week I’d like to discuss a case that deals with some very sensitive issues — namely, intellectual disabilities (known more commonly by the offensive term “mental retardation”) and the death ...
Dozens of Malaysian protesters recently dressed up like zombies to demonstrate what they perceive to be a fast-approaching, grim reality in their country — an Obama-backed free trade agreement that they believe will make vital medicine unaffordable...
Dozens of Malaysian protesters recently dressed up like zombies to demonstrate what they perceive to be a fast-approaching, grim reality in their country — an Obama-backed free trade agreement that they believe will make vital medicine unaffordable...
By I Naishad Kai-ren At the World Economic Forum in January, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stoked international controversy when he compared relations between China and Japan to those between Germany and Britain just before the outbreak of World...
By I Naishad Kai-ren At the World Economic Forum in January, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stoked international controversy when he compared relations between China and Japan to those between Germany and Britain just before the outbreak of World...
“I feel my whole body burning,” were Michael Lee Wilson’s last words in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on January 9. Seven days later, it took Ohio inmate Dennis McGuire 15 minutes to die from a similar lethal injection that is only suppos...
“I feel my whole body burning,” were Michael Lee Wilson’s last words in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on January 9. Seven days later, it took Ohio inmate Dennis McGuire 15 minutes to die from a similar lethal injection that is only suppos...