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Truth’s Foundations
Since its founding in 1969, the Mellon Foundation has grown to be a premier financier of the arts and humanities, awarding over 16,700...
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Apr 23, 20234 min read


In the Market For Harm Reduction
On March 29, the Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter sales of Narcan, making it the first opioid overdose treatment...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Rep. Cicilline ’83 and the Race for Rhode Island’s 1st
This March, many Brown University Political Science and IAPA concentrators found out about a new internship opportunity for the...
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Apr 23, 20236 min read


Designing Division
In 2016, Pentagram, perhaps the world’s most well-respected graphic design agency, was tasked with designing a visual identity for...
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Apr 23, 20234 min read


Nurses are Striking; It Is Time to Start Listening
“By 3:00 PM most days, the emergency room is often exploding with patients. Hospital gurneys stand inches apart. When beds run out,...
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Apr 23, 20234 min read


Pork in the Road
The average American pig is raised in a space of less than eight square feet. In 2018, taking action against this widespread animal...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


A Critique of Consent
Before getting in bed, classmates-turned-lovers Marianne and Connell take each other’s clothing off piece by piece. The two take a moment...
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Apr 23, 20235 min read


Stagnating Progress in Racial Diversity of Cultural Resource Management
Heritage does not exist in a vacuum. Rather, it is carefully mediated by a billion-dollar industry that employs professionals with...
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Apr 22, 20235 min read


Countering China: The New Norm in Defense Technology
On March 9, 2023, the Biden administration announced that it would request $842 billion for the 2024 Pentagon budget. If passed, this...
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Apr 22, 20234 min read


Brown’s Racial and Socioeconomic Cliques Reflect Flawed Diversity Promises
Money and race divide Brown students into cliques. Brown promised us upon admission that we would connect with individuals of various...
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Apr 18, 20237 min read


Awards Show Politics: The (Not So) Impartial Oscars
It is funny how the Oscars, a supposedly apolitical event, are as divisive and controversial as US elections. Certainly, there is a...
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Apr 17, 20234 min read


Moms for QAnon?
Upon learning that hundreds of thousands of posts on Instagram are tagged with “#SaveTheChildren,” one might assume that the UK-based...
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Apr 16, 20235 min read


Marianne Williamson for President
Back in 2019, Marianne Williamson—self-help guru, author, and spiritual advisor to Oprah—ran for president with the assertion that “love...
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Apr 15, 20234 min read


Political Protest Splashed Against the Canvas
What do you see in this painting? Do you see the aerial view of a sprawling neighborhood? Vintage cameras stacked one on top of the...
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Apr 12, 20234 min read


Reimagining the Social Justice Nonprofit Ecosystem
In the weeks leading up to a big election, hundreds of unsolicited texts and calls from different political organizations inundate one’s...
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Apr 9, 20234 min read


“Don’t Tread on Me”: Gun Ownership as an American Identity
The yellow Gadsden flag flies high over many rural districts in the United States, bearing the phrase “DON’T TREAD ON ME” and a coiled...
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Apr 9, 20234 min read


Fane in Vain and Eminent Domain
On Friday, March 10, the I-195 Redevelopment District Commission announced that the New York-based Fane Corporation would not be...
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Apr 9, 20236 min read


Kevin McCarthy: Conservatives’ New Puppet
As the recently elected Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy had a golden opportunity to set an example as a moderate, bipartisan...
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Apr 9, 20234 min read


Tied Up: Prison Sterilizations and One State’s Efforts to Make Amends
In 1883, Francis Galton coined the term “eugenics” to mean, “the study of agencies under social control that may improve or impair the...
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Apr 7, 20236 min read


What Lowell High School Teaches Us About Educational Inequity in San Francisco
San Francisco’s Lowell High School is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River. It is one of California’s...
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Apr 3, 20235 min read
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