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Examining the Electoral College: An Interview with Jesse Wegman
Jesse Wegman is a member of The New York Times editorial board, where he writes editorials on the Supreme Court and legal affairs. He...
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Dec 7, 202010 min read


Keeping Emmett Till Alive When We Need Him Most: An Interview with Keith Beauchamp
*Gabby Smith ’23 is a guest interviewer from BPR’s US section. When Keith Beauchamp was just 10 years old, he saw the image of Emmett...
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Dec 1, 202013 min read


The Progress Narrative: An Interview with Sameer Pandya
Sameer Pandya is a fiction writer and interdisciplinary literary and cultural studies scholar interested in questions of cultural...
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Nov 23, 202011 min read


Let My People Vote: An Interview with Desmond Meade
Desmond Meade is a voting rights activist and is the President of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition (FRRC), Chair of Floridians...
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Nov 20, 20207 min read


The Only Business Where the Players Are Also the Umpires: An Interview with Suraj Patel
Suraj Patel is an attorney, adjunct professor at the NYU Stern School of Business, and co-founder of Creative Caucus. A former Obama...
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Nov 1, 202012 min read


Perception in Politics: An Interview with Robert Jervis
Robert Jervis is a professor of international politics at Columbia University. He studies the intersection of psychology and...
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Sep 29, 20207 min read


The Dream Sync: An Interview with Sport Ivory
Sport Ivory is a Nashville-based band consisting of lead vocalist Jeffrey James, guitarist Justin Halpin, and sound designer Jordan...
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Sep 26, 202021 min read


What Is Real: An Interview with Trevor Lee
The rapper Trevor Lee rose to fame as an early American adopter of TikTok with viral hit “Barbershop Freestyle” in 2018. He got his...
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Aug 28, 20209 min read


It Comes in Waves and When It’s Here I’ll Know: An Interview with Brett Cameron
Brett Cameron is an independent singer and songwriter who has shared the stage with Jon Bellion, Hall & Oates, Kodaline, and Drake Bell...
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Jul 21, 202013 min read


BPLA & BPR Interview: Erika Gi
*The Brown Political Review conducted this interview in partnership with the Black Pre-Law Association [BPLA]. During the interview, BPLA...
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Jul 10, 20208 min read


BPR Interviews: Lieutenant David Bissonnette
Lieutenant David Bissonnette has been a Rhode Island police officer for 19 years and a Use of Force & Police Arrest and Control...
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Jul 7, 202014 min read


BPR Interviews: Rachel A. Pickens
Rachel A. Pickens is a civil-rights attorney who graduated college from Boston University and received her law degree from Loyola...
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Jul 7, 202012 min read


BPR Interviews: Matt the Knife
Matt The Knife is a mentalist, magician, lecturer, and former conman. MTK has broken twelve Guinness World Records. When he is not...
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Jun 8, 202016 min read


Breaking Barriers to Accessibility: An Interview with Judy Heumann
Judy Heumann is an internationally renowned and lifelong disability rights activist. Her tireless efforts on behalf of the disability...
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May 25, 20205 min read


BPR Interviews: Vera Molnár
Vera Molnár, considered by many scholars and historians to be the world’s first female digital artist, began her career in the mid-1940s....
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May 19, 20207 min read


Those Were the Days – BPR Interviews: Norman Lear
Norman Lear is a writer, producer, and political activist best known for sitcoms All in the Family, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time,...
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May 15, 20205 min read


BPR Interviews: Seal
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, best known by his mononym Seal, is a singer and songwriter. Born in the United Kingdom and of...
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May 8, 202014 min read
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The Waco Siege – BPR Interviews: David Thibodeau [Part 2]
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May 5, 20208 min read
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The Waco Siege – BPR Interviews: David Thibodeau [Part 1]
David Thibodeau is a survivor of the 1993 siege against Mount Carmel, the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. The Branch Davidians...
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Apr 28, 202013 min read
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