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Hello readers! I hope that, despite Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter, you’re keeping warm and reading up on Supreme Court news. I’m here this week to discuss a subject that is near and dear to my heart: women’s repro...

Holy Schnikes, Reproductive Health!

Hello readers! I hope that, despite Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction of six more weeks of winter, you’re keeping warm and reading up on Supreme Court news. I’m here this week to discuss a subject that is near and dear to my heart: women’s repro...

Recently, a bipartisan group of 17 governors signed a letter to Congress asking that highway funding be restored.  You may not have heard, but the federal Highway Trust Fund is expected to run out in 2014.  This may not cause you any alarm as you...

Countdown on the Federal Highway Trust Fund

Recently, a bipartisan group of 17 governors signed a letter to Congress asking that highway funding be restored.  You may not have heard, but the federal Highway Trust Fund is expected to run out in 2014.  This may not cause you any alarm as you...

How does Germany’s prohibition of homeschooling threaten the civil liberties of American evangelicals? The short answer is: it doesn’t. Nevertheless, conservative groups are warning Americans that their freedom to homeschool is under fire after ...

The High Cost of Homeschooling

How does Germany’s prohibition of homeschooling threaten the civil liberties of American evangelicals? The short answer is: it doesn’t. Nevertheless, conservative groups are warning Americans that their freedom to homeschool is under fire after ...

One of the themes of a recent New Yorker article about President Obama is what author David Remnick calls “the long view.” Obama compares the presidency to being a “relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history.” He notes...

Prejudging Obama’s Legacy: A Symbolic President?

One of the themes of a recent New Yorker article about President Obama is what author David Remnick calls “the long view.” Obama compares the presidency to being a “relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history.” He notes...

BPR’s live blog of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. The Brown Political Review is the best place to keep updated on this year’s SOTU. Follow for updates below! And check out a must-read from the archives: Matt McCa...

SOTU 2014 Live Blog

BPR’s live blog of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. The Brown Political Review is the best place to keep updated on this year’s SOTU. Follow for updates below! And check out a must-read from the archives: Matt McCa...

Over the winter break, your intrepid reporter went on a field trip to Spartanburg, SC.  Spartanburg represents many of the factors I am fascinated by: a small southern town experiencing a renaissance as the pillars of the old economy: textiles and t...

Downtown Development Case Study: Spartanburg, SC

Over the winter break, your intrepid reporter went on a field trip to Spartanburg, SC.  Spartanburg represents many of the factors I am fascinated by: a small southern town experiencing a renaissance as the pillars of the old economy: textiles and t...

This column advocates one of the most unpopular stances in America: giving lawyers more money. But hear me out. Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment, and Social Security all have provisions to pay legal fees for helping those owed benefits navigate the s...

The VA Industry

This column advocates one of the most unpopular stances in America: giving lawyers more money. But hear me out. Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment, and Social Security all have provisions to pay legal fees for helping those owed benefits navigate the s...

It wouldn’t be surprising if, five years from now, Brown still looks back at 2013 as the year of the Ray Kelly Event. It’s rare for a single moment to affect an entire community, especially ours — spread out as we are across disciplines, nation...

Questioning Kelly: Francis Torres Analyzes the Speech

It wouldn’t be surprising if, five years from now, Brown still looks back at 2013 as the year of the Ray Kelly Event. It’s rare for a single moment to affect an entire community, especially ours — spread out as we are across disciplines, nation...

In the last two months at Brown, it sometimes feels as though we’ve been witness not to a news-generating controversy but a campus-wide social experiment. Following the protests of Commissioner Ray Kelly’s Taubman lecture, it seemed like every st...

Why The Editors Published Ray Kelly

In the last two months at Brown, it sometimes feels as though we’ve been witness not to a news-generating controversy but a campus-wide social experiment. Following the protests of Commissioner Ray Kelly’s Taubman lecture, it seemed like every st...