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Forecasting a Potential 2020 Rematch
When Trump handed Ron DeSantis the moniker of “Meatball Ron” last month, it offered a taste of the nasty Republican primary for the 2024...
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Mar 13, 20235 min read


The 2022 Midterms: A Victory for Normalcy
As the dust settles on another midterm election, several winners have emerged from this year’s remarkably fluid congressional contests....
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Dec 9, 20224 min read


Conservative Social Media—A New Norm?
The January 6th insurrection on the US Capitol will go down in history as perhaps the best example of the dangers of extremism in the US...
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Dec 3, 20225 min read


Keeping Up with Capitol Hill: Reality Television and American Politics
In 2021, former Olympian and reality television star Caitlyn Jenner ran for Governor of California in the state’s special general...
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Nov 15, 20225 min read


A Journey Through Investigative Reporting: An Interview with Rebecca Ballhaus ’13
Rebecca Ballhaus ’13 is a journalist and investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal. After graduating from Brown University in...
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Nov 14, 20218 min read
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Redistrict Me This [Nebraska Edition: Part I]: An Interview with Senator Dan Hughes
Redistrict Me This is a series of interviews with state legislators from across the United States. Conducted beginning in spring 2021,...
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Apr 12, 202118 min read


The History and Return of Press Briefings
Many administrations have entered and exited the White House in the last 100 years. However, what has remained constant over time is how...
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Mar 11, 20215 min read


The Gatekeepers to Online Discourse: An Interview with Daphne Keller ’95
Daphne Keller ’95 is a law professor at Stanford University and is the director of the Program on Platform Regulation at Stanford’s Cyber...
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Jan 20, 202110 min read


Democracy’s Undemocratic Transition of Power
As the majority of US voters celebrate President-elect Joe Biden’s seemingly convincing victory in last week’s election, political...
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Dec 9, 20207 min read


Is Democracy Dying?
Freedom House, a nonpartisan watchdog organization dedicated to the expansion of freedom and documenting the progress of democracy,...
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Nov 27, 20205 min read


Trump was not the champion of legal immigration he claimed to be
Four years after President Trump’s campaign against illegal immigration helped him get elected, he has sucessfully reduced all forms of...
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Nov 18, 20204 min read


TikTok and WeChat: Threats or Scapegoats?
Tensions between the United States and China, fueled by a combination of American enmity towards the global rise of China, President...
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Nov 11, 20206 min read


Status and Responsibility: The Decline of American International Prestige in the Trump Era
In 50 years, how will we view the Trump presidency? Will it be through the lens of a decline in civilized political discourse, a rise in...
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May 30, 20205 min read


Shrewd Likud
Even after eleven years in office and three indictments for corruption, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s political...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Those Were the Days – BPR Interviews: Norman Lear
Norman Lear is a writer, producer, and political activist best known for sitcoms All in the Family, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time,...
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May 15, 20205 min read


How President Trump is Destroying Freedom of Speech in Corporate America
President Trump, the Right’s poster child of free speech, is actually doing everything he can to restrict it. Throughout his tumultuous...
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Apr 8, 20205 min read


Who Let the Dogs Out: Trump’s Aversion to Presidential Pets
In a heated primary that has seen the Democratic hopefuls castigate nearly every dimension of Donald Trump’s presidency, Joe Biden...
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Jan 8, 20204 min read


Selling Smoke Under Fire
Five decades ago, restaurants, parks, and schools were shrouded in a cloud of smoke, and U.S. Surgeon General Luther Terry was trying to...
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Dec 31, 20194 min read


Privatization Under U.S. Sanctions: The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ Path to Power in Iran
Amidst the increasing tensions in Persian Gulf, the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei ordered Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards...
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Nov 21, 20195 min read


The need for American prudence: Losing leverage with Iran
President Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” has resulted in nothing but failure. The administration’s tendency to aggressively apply...
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Oct 30, 20195 min read
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