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BPR Interviews: Lieutenant David Bissonnette
Lieutenant David Bissonnette has been a Rhode Island police officer for 19 years and a Use of Force & Police Arrest and Control...
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Jul 7, 202014 min read


BPR Interviews: Rachel A. Pickens
Rachel A. Pickens is a civil-rights attorney who graduated college from Boston University and received her law degree from Loyola...
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Jul 7, 202012 min read


BPR Interviews: Matt the Knife
Matt The Knife is a mentalist, magician, lecturer, and former conman. MTK has broken twelve Guinness World Records. When he is not...
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Jun 8, 202016 min read
BPR statement on George Floyd, racism, and police violence
George Floyd’s life mattered. Like Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and too many others whose names we don’t know, Floyd was...
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Jun 5, 20202 min read


Status and Responsibility: The Decline of American International Prestige in the Trump Era
In 50 years, how will we view the Trump presidency? Will it be through the lens of a decline in civilized political discourse, a rise in...
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May 30, 20205 min read


M is for Medicine
James Casey remembered the fireworks. The painted skies of his childhood filled him with wonder and joy. But everything changed when he...
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May 29, 20205 min read


The Fragility of Progress
Across South America, 2019 was a year of unrest. Protests erupted in Ecuador, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, and Peru as citizens became...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Small, Green, and Mighty: Taiwan’s quest for energy independence
Taiwan is running on empty, and importing fuel won’t fix the root problem: The island is in desperate need of its own energy supply. In...
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May 29, 20203 min read


Defending the Land
Before dawn on February 6, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) in the western Canadian province of British Columbia (BC) raided the...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Count MENA In
Sarah Shabbar grew up with an identity problem. As a child, she was constantly reminded by her community to be proud of her Jordanian...
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May 29, 20203 min read


Vouching for Vouchers
Since the landmark Citizens United decision of 2010, U.S. elections have become less about voters and their voices and more about the...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Moonifest Destiny
“Moon colonies” or “Moon bases” are dismissed by many as the stuff of science fiction, only possible in the distant future. These people...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Bundles of Joy
Approximately one-third of births in the US are C-sections, a strikingly high proportion compared to similarly developed countries. Yet...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Mixed Member Pandemonium
Political insults in South Korea make American politics look tame. Liberals call conservatives “authoritarian pro-Japanese traitors,”...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Shrewd Likud
Even after eleven years in office and three indictments for corruption, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s political...
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May 29, 20205 min read
Popularizing the Popular Vote
As the United States enters a new presidential campaign season, discussions about the Electoral College are bound to resurface. The...
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May 29, 20203 min read


Superfund Me
Silicon Valley has a secret. Beneath its comically unaffordable real estate lie 23 federally designated sites of toxic waste, 8 more than...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Time for a Change
Twice a year, over 300 million Americans in 48 states wind their clocks one hour forward in the spring and then backward in the fall, in...
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May 29, 20203 min read


Funny Business: Why comedy is good for politics
Long before he became ensnared in Trump’s infamous quid pro quo, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was a joke. The famous comedian...
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May 29, 20205 min read


Preaching Preservation: Religious Leaders and Climate Change
Water scarcity currently affects billions of people worldwide. In the coming years, it is expected to become increasingly severe due to...
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May 28, 20204 min read
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