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The Miss Universe Pageant: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
The Miss Universe pageant has been a pillar of pop culture in the United States for decades—whether it be the glamorous outfits, a sense...
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Mar 15, 20235 min read


Climate Change, Technology, and the Role of Media Activism: An Interview with Jeff Orlowski
Jeff Orlowski is the founder and president of Exposure Labs. Exposure Labs focuses on creating documentaries around areas that need...
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Mar 14, 20237 min read


Tomato Soup and Mashed Potatoes: Recipe for Nothing
Two anti-fossil fuel activists throw tomato soup on a Van Gogh, glue themselves to a wall, and ask: “What is worth more: art or life?”...
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Nov 15, 20226 min read


Combining Teaching with Activism: An Interview with Charles V. Hamilton
Charles V. Hamilton is the Wallace S. Sayre Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Government at Columbia University. He has...
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Dec 12, 20214 min read


Rethinking Incarceration: An Interview with James Forman Jr.
James Forman Jr. is a professor at Yale Law School. He teaches and writes about criminal law policy, constitutional law, juvenile...
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Jan 8, 20217 min read
Island of Imprisonment, Island of Freedom
Positionality statement from the author: As an American at a privileged institution, I am aware of my responsibility to be an educated...
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Sep 12, 20204 min read


The Marriage Between Law and Activism in Palestine
The 2014 annual policy conference of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the largest Zionist political lobby in the US,...
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Nov 18, 20187 min read


Resistance Music in the Trump Era
Donald Trump’s election has elicited resistance marked by activism and political opposition spanning the entire partisan spectrum, from...
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Mar 20, 20174 min read


BPR Media Spotlight: Adhesive Identities
ADHESIVE IDENTITIES: Stickers and Political Expression Hidden behind their laptop screens, students seemingly create a barrier separating...
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Mar 4, 20175 min read


The Pitfalls of Call-Out Culture
Those even remotely cognizant of the current political climate will know that the United States is currently experiencing a period of...
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May 6, 20166 min read


Changing Hearts and Laws: The Political Efficacy of the #BlackLivesMatter Movement
The last three years on Twitter have been dominated by the growing import and presence of the #BlackLivesMatter movement, an...
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Nov 17, 20155 min read


BPR Interviews: Nicholas Kristof
Photo Credit: Ruth Prieto for Show of Force Nicholas Kristof is an op-ed columnist at The New York Times, where he writes...
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Nov 8, 20154 min read


BPR Interviews: Azra Jafari
Azra Jafari served as the first female mayor in Afghanistan, after being appointed mayor of Nili by President Hamid Karzai in 2008. She...
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Nov 8, 20157 min read


The Topless Imperialists: FEMEN’s brand of feminism is silencing Muslim women
On September 13, in a town just north of Paris, two women jumped on stage at an Islamic convention about women and Islam. Once on stage,...
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Nov 6, 20155 min read


Shifting Tides: What Black Lives Matter Means in the Two-Party System
The Democratic Party has monopolized the black vote for decades. Since 1976 the Democrats have received more than 80 percent of the black...
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Sep 1, 20155 min read


Taiwan’s Flawed Sunflower Movement: Part Two
My last piece addressed the polemic surrounding the Taiwanese government’s intention to ratify the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement...
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Apr 22, 20143 min read


Taiwan’s Flawed Sunflower Movement
On March 17, the Taiwanese government announced that it was ready to ratify the Cross-Strait Service Trade Agreement (CSSTA) with China....
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Apr 14, 20143 min read


I Am Here for Me, Too
This is a guest column written by Kevin Carty. Originally posted on Feminists-at-Large on 28 August, 2013. For anyone who’s spent at...
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Sep 21, 20137 min read


Arabian Rights
Natalie Morin, a Canadian woman who settled down in Saudi Arabia in 2009, is trapped inside her own home. Forbidden to visit her family...
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Jul 30, 20135 min read


Not About Us, Without Us: An Argument for Youth Engagement
“Why should I wait until I turn 18? Why is that a magic number for responsibility, for leadership, for empowerment among youth… I’m ready...
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Jul 23, 20134 min read
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