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Tomato Soup and Mashed Potatoes: Recipe for Nothing
Two anti-fossil fuel activists throw tomato soup on a Van Gogh, glue themselves to a wall, and ask: “What is worth more: art or life?”...
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Nov 15, 20226 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 Step, Not the Solution: The Shortcomings of Biden’s Plan for Student Debt Cancellation
In August, the Biden administration announced it would cancel $10,000 of student debt for all federal borrowers making less than $125,000...
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Nov 15, 20225 min read


The Integration of Ukrainian Refugees into the Education System in Germany and Poland
Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022, millions of Ukrainians have been displaced, both within and outside the...
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Nov 15, 20224 min read


Where is China Headed?: An Interview with Eunice Yoon
*This interview was conducted on June 21, 2022. Eunice Yoon is a correspondent and bureau chief with CNBC based in Beijing. She is most...
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Nov 14, 20225 min read


Interpreting Sri Lanka’s Organic Farming Failure
On July 9, 2022, more than 100,000 Sri Lankan protesters stormed the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, forcing the president to...
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Nov 14, 20225 min read


All Roads Lead to Beijing: The Sino-Angolan Trade Relationship and Unserious Accusations of Neocolon
In the last few decades, the government of the People’s Republic of China has sought to grow its influence in not only the Indo-China...
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Nov 14, 20225 min read


Nicaragua: Putin’s New Client State
On June 11, 2022, the Nicaraguan Government under President Daniel Ortega authorized Russian military forces to enter the country for the...
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Nov 14, 20225 min read


Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan Leaves Hazaras Uniquely Vulnerable
In recent weeks, #StopHazaraGenocide has raced to the top of social media users’ feeds, drawing upwards of six million tweets. The...
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Nov 13, 20225 min read


To Support All Working Americans, We Must Support Railroad Workers
In the early hours of September 15, 2022, the Biden administration closed a tentative deal between union negotiators and railroad...
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Nov 13, 20225 min read


Parasites, Paradise: US Military Installations in Micronesia
In 2021, the United States announced plans to construct two new military installations in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) and...
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Nov 13, 20224 min read


Iranian Citizens Approaching a Revolutionary Breaking Point
On September 13, Mahsa Amini, a young Iranian woman, was detained in Tehran by the Iranian morality police. Three days later, she died in...
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Nov 8, 20224 min read


The Jones Act: The Protectionist Relic Strangling the US Economy
After Hurricane Ian devastated large swaths of the island, Puerto Rico faces a colossal task: rebuilding its critical infrastructure and...
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Nov 7, 20224 min read


Decolonizing America: American Samoa
The United States of America is still a colonial empire. What began as colonies and island possessions around the world have now simply...
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Nov 6, 20225 min read


Thanks Chouinard, But This Won’t Solve Anything
Yvon Chouinard, the founder and CEO of outdoor apparel company Patagonia, has recently announced that he will be giving away his $3...
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Nov 6, 20226 min read


Make Civil Service, Not Civil War
The United States currently faces the highest level of political polarization since the Civil War. Partisan animosity is reaching a...
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Nov 6, 20225 min read


Unpacking BPR’s 2022 Senate Midterm Model
In this episode of BPRadio, Elijah Dahunsi and Asher Labovich discuss the Brown Political Review’s first-ever midterm prediction model....
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Nov 6, 20221 min read


Framing the Narrative: How Conservatives do it Right
Following the conservative victory of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, LGBTQ+ rights have taken the political spotlight....
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Nov 6, 20225 min read


Biden’s Marijuana Pardon Does Not Go Far Enough: The Case for Legalization
President Joe Biden pardoned all US citizens convicted on federal charges for simple possession of marijuana on October 6 this year. This...
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Nov 4, 20224 min read


China’s Population Crisis May Be Its Achilles’ Heel
If you randomly select five people across the globe, statistically, one of them will be Chinese. According to the Seventh National Census...
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Nov 4, 20227 min read
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