Louis C.K., responding to a question on the Daily Show about a Rolling Stone article, replied: “Well they put that kid on the cover that...

Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee, currently an independent, announced this week that he will become a Democrat. This move culminates...

Virtuous action is rare in today’s political realm. Partisan divides are ubiquitous. These circumstances, however, are what make Rhode...

John Locke, portrait from Library of Congress and WikiMedia Commons This week, I wanted to go back to the 9th grade, when, as is custom...

Photo Author’s Own Many cities with desperate downtowns are attempting to lure big business in by hook or crook.  The New York Times...

Welcome back from spring break, Brunonians.  After a week at home reading the North Carolina papers, I came up with an NC issue to write...

First, a disclosure: As part of a class I’m taking, I’m involved with Rhode Island Payday Lending Reform, the coalition whose cause I...

According to Inside Higher Ed: “The Senate voted last Wednesday to bar the use of National Science Foundation funds for political science...

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

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...

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

While combing through state laws as part of an research internship, I came across Massachusetts General Law Part 1, Title XII, Chapter...

RI State House (photo by author) Last weekend, I attended the Rhode Island Fiscal Summit, sponsored by a Brown student group called...

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recently proposed buyback plan for homes devastated by Hurricane Sandy is an important step towards a...

Photo by author Here, urban density and neighborhood spirit combine to make a fun community. Having a lot at hand is especially important...

Urbanist Richard Florida talks often about hub cities. These are cities that define a region – Atlanta in the Southeast, Boston in New...

Editor’s Note: The following guest column comes to us from Graham Sheridan, master of public affairs candidate at Brown University’s...

Image by Winnerslay It’s not clear that gun control could have prevented the killing of 20 children and 7 adults in Newtown, Connecticut...

Rhode Island Supreme Court Building (by chensiyuan) Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman wrote an interesting article last week in...

“The Comeback Kid.” Such was President Bill Clinton’s self-branded title following the 1992 New Hampshire presidential primary. It was a...