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Technical Foul: Obama, a Split GOP and Stadium Financing
President Barack Obama recently unveiled his nearly $4 trillion budget, and it immediately made waves. As the unabashedly liberal wish...
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Feb 20, 20154 min read


BPR Interview: Thomas Perez
Thomas Perez ’83, a Brown alumnus who holds a master of public policy and a law degree from Harvard University, is the US Secretary of...
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Dec 22, 20144 min read


Violence Without Borders
In just the last year, there has been a 117 percent increase in the number of unaccompanied children under 12 apprehended while...
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Dec 3, 201412 min read


Obama’s New Immigration Plan | Political Update Series
Last Thursday, President Obama announced his use of an executive order to enact new immigration laws. Learn the details of the plan with...
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Nov 25, 20141 min read


Re-inflating the Housing Bubble
This year, the Mortgage Bankers Association chose an unintentionally revealing location for their annual conference — a Las Vegas casino....
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Nov 12, 20146 min read


How the Common Core Became a Talking Point
Since the Common Core’s creation in 2009, forty-five states and the District of Columbia have adopted the Common Core as a set of...
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Nov 7, 20145 min read


Ambassadorship for Sale
In February 2014, Noah Bryson Mamet told the Senate’s Foreign Relations Committee that he had never been to Argentina. He was speaking at...
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Oct 30, 20146 min read


The Filibuster: A Recipe for Continued Gridlock
The 113th United States Congress has earned the dubious distinction of the least popular in recent history. As recently as August 2014,...
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Sep 22, 20145 min read


A Short History of ISIS | Political Update Series
ISIS has become a recent focus for the United States and major media outlets in the recent weeks. Brown Political Review’s Media Team...
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Sep 22, 20141 min read


Polar Bears and Butterflies; Donkeys and Elephants
“We are not going to be talking about polar bears and butterflies,” said political strategist Chris Lehane, “We are going to be talking...
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Sep 8, 20149 min read


The Rocky Path to a Green Legacy
“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,”...
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Sep 2, 20147 min read


There’s Still a Swing in New Mexico’s Step
“You see homes in New Mexico where you have a crucifix and a picture of JFK on the wall, and now, President Clinton,” says New Mexico...
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Aug 25, 20149 min read


A Method to Midterms Madness
Art by Emily Reif There’s a general understanding amongst the members of the American public that midterm elections are not, for most...
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Aug 10, 20149 min read


Can the United States Afford Egyptian Justice?
Last Monday outside an Egyptian courtroom, families wept and women fainted after a judge passed down a mass death sentence to more than...
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May 2, 20144 min read


Aboutalebi: The Unwelcome Guest
The good news is that the nuclear talks in Vienna between Iran and the major global powers have so far delivered quite optimistic...
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Apr 29, 20144 min read


Obama’s Child Billionaires (and what you can do about it)
Spoiler alert: Check out what you can do to keep the conversation going here. It’s almost impossible not to be cynical, reading the Times...
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Apr 25, 20144 min read


‘Are you pivoting?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Are you sure?’ ‘Positive.’
I was curious yesterday why CNN and the Wall Street Journal were ostensibly publishing restaurant recommendations when I repeatedly read,...
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Apr 25, 20143 min read


Human Embryonic Stem Cells – A Seventeen-Year Stalemate
A majority of Americans have now begun to embrace human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. With each report of a new successful...
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Apr 17, 20144 min read


For Malaysia, MH370 Spells Diplomatic Disaster
The South China Sea is home to several island chains rich with resources, land and influence. China and Malaysia are two of the major...
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Apr 15, 20147 min read


Off-Track Trade
Dozens of Malaysian protesters recently dressed up like zombies to demonstrate what they perceive to be a fast-approaching, grim reality...
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Mar 11, 20147 min read
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