Nestled in the center of Idaho lies Blaine County: an oddly-shaped shaped area nearly twice the size of Rhode Island, with a panhandle extending to the south – a remnant of gerrymandering in the 1880’s. More notable than its shape, however, is it...
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Nestled in the center of Idaho lies Blaine County: an oddly-shaped shaped area nearly twice the size of Rhode Island, with a panhandle extending to the south – a remnant of gerrymandering in the 1880’s. More notable than its shape, however, is it...
The United States is in a unique political moment. Today, Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines than in any time in the past twenty five years. The two major parties leading the country are becoming much more adversarial...
The United States is in a unique political moment. Today, Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines than in any time in the past twenty five years. The two major parties leading the country are becoming much more adversarial...
The vote on the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court will be a turning point in the history of American governance. The battle over Gorsuch’s nomination has brought the extreme ideological polarization of the American government ...
The vote on the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court will be a turning point in the history of American governance. The battle over Gorsuch’s nomination has brought the extreme ideological polarization of the American government ...
Is it Super PACs or the liberal media that’s corrupting Washington? While most presidential candidates recognize the American political process is broken, they can’t seem to agree on which special interest to blame. Amidst all this scapegoating, ...
Is it Super PACs or the liberal media that’s corrupting Washington? While most presidential candidates recognize the American political process is broken, they can’t seem to agree on which special interest to blame. Amidst all this scapegoating, ...
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...
When “An Inconvenient Truth” came out in 2006, introducing the severity of climate change to a mass audience, it seemed like the new buzz surrounding the issue had jolted the world into action. It was an uphill battle, but people on both the left...
When “An Inconvenient Truth” came out in 2006, introducing the severity of climate change to a mass audience, it seemed like the new buzz surrounding the issue had jolted the world into action. It was an uphill battle, but people on both the left...
The Economist recently ran a story with the provocative subtitle “How sexual equality increases the gap between rich and poor households.” The story is about an economics paper titled “Marry Your Like: Assortative Mating and Income Inequality....
The Economist recently ran a story with the provocative subtitle “How sexual equality increases the gap between rich and poor households.” The story is about an economics paper titled “Marry Your Like: Assortative Mating and Income Inequality....
BPR sponsored a panel of alumni journalists to discuss “Investigative Journalism in the Age of Polarization (and Misinformation).” Panelists included: • Chris Hayes, primetime host of MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes” • Dana Goldstein,...
BPR sponsored a panel of alumni journalists to discuss “Investigative Journalism in the Age of Polarization (and Misinformation).” Panelists included: • Chris Hayes, primetime host of MSNBC’s “All In With Chris Hayes” • Dana Goldstein,...
Brown Political Review is excited to present a marquee panel of alumni journalists to explore how journalism is changing in an American era of unprecedented polarization. Panelists include: – Chris Hayes ‘01 is the primetime host of MSNBC’s...
Brown Political Review is excited to present a marquee panel of alumni journalists to explore how journalism is changing in an American era of unprecedented polarization. Panelists include: – Chris Hayes ‘01 is the primetime host of MSNBC’s...
The Dorr Rebellion. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Just this month, several members of the Cranston Board of Canvassers resigned from their positions rather than approve the provision of an absentee ballot to convicted murderer Michael Woodma...
The Dorr Rebellion. Image obtained from Wikimedia Commons. Just this month, several members of the Cranston Board of Canvassers resigned from their positions rather than approve the provision of an absentee ballot to convicted murderer Michael Woodma...
As Election Day approaches, it’s easy to despair that we live in an era of unprecedented political polarization. But take heart: this is nothing new. As recounted in Ron Chernow’s biography of the first president, Benjamin Franklin Bache, publish...
As Election Day approaches, it’s easy to despair that we live in an era of unprecedented political polarization. But take heart: this is nothing new. As recounted in Ron Chernow’s biography of the first president, Benjamin Franklin Bache, publish...