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‘Doing Justice’ Together: An Interview with Julie McCormack
*This interview is the third and last installment of BPR’s series, The Last Line of Defense: How Expansive Should the US Social Safety...
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Dec 21, 20217 min read
Why The UN Process Is Failing on Climate
Between October 31 and November 12, 2021, states gathered in Glasgow for the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26). The...
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Dec 21, 20216 min read
No Clean Coal: The Complexities of Financing South Africa’s Energy Transition
In the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa, the expanding Somkhele coal mine is tearing communities apart. Though many locals work for...
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Dec 20, 20211 min read
Image vs. Reality: The SNP’s record in Scotland
The United Kingdom’s union is a historic family of nations that has adapted and evolved for over three centuries. In recent years,...
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Dec 20, 20215 min read
Western Outlier, Colonial Rule? Human Rights and ‘Stability’ in Singapore
“I believe the choice between economic rights and human rights, between economic security and national security, is a false one.” In...
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Dec 20, 20215 min read
Facebook Knows Its Reckoning Is at Hand—and It Isn’t Ready
Facebook’s fundamental issues are as numerous as they are well-known. Posts on the platform played a key role in the January 6 Capitol...
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Dec 14, 20217 min read
In the Courts and in the Streets: The Student Clinic for Immigrant Justice and the Right to Asylum
In January 2020, I took the 30 minute drive from San Diego to the Otay Mesa Detention Center. From the winding road, I could see three...
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Dec 14, 20216 min read
The Strange Link Between Autocracy and Late-Industrial Development
In the 20th century, a select cast of East Asian governments completely redefined the international economic order. It was the era of the...
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Dec 13, 20215 min read
The GOP’s Mid-life Crisis: Economic Divergence
In recent years, figures within the Republican Party have broken from conservative economic orthodoxy to advocate for increasingly...
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Dec 13, 20216 min read
With a Low Approval Rating and Recent Electoral Defeats, It’s Clear: The Democratic Party Needs a Ne
In the last four months, American troops withdrew from the longest war in the nation’s history, the unemployment rate fell to...
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Dec 12, 20214 min read
Combining Teaching with Activism: An Interview with Charles V. Hamilton
Charles V. Hamilton is the Wallace S. Sayre Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Government at Columbia University. He has...
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Dec 12, 20214 min read
Driven to Disaster: Why Major Cities Must Abolish the Paid Taxicab Medallion System
The recent New York City taxicab driver hunger strike underscores a stark economic reality for cab drivers in major cities around the...
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Dec 10, 20214 min read
How America’s Cashless Economy Has Punished the Homeless for Being Poor
Over the last decade, the number of individuals living in New York City homeless shelters surged as high as 50% at times. The COVID-19...
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Dec 10, 20214 min read
How Japan’s Electoral System Promotes Patronage and Undermines Democracy
For all but four years since its formation in 1955, Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has maintained a firm grip on Japanese...
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Dec 8, 20215 min read
Muddying Moral Theology: An Interview with Alex O’Connor (Part 2)
Alex O’Connor is a prominent British advocate for animal rights and secularism. Over the past five years, he has frequently shared his...
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Dec 7, 20217 min read
We Must Think Beyond Climate Volunteerism, Both at Home and Abroad
Last month marked the 26th annual Conference of Parties (COP), a United Nations conference of over 200 countries dedicated to reducing...
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Dec 7, 20214 min read
Old Alliances, New Challenges: Afghanistan, the US, and the UK
The United States’s withdrawal from Afghanistan earlier this year was one of the most profound foreign policy choices the Biden...
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Dec 7, 20215 min read
The Case for Veganism: An Interview with Alex O’Connor (Part 1)
Alex O’Connor is a prominent British advocate for animal rights and secularism. Over the past five years, he has frequently shared his...
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Dec 5, 20217 min read
International Climate Plans Must Recognize the Plight of Small Island Nations
At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, otherwise known as COP26, the United Kingdom welcomed leaders from across the globe...
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Dec 4, 20216 min read
A Rabbi’s View on the Political Landscape: An Interview with Rabbi Preston Neimeiser
*This interview is the first installment of BPR’s latest series, Faith in Politics, which highlights the viewpoints of different...
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Dec 3, 20214 min read
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