On September 13, 2022, Iran’s morality police detained Masha Amini for improperly wearing her hijab. Once in custody, Amini was reportedly beaten by police, leading to her death three days later. In the following weeks, Amini’s death became a ral...
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On September 13, 2022, Iran’s morality police detained Masha Amini for improperly wearing her hijab. Once in custody, Amini was reportedly beaten by police, leading to her death three days later. In the following weeks, Amini’s death became a ral...
Across South America, 2019 was a year of unrest. Protests erupted in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Peru as citizens became increasingly infuriated with their governments, and riot police confronted protesters with unnecessary brutality. While...
Across South America, 2019 was a year of unrest. Protests erupted in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Peru as citizens became increasingly infuriated with their governments, and riot police confronted protesters with unnecessary brutality. While...
Editor’s Note: This article was completed in November of 2019. The delay in publishing was due to factors outside of the writer’s control. On a Sunday night in the midst of midterm season at Brown University, one can expect nearly every s...
Editor’s Note: This article was completed in November of 2019. The delay in publishing was due to factors outside of the writer’s control. On a Sunday night in the midst of midterm season at Brown University, one can expect nearly every s...
Reports of civil unrest in Venezuela reveal a strange scene. From militarized police vehicles, giant cannons shoot water straight into protesters, and tear gas grenades are blasted directly into crowds. Tall, white, street-width barricades attached t...
Reports of civil unrest in Venezuela reveal a strange scene. From militarized police vehicles, giant cannons shoot water straight into protesters, and tear gas grenades are blasted directly into crowds. Tall, white, street-width barricades attached t...
Humility––Restraint––Resilience: On a summer day in Munich in 1972, this rare amalgam of qualities produced a legendary Olympic victory. Amid the quiver of nerves and the roar of the crowd, the starter raised his gun and a tense, anticipatory...
Humility––Restraint––Resilience: On a summer day in Munich in 1972, this rare amalgam of qualities produced a legendary Olympic victory. Amid the quiver of nerves and the roar of the crowd, the starter raised his gun and a tense, anticipatory...
A journalist investigates a government official and loses his job. He returns to find police have raided his home. Later, they beat him. Meanwhile, an artist sets fire to a government building – the whole act caught on video – and receives only a...
A journalist investigates a government official and loses his job. He returns to find police have raided his home. Later, they beat him. Meanwhile, an artist sets fire to a government building – the whole act caught on video – and receives only a...
The Democratic Party has monopolized the black vote for decades. Since 1976 the Democrats have received more than 80 percent of the black vote, and at least 90 percent during both the 2012 and 2008 presidential elections. Yet, Bernie Sanders, the Ind...
The Democratic Party has monopolized the black vote for decades. Since 1976 the Democrats have received more than 80 percent of the black vote, and at least 90 percent during both the 2012 and 2008 presidential elections. Yet, Bernie Sanders, the Ind...
There’s something archetypal about the ignominious flight of a newly unseated despot — Louis XVI, the Tsar and the Shah all come to mind. It is tempting to add former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to this list and declare his flight a suc...
There’s something archetypal about the ignominious flight of a newly unseated despot — Louis XVI, the Tsar and the Shah all come to mind. It is tempting to add former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to this list and declare his flight a suc...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s current position is challenging at best. His government now has to decide whether to finally sign the free-trade agreement with the EU (and face Putin’s wrath), or to continue accepting Russia’s deal of $...
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s current position is challenging at best. His government now has to decide whether to finally sign the free-trade agreement with the EU (and face Putin’s wrath), or to continue accepting Russia’s deal of $...
On October 29th there were two events. At one, a New York City police commissioner was shouted down. The lecture hall in which he had been invited to speak and the street outside were crowded with angry, offended, frustrated people who did not share ...
On October 29th there were two events. At one, a New York City police commissioner was shouted down. The lecture hall in which he had been invited to speak and the street outside were crowded with angry, offended, frustrated people who did not share ...
Most everyone seems to agree that Tuesday was not our university’s finest hour. I’ve heard many of my friends express some sort of embarrassment for being affiliated with Brown after the Ray Kelly event was shut down because of unruly protestors....
Most everyone seems to agree that Tuesday was not our university’s finest hour. I’ve heard many of my friends express some sort of embarrassment for being affiliated with Brown after the Ray Kelly event was shut down because of unruly protestors....
Joey DeFrancesco became a short-lived Internet celebrity in 2011 after the then-24 year old posted a video of himself quitting his job at Providence’s Renaissance Hotel. “Joey Quits,” is an incredibly satisfying three minute clip which features...
Joey DeFrancesco became a short-lived Internet celebrity in 2011 after the then-24 year old posted a video of himself quitting his job at Providence’s Renaissance Hotel. “Joey Quits,” is an incredibly satisfying three minute clip which features...