Bob Inglis, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, spoke to members of the Brown community Tuesday about climate change....

To much fanfare, the University recently announced the creation of a new School of Public Health. Slated to open in July, the school will...

Yesterday was big for gun control advocates and opponents alike. Colorado governor John Hickenlooper signed into law bills that require...

It used to be that people would think of Brazil in terms of sparkling beaches, suave bossa nova clubs, and the occasional scantly clad...

Hello, readers. There are no Fourth Amendment decisions being handed down (I just want my warrant rights clarified, Court!) and we’ve...

As the sixteenth round of negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) closed in Singapore last week, it is time to examine the...

From Wikimedia Commons Lots of cities and states subsidize and promote their airports, and Rhode Island is no exception.  Policy has been...

In September 2011, two friends and I took a twenty-six hour bus ride through the dirt roads linking Brasília to São Félix do Araguaia, a...

Senator Rob Portman, Republican from Ohio, came out last week in support of same-sex marriage. Portman, who had previously opposed gay...

I walked up into the store like I got a big—well, a big thrift shop party to prepare for. And it was when milling through the Salvation...

In discussing the Middle East, media outlets and political pundits alike can’t seem to avoid lame catchphrases, which reduce the complex...

In 100 years, will Americans’ lives be job-centric? Will workweek hours be the same? Will we even have a “workweek”? Robots, things once...

As the Latin American Caesar lay dying, his trusted triumvirate kept up its bedside vigil. For over a year and a half the political...

I’ll start with the low-down: there’s a good chance many in the political arena don’t fully understand the Three-Fifths Clause. And when...

Hello, readers! I hope that your March experience has started off as well as mine has—Providence is experiencing some unseasonal sun...

Modern Brazil is a country defined by its optimism. Marked by a history of prosperous booms and repressive regimes, the country has often...

Photo Credit: Adam E. Moreira Brown students get the privilege of riding RIPTA for free, a fairly common setup for students in college...

Sequestration – the series of automatic spending cuts that went into effect March 1 – came not with a bang but a whimper. The Obama...

by Thomas Nath As Hillary Clinton leaves the position of Secretary of State and John Kerry steps in, the inevitable flurry of comparisons...

by Carly West What does the world look like in 2601? For the Kurds, it looks divided and disenfranchised, as this minority ethnic group...