top of page


College Sports: Affirmative Action for White People
The state of youth sports is far from what was portrayed in The Sandlot. Whereas youth sports used to be an inclusive, community-building...
chiefofstaff1
Dec 10, 20195 min read


Barriers to Higher Education: Beyond Admissions Scandals
Inequality is rampant throughout the college admissions process. In the 1930s, as societal norms began to favor inclusivity, universities...
chiefofstaff1
Apr 18, 20194 min read


Women Who Work: Ivanka Trump’s Personal Brand
2018 has been designated the Year of the Woman, and the midterm elections have confirmed the title. Though still far from attaining equal...
chiefofstaff1
Dec 3, 20184 min read


BPR Interviews: Jane Ward
Jane Ward is an associate professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of California, Riverside, where she teaches courses in...
chiefofstaff1
Mar 28, 20164 min read


Money Talks
What do George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, Ulysses S. Grant, Benjamin Franklin,...
chiefofstaff1
Apr 27, 20154 min read


Issues of Privilege in A Marginalized Community
Last February, Cornell University’s LGBTQ student group Direct Action to Stop Heterosexism (DASH) sent a letter to LGBTQ groups at Ivy...
chiefofstaff1
Feb 25, 20156 min read


Victim-Blaming, From Maryville to a College Near You
I wasn’t inclined to like Emily Yoffe’s recent Slate column, entitled “College Women: Stop Getting Drunk.” (No one gets between me and my...
chiefofstaff1
Oct 22, 20134 min read
bottom of page