Long lines, shoddy preparations and incomprehensible rules: The US voting process is marred by these well-documented problems. But these...

The Republican Party is like a bunch of awkward guys on dates — trying very hard, but having trouble winning over women. With the midterm...

As the August recess approached, congressional attention was seized by a slew of unexpected agenda items. The human rights crisis...

“We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations,”...

John Dennis is running against Majority Leader Pelosi this November. Art by Katrina Machado John Dennis’ next few months look rough....

Art by Emily Reif Since the founding of America, religion has always been both a powerful influence and a blunt weapon in political...

BPR’s live blog of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. The Brown Political Review is the best place to keep updated on...

In an astonishing display of contrition, last Thursday President Obama apologized to Americans who are losing their health insurance...

It’s hard to get a straight answer on the Affordable Care Act. Conversation on every component of the law is hugely partisan;...

If you only watch one video this week, make it this one. Madison Kimrey, a 12-year-old from North Carolina, is already a force to be...

If Congress did nothing else effectively in October, it served as a fantastic nicotine patch (metaphorically speaking) for my Breaking...

President Obama will officially nominate Janet Yellen, Brown class of ’67, for chairwoman of the Federal Reserve this coming Wednesday....

Rhode Island governor Lincoln Chafee, currently an independent, announced this week that he will become a Democrat. This move culminates...

At first, the answer to this question is easy. Another term in the White House, two additional Senate seats, and eight new blue...

Obama isn’t the only candidate whose numbers are rising. So is the collective fate of a Senate that could remain in Democratic hands....