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BPR Interviews: Bill Keller
Bill Keller is the editor-in-chief of The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization focused on the American criminal justice...
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Mar 28, 20164 min read


Protected or Not? Washington Redskins and Free Speech
The battle over the derogatory term, Redskins, ballooned into a fight over freedom of speech last month when the American Civil Liberties...
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Apr 20, 20155 min read


What’s in a Name? The Legacy of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town
For the past few weeks, students at the University of Cape Town have been demonstrating in protest of the Cecil Rhodes statue situated...
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Apr 19, 20153 min read


To Live and Die In Dixie: History and Reality In the Deep South
The flag of South Carolina is a white palm tree against a blue background, meant to represent liberty, heroics and independence emulated...
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Mar 20, 20155 min read


The Far Right in Sweden
When discussing racism or intolerance in the context of nations, chances are Sweden is not the first country that comes to mind. The...
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Nov 16, 20144 min read


Debasing Basketball: Using Racism to Turn a Profit
A new piece of wreckage recently floated onto the NBA’s shore, riding the waves of racism that emerged from the Donald Sterling debacle....
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Sep 29, 20144 min read


Ask David Corn Anything: Race and the Obama Paradox
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn. In the latest...
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Jun 23, 20141 min read


Come on Barbie, Let’s Go Party?
One would like to assume that if we, as a society, are going to inundate a child’s mind with a stimulus, such a stimulus would be...
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Mar 26, 20143 min read


Solidarity for (All) Women, Please
Today is February 27 and although it may not be apparent, we are at a transition of immense significance. As we move from Black History...
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Feb 26, 20142 min read


BPR Interview: James Forman
James Forman ’88, Clinical Professor of Law at Yale Law School, talks to Brown Political Review’s Annette Lopez. Professor Forman teaches...
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Dec 3, 201314 min read


It’s September, Get Informed: Title VII Shenanigans
Well, readers, we’ve reached that point—the air is cooling, the Autumnal Equinox has come and gone, and the calendar reads October. These...
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Oct 2, 20136 min read


Negro President and the “Three-Fifths Fail”
I’ll start with the low-down: there’s a good chance many in the political arena don’t fully understand the Three-Fifths Clause. And when...
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Mar 13, 20134 min read
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