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Should Brown Have Graduate Schools?
To much fanfare, the University recently announced the creation of a new School of Public Health. Slated to open in July, the school will...
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Mar 21, 20135 min read


(Attempts At) Sympathy For The Sheriff
Yesterday was big for gun control advocates and opponents alike. Colorado governor John Hickenlooper signed into law bills that require...
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Mar 21, 20133 min read


The Hundred-Mile Border
New Yorkers, you are one of the 190 million. If you live in LA you’re in the club too. Houston, Seattle, you can definitely tag along. In...
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Mar 20, 20134 min read


The “Sandberg-Slaughter Debate” at the Supreme Court
Hello, readers. There are no Fourth Amendment decisions being handed down (I just want my warrant rights clarified, Court!) and we’ve...
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Mar 20, 20134 min read


Rob Portman and Gay Marriage in 2016
Senator Rob Portman, Republican from Ohio, came out last week in support of same-sex marriage. Portman, who had previously opposed gay...
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Mar 18, 20133 min read


The Politics of Macklemore
I walked up into the store like I got a big—well, a big thrift shop party to prepare for. And it was when milling through the Salvation...
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Mar 16, 20134 min read


Yesterday’s Science Fiction is Today’s Robotic Reality
In 100 years, will Americans’ lives be job-centric? Will workweek hours be the same? Will we even have a “workweek”? Robots, things once...
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Mar 14, 20133 min read


Roll Call: Reactions to Shelby County v. Holder and the Voting Rights Act
Hello, readers! I hope that your March experience has started off as well as mine has—Providence is experiencing some unseasonal sun...
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Mar 13, 20134 min read


(Don’t) Be Our Guest
Guest worker programs propagate indentured servitude in the 21st Century. by Jake Karr This year, around 700,000 people will arrive in...
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Mar 12, 20137 min read


Good News
Meet the new journalism, funded by you. by Ben Wofford For one brief moment in 1967, Broadway met political journalism halfway. In the...
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Mar 12, 20139 min read


Policy Memo: How to Use a Drone
A Brown student imagines the White House’s most secret memo. by Daniel Duhaime Dear Mr. President: Wearing a worn face and clean suit,...
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Mar 12, 201310 min read


Tax the (Right) Rich
When it comes to taxes, the left is risking reform for rhetoric. by David Kaufman The echoes of Occupy Wall Street’s chants for...
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Mar 12, 20136 min read


The Tyranny of the Markets over Washington
Sequestration – the series of automatic spending cuts that went into effect March 1 – came not with a bang but a whimper. The Obama...
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Mar 11, 20134 min read


The Keystone XL Pipeline’s Contentious Future
The State Department’s draft report on the Keystone XL pipeline, released March 1st, has already been subject to loud criticism and...
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Mar 7, 20132 min read


Stand with Rand
It had its own hashtag, trending on twitter. It halted the confirmation of a widely supported, experienced counterterrorism advisor to...
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Mar 6, 20134 min read


A Big Waste of Time
The sequestration process has received a lot of press in the at-large media and here on BPR. Still, I would like to devote this week’s...
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Mar 5, 20132 min read


Dr. Koop and What Ails America
A week ago, former surgeon general C. Everett Koop died at the age of 96. I most remember Dr. Koop as the spokesmen for Life Alert, maker...
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Mar 4, 20132 min read


Where Black History Month, MLK, and Barack Obama intersect
As Black History Month comes to a close, we are all reminded of its significance. Originally Black History Week—marking the birthdays of...
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Mar 1, 20137 min read


The Sequester, NASA, and the Corporate Universe
With the sequester looming, news outlets, TV pundits, and bloggers are all abuzz about immediate issues Americans may face as a result...
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Feb 28, 20133 min read


Maryland v. King–DNA is in High, Warrantless Demand
Following its new trend of Police Case Tuesdays, on February 26, the Supreme Court dealt with yet another case about warrant rights and...
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Feb 27, 20134 min read
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