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A Former US Spy Chief on the Pride of Public Service: An Interview with Dan Coats
Dan Coats served as Director of National Intelligence from 2017 to 2019. He was appointed to this position by President Donald Trump. A...
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Nov 3, 20227 min read
The Rising Tide: Floods in Pakistan Demonstrate the Need for a Higher Level of Journalism on Climate
As Hurricane Ian pounded Florida, we in the United States were once again reminded of the devastating impact of climate change. With...
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Nov 3, 20225 min read
On Dobbs: It’s Time for White Feminists to Show They Care About More Than Themselves
The future isn’t female anymore. Or so says the widely circulated New York Times article written by Michelle Goldberg in which she...
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Oct 31, 20225 min read
The Fall of the ANC: What a Change in Power Means for South Africa’s Future
In 1994, the world applauded as Nelson Mandela won the presidential election in South Africa. His landmark victory signified the end of...
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Oct 31, 20226 min read
Hand in Your Earrings and Pick Up Your Flag! Xi Jinping’s Marrying of Chinese Patriotism and Traditi
In 2019, some Chinese viewers relaxing at home may have been surprised upon turning on their televisions. The ears of some of the men on...
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Oct 31, 20224 min read
The Oxymoron of Child Marriage in the United States
In spring of this year, Tennessee legislators proposed a bill to create alternative legal pathways to marriage that left out an essential...
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Oct 31, 20224 min read
Beyoncé is Right: America Has a Problem, and it’s Monuments
On September 20, 2022 the Washington Monument was one of many recent “victims” of vandalism. That following Wednesday, the west side of...
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Oct 31, 20225 min read
Senate Midterm Forecast Model
Welcome to the Brown Political Review’s 2022 senate midterm forecast model! NOTICE: Our map and histogram have finished updating for the...
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Oct 30, 20222 min read
Feeling Like a Fraud? Welcome to the Club.
As you stroll around the Main Green, the daily bells echo across the busy campus—the starting gun to run to your next class. In that...
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Oct 28, 20225 min read
The Facade of Worker Power
For the past two years, the nature of work in the United States changed drastically. From March 2021 to July 2022, at least 3.7 million...
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Oct 28, 20224 min read
Iranian Protests, the Religious State, and American Interventionism
The death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian, in Tehran on September 16, 2022, has triggered a series of protests and...
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Oct 27, 20224 min read
Polarization, Covid-19, and Social Media: An Interview with Ezra Klein
Photo credit: Lucas Foglia Ezra Klein is a New York Times opinion columnist and host of the podcast The Ezra Klein Show. Before moving to...
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Oct 26, 20225 min read
The Housing Games
As of late, rising rent has increasingly plagued large cities across the United States. Homeownership is a crucial aspect of building...
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Oct 26, 20225 min read
Split Personality Politics: National Political Polarization’s Impact on State Candidate Positi
Although the November midterms will not involve voting in a president, these elections will prove monumental in determining Republicans’...
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Oct 26, 20226 min read
The Black Church and Leftist Political Organizing
The Christian church plays a significant role in the lives of Black people across the United States. 97 percent of Black adults believe...
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Oct 26, 20225 min read
Juvenile Criminal Justice: The Benefits of a more Lenient Youth Policy
President Biden’s recent move to pardon federal marijuana offenders has drawn attention to the punitive nature of the American criminal...
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Oct 26, 20227 min read
Public School Funding and Making More Out of Less: An Interview With Dr. Michael Kirst
Dr. Michael W. Kirst is Professor Emeritus of Education and Business Administration at Stanford University and the longest-serving...
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Oct 25, 20226 min read
The Modernization of Government and Politics in the 21st Century: An Interview with Congressman Dean
Congressman Dean Phillips was elected to represent Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District the United States House of Representatives in...
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Oct 25, 20229 min read
“This is a War”: How Pro-Israel Politics Is Upending Democratic Primaries
Many of the most contentious Democratic primaries for House seats this past election cycle shared something in common: outside money, in...
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Oct 25, 20224 min read
The Cycle of Controversial Commentary: Why DeSantis’ Stunt at Martha’s Vineyard Made Him Even More P
On September 14, nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants were flown from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard without their full consent in a move...
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Oct 24, 20225 min read
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