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Census 2020: Historically Underrepresented: College Students?
At a recent event in Providence, RI held to train community partners and activists in getting out the count in underrepresented...
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May 28, 20206 min read


ESG Factors: Investing in the Future
With over $7 trillion in assets under management, BlackRock is the world’s largest investment management firm. So, when BlackRock CEO...
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May 28, 20204 min read


Brexit’s Threat to English Soccer
The English Premier League (EPL) is a colossal industry and a pillar of English society. In the 2017/2018 season, England’s top soccer...
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May 27, 20206 min read


An Uncertain Future: European Leadership Amid the US Retreat
Europe is in the throes of a leadership crisis. For signs of mounting concerns over a possible leadership vacuum, look no further than...
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May 27, 20207 min read


Cutting Ties: Cameroon’s Path to Monetary Autonomy
In the midst of electoral fraud and corruption scandals, President Paul Biya of Cameroon visited the 2019 French military Bastille Day...
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May 26, 20207 min read


Breaking Barriers to Accessibility: An Interview with Judy Heumann
Judy Heumann is an internationally renowned and lifelong disability rights activist. Her tireless efforts on behalf of the disability...
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May 25, 20205 min read


Teaching Ethics in Computer Science, Part II
OVERVIEW: In the second episode of a two-part series, hosts Morgan Awner ’21 and Rachel Lim ’21 examine how Brown’s Computer Science...
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May 23, 202011 min read


Harm and Inefficacy: the U.S. sanctions on Cuba
Over a span of 43 years and across 8 American presidencies, the CIA came up with or executed plans to assassinate former Cuban leader...
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May 22, 20205 min read


A Case for Listening to Anti-Vaxxers
Climate change deniers, flat-earthers, and anti-vaxxers sit around the same table when it comes to rejecting science in favor of...
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May 22, 20205 min read


Ending Federal Funding for Abstinence-Only Education
The quality, content, and mere presence of sex-education varies wildly across the United States. Only 29 states and the District of...
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May 22, 20206 min read


Nail Salons: Polishing Over a Chipped Foundation
Anatomy of a nail salon: aromatic chemicals circulate in small rooms. Gleaming rows of nail polish bottles stretch in rainbows along the...
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May 21, 20205 min read


A Looming Crisis: The National Debt
The national debt currently stands at almost $25 trillion, with interest of $382 billion. However, it receives minimal attention. Since...
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May 21, 20207 min read


When Empathy Goes Too Far: Preserving Compassion in Identity Politics
When Michael Harriot advises white people to “know the line” in his article “7 Rules for White People with Black Friends,” his...
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May 21, 20206 min read


Emojicracy: Democratizing the Emoji Committee
In June 2016, an armed shooter opened fire in a gay nightclub in Florida, bringing international prominence to two words. The first was...
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May 21, 20204 min read


BPR Interviews: Vera Molnár
Vera Molnár, considered by many scholars and historians to be the world’s first female digital artist, began her career in the mid-1940s....
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May 19, 20207 min read


Teaching Ethics in Computer Science, Part I
OVERVIEW: In this episode, hosts Morgan Awner ’21 and Rachel Lim ’21 examine how Brown’s Computer Science department has implemented an...
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May 17, 202011 min read


Those Were the Days – BPR Interviews: Norman Lear
Norman Lear is a writer, producer, and political activist best known for sitcoms All in the Family, The Jeffersons, One Day at a Time,...
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May 15, 20205 min read


BPR Interviews: Seal
Seal Henry Olusegun Olumide Adeola Samuel, best known by his mononym Seal, is a singer and songwriter. Born in the United Kingdom and of...
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May 8, 202014 min read
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The Waco Siege – BPR Interviews: David Thibodeau [Part 2]
*Part one of this interview is located here. David Thibodeau is a survivor of the 1993 siege against Mount Carmel, the Branch Davidian...
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May 5, 20208 min read
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The Waco Siege – BPR Interviews: Gary Noesner [Part 2]
*Part one of this interview is located here. Gary Noesner was Chief Hostage Negotiator for the first half of the siege on the Branch...
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May 5, 20209 min read
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