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Selling Smoke Under Fire
Five decades ago, restaurants, parks, and schools were shrouded in a cloud of smoke, and U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry was trying to...
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Dec 31, 20194 min read


Let Them (H-1)B
Thirteen percent of students admitted to Brown’s Class of 2023 are international, together representing 80 countries. These students are...
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Sep 25, 20195 min read


Rethinking Paternity Leave
Disclaimer: Because this article considers gender differences in the traditionally heterosexual nuclear family, it contains more...
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Sep 25, 20195 min read


Big Rocket, Soft Power
Over the course of a week in March 2019, SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft completed a test mission to the International Space Station...
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Sep 25, 20195 min read


Crash Course
On February 10, 2009, the deactivated Russian satellite Kosmos-2251 and the American commercial satellite Iridium 33 smashed into each...
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Sep 25, 20195 min read


Searching for a Soul
William Faulkner once cheekily referred to Los Angeles as “the plastic asshole of the world,” and nearly every Urbanist and NUMTOT would...
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Sep 25, 20194 min read


Back to BRAC
As Deputy Secretary of Defense during Ronald Reagan’s first term, Frank Carlucci oversaw the largest build-up of American military forces...
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Sep 25, 20195 min read


Stopping Star Wars
In August 2018, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi made an earth-shattering announcement for space politics: By 2022, India plans to...
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Sep 24, 20194 min read


Tango Tangle
“In Argentina, Blacks do not exist. That is a Brazilian problem,” remarked Carlos Menem, the former president of Argentina. His...
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Sep 24, 20194 min read


Not So Black and White
“What makes an HBCU an HBCU is the history, is the culture, is most of the professors being Black and all of the professors being driven...
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Sep 24, 20195 min read


Jump On It
In many American cities, residents are waking up to find that rentable dockless scooters and bikes have filled their city’s streets. The...
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Sep 24, 20194 min read


Meng’s Plight
In December 2018, Meng Wanzhou, CFO of Huawei, was arrested at Vancouver International Airport while en route to Mexico. Meng, who is...
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Sep 24, 20195 min read


Poutine Nationalism Back in Québec
The Canadian province of Québec is rife with spatial divisions, which primarily stem from cultural rifts between the Anglophone,...
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Sep 24, 20193 min read


Breaking the Mold
Twenty-first-century populations have a lot more to worry about than previous generations. Big tech companies are exploiting our data....
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Sep 24, 20194 min read


Pushing the Political Friend Zone
In his farewell address after serving as the first president of the United States, George Washington famously warned the American people...
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Sep 24, 20195 min read


Taking The Lead
A group of Providence students and parents just made national news by suing Rhode Island. They allege that the state’s failure to provide...
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Sep 20, 20193 min read


Be Careful What You Vouch For
As a Chilean citizen, Jonathan Franklin has used Chile’s education vouchers to send his seven children to public and private schools of...
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Sep 20, 20195 min read


Racing Against Time
For many, the winter months mean more than holidays and spending time with family; breaks from work or school are often associated with a...
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Sep 20, 20195 min read


Keepin’ It Brief
There’s no denying that we currently live in an age of social media, where Twitter serves as the main method of communication between the...
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Sep 20, 20193 min read


No Taxation Without Expatriation
Meet Fabien Lehagre. He moved from California to France at the age of two when his French father and American mother divorced. Now, in...
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Sep 20, 20194 min read
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