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Doing Business: Politics and Bias at the IMF, World Bank
The future of multilateralism hangs in the balance. At least, that was the thought running through then-CEO of the World Bank Kristalina...
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Nov 22, 20216 min read


How the Tipped Minimum Wage Furthers the Wealth Gap Against Black Americans
As restaurants reopen across the nation, “we’re hiring” signs can be found in nearly every storefront, revealing the food service...
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Nov 19, 20216 min read


Hunter’s Laptop, Deepfakes, and the Arbitration of Truth
In April 2019, a man who may or may not have been Hunter Biden walked into a Delaware computer repair shop. The man dropped off a...
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Nov 18, 20219 min read


Reforming Our Democracy – What We Learned from the 2020 Election and What Comes Next: An Inter
Lawrence Norden is the director of the Election Reform Program at the Brennan Center for Justice, where he leads the Center’s work in a...
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Nov 18, 202110 min read


Black Students at Brown Continue to Exist in the Face of Anti-Blackness
It is 3:00 a.m. on a Saturday in Providence, RI. Dusk has fallen over College Hill—a neighborhood with very low crime rates compared to...
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Nov 17, 20215 min read


This Could Be Labor’s Battle of Saratoga… Or Its Waterloo
Cesar Chavez, a United Farm Workers (UFW) leader, began his hunger strike on February 15, 1968, and went on to go for a total of 25 days...
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Nov 17, 20214 min read


In Defense of the Filibuster: An Interview with Richard Arenberg
Richard A. Arenberg is a Senior Fellow in International and Public Affairs and a Visiting Professor of Political Science at Brown...
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Nov 17, 202113 min read


The United States Is Still Wronging Its Indigenous Communities
The age-adjusted Covid-19 mortality rate is now higher for American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) than for any other group. Those...
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Nov 16, 20216 min read


A Public Health Response to Violence: An Interview With Courtney Bryan
Courtney Bryan is the executive director of the Center for Court Innovation, a New York City-based nonprofit that pilots innovative...
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Nov 16, 20218 min read


Examining the “Wellness”-to-Far-Right-Conspiracy Pipeline
Of the many potent images that emerged from the January 6 Capitol riot, few gained more recognition than the photos of Jacob Chansley....
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Nov 15, 20214 min read


Fixing America’s Care Infrastructure: The Case for Expanding Long-Term Care
In the course of their internal negotiations over their planned reconciliation bill, congressional Democrats have debated several...
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Nov 15, 20214 min read


Lessons in Law, Leadership, and Leading a ‘Good Life’: An Interview with Jeh Johnson
Jeh Johnson served as Secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2017 and General Counsel of the Department of Defense from 2009 to...
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Nov 15, 202118 min read


A Journey Through Investigative Reporting: An Interview with Rebecca Ballhaus ’13
Rebecca Ballhaus ’13 is a journalist and investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal. After graduating from Brown University in...
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Nov 14, 20218 min read


The Environmental Movement Must Not Let Concerns about Air Pollution Fall to the Wayside
Air pollution kills somewhere between 90,000 and 360,000 Americans every year, making it one of the leading causes of death in the United...
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Nov 13, 20214 min read


Why American Universities Should Abolish Religious Exemptions for the Covid-19 Vaccine: A Constituti
The wall of separation between church and state is a perennial conflict in the United States. While freedom of religion is a protected...
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Nov 13, 20215 min read


Tech Entrepreneurs, Venture Capitalists, and the New Age of Corporate Misgovernance
The core mission of venture capital (VC) is to fund incredible ideas, so that those ideas may one day become realities. In many ways...
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Nov 11, 20217 min read


Prison Education and Mass Incarceration: An Interview with Amy Remensnyder
Amy Remensnyder is a Professor of History at Brown University. She specializes in the High Middle Ages and is the author of Remembering...
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Nov 11, 20219 min read


Poetry, Politics, and Public Spaces: An Interview with Tina Cane
Tina Cane is the current Poet Laureate of Rhode Island. As state poet, she has established Rhode Island’s Youth Poetry Ambassador program...
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Nov 10, 20218 min read


Law and the Fight for Liberation: An Interview with Gloria Browne-Marshall
Gloria Browne-Marshall is a civil rights attorney, renowned author, playwright, and Professor of Constitutional Law at John Jay College...
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Nov 9, 20219 min read


Can We Turn Back The Clock on Climate Change?
In 1989, UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher spoke to the UN General Assembly on a topic that, while seemingly pedantic at the time, was...
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Nov 9, 20214 min read
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