Prospective and current law school students around the country must have been overjoyed to hear President Obama’s remarks at Binghamton University last month, in which he proposed that law schools consider shortening their programs from three to tw...
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Prospective and current law school students around the country must have been overjoyed to hear President Obama’s remarks at Binghamton University last month, in which he proposed that law schools consider shortening their programs from three to tw...
70-year-old Oscar Lopez Rivera.Source: 80 grados.Creative Commons In a previous article, I wrote about the case of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera and the growing campaign in favor of his liberation. This week I take the opportunit...
70-year-old Oscar Lopez Rivera.Source: 80 grados.Creative Commons In a previous article, I wrote about the case of Puerto Rican political prisoner Oscar Lopez Rivera and the growing campaign in favor of his liberation. This week I take the opportunit...
On May 29th, in several cities across Puerto Rico, thousands of people joined in demanding freedom for Oscar López Rivera – a Puerto Rican nationalist, independence activist and America’s longest-held political prisoner. The event, titled 32...
On May 29th, in several cities across Puerto Rico, thousands of people joined in demanding freedom for Oscar López Rivera – a Puerto Rican nationalist, independence activist and America’s longest-held political prisoner. The event, titled 32...
Stephen Baker is a former senior writer and technology correspondent for BusinessWeek and the author of “Final Jeopardy” and “The Numerati,” about the rapidly growing role of Big Data in the lives of citizens. Baker spoke with...
Stephen Baker is a former senior writer and technology correspondent for BusinessWeek and the author of “Final Jeopardy” and “The Numerati,” about the rapidly growing role of Big Data in the lives of citizens. Baker spoke with...
This week, President Obama delivered a speech in which he outlined new measures to combat climate change. These include reductions in the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted by power plants, a greater emphasis on the dangers of climate chang...
This week, President Obama delivered a speech in which he outlined new measures to combat climate change. These include reductions in the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted by power plants, a greater emphasis on the dangers of climate chang...
Forgetting the Orwellian aspects of the NSA surveillance program (and you shouldn’t), this story has been pretty fun. Some have labeled NSA leaker Edward Snowden a hero, while House Speaker John Boehner called him a traitor. Rand Paul announ...
Forgetting the Orwellian aspects of the NSA surveillance program (and you shouldn’t), this story has been pretty fun. Some have labeled NSA leaker Edward Snowden a hero, while House Speaker John Boehner called him a traitor. Rand Paul announ...
Chris Hayes hosts MSNBC’s primetime show “All In with Chris Hayes,” and is the author of the recent book “Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy.” Hayes, who graduated from Brown in 2001, spoke with BPR’...
Chris Hayes hosts MSNBC’s primetime show “All In with Chris Hayes,” and is the author of the recent book “Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy.” Hayes, who graduated from Brown in 2001, spoke with BPR’...
The media likes narratives, probably because the public likes narratives. The media has been trying to shoehorn the three ongoing scandals at the White House – Benghazi, the IRS, and the Associated Press subpoenas – into a coherent story about th...
The media likes narratives, probably because the public likes narratives. The media has been trying to shoehorn the three ongoing scandals at the White House – Benghazi, the IRS, and the Associated Press subpoenas – into a coherent story about th...
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner – the annual gala of journalists, celebrities, and (at least this year) the stars of Duck Dynasty – was held Saturday night in Washington. President Obama reconfirmed that, for someone so allegedly aloof a...
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner – the annual gala of journalists, celebrities, and (at least this year) the stars of Duck Dynasty – was held Saturday night in Washington. President Obama reconfirmed that, for someone so allegedly aloof a...
As a rhetorical tactic, establishing a ‘red line’ is pretty impressive. It displays strength by implying that you know both your current position on an issue, as well as what specific events would affect your actions going forward. And in...
As a rhetorical tactic, establishing a ‘red line’ is pretty impressive. It displays strength by implying that you know both your current position on an issue, as well as what specific events would affect your actions going forward. And in...
Asked who America’s number one foreign enemy is, which country would you answer? If you follow the news, you’d probably say either North Korea or Iran – the former due to their recent propaganda proposing to bomb major American cities, and the ...
Asked who America’s number one foreign enemy is, which country would you answer? If you follow the news, you’d probably say either North Korea or Iran – the former due to their recent propaganda proposing to bomb major American cities, and the ...
There’s a saying that claims that if both sides of a debate are unhappy with you, you must be doing something right. President Obama, in that case, must be onto something with his latest budget proposal: Both Republicans and many members of his own...
There’s a saying that claims that if both sides of a debate are unhappy with you, you must be doing something right. President Obama, in that case, must be onto something with his latest budget proposal: Both Republicans and many members of his own...