In an astonishing display of contrition, last Thursday President Obama apologized to Americans who are losing their health insurance...

Although they forced the government into a partial shutdown, Tea Partiers still failed to strip the Affordable Care Act of funding – not...

If you only watch one video this week, make it this one. Madison Kimrey, a 12-year-old from North Carolina, is already a force to be...

If Congress did nothing else effectively in October, it served as a fantastic nicotine patch (metaphorically speaking) for my Breaking...

Starting the Conversation on College Hill. The event is a discussion of the impact of the Citizens United Supreme Court case and what...

This past Tuesday, my beloved Greensboro, North Carolina had its nonpartisan municipal primary. For all the campaigning and tweeting and...

While it was an issue that originally flared up some months ago, the controversy surrounding the appointment of Janet Napolitano,...

As Lena has been covering the notable Supreme Court decisions of this past summer, I figured it would be instructive to preview one of...

Good morning, readers. What should I write about today? Oh, wait—it’s still September! And there is a veritable cornucopia of Supreme...

Governor Lincoln Chafee took the political world by surprise last Wednesday, announcing his decision not to seek reelection in the 2014...

Politicians are in many ways the perfect cultural paradox. We elect them to be our representatives, and this elevation seems to...

We have had many discussions on BPR about the affects of gerrymandering on American policy.  To sum up: very few members of Congress are...

A Special Feature by BPR and BPF On February 20, the Supreme Court heard Shelby County v. Alabama, a challenge to Section 5 of the Voting...

Recent weeks have seen just how ideologically pure we expect our elected representatives to be. On the issue of gun control, Democrats...

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

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

I’d like to take a moment to examine one of the most interesting (to me at least) political figures to appear in awhile: Wisconsin...

In a bitterly divided Washington, there seems to be a real bipartisan push toward substantive immigration reform. Even Republican...

Things have been a little slow this week at the Supreme Court, but in the next few weeks the Highest Court in the Land will be hearing...

Scott Brown, the Massachusetts Republican who lost his 2012 Senate reelection bid to Elizabeth Warren, is said to be “leaning strongly...