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BPR Interviews: Edward Luce
Edward Luce is the US national editor and columnist at the Financial Times. Luce was previously the speechwriter for the US Treasury...
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Mar 21, 20208 min read


BPR Interviews: Margo Okazawa-Rey
A radical African-American and Japanese, transnational feminist, Margo Okazawa-Rey is currently the Barbara Lee Distinguished Professor...
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Mar 19, 202017 min read


BPR Interviews: Candace Owens
Candace Owens is a conservative commentator and political activist. She is the founder of BLEXIT (Black Exit), a movement dedicated to...
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Mar 16, 20207 min read


BPR Interviews: Vartan Gregorian
Vartan Gregorian is the twelfth president of the philanthropic foundation Carnegie Corporation of New York. Prior to his current...
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Mar 12, 20207 min read


BPR Interviews: Paul Graham
Paul Graham is a programmer, writer, and investor. In 1995, he and Robert Morris started Viaweb, the first software as a service company....
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Mar 11, 20207 min read


BPR Interviews: Bill McKibben
William Ernest “Bill” McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist. His 1989 book “The End of Nature” is widely...
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Mar 9, 20206 min read


BPR Interviews: Oliver Withers on Rhino Impact Investing
In his capacity as the Head of Conservation Finance and Enterprise at the Zoological Society of London, Oliver Withers leads the Rhino...
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Mar 7, 202010 min read


BPR Interviews: Sharel Cassity
Sharel Cassity is a Chicago-based saxophonist and educator who has played with Herbie Hancock, Wynton Marsalis, Aretha Franklin, among...
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Mar 7, 20208 min read


BPR Interviews: Jonah Bennett on Governance and its Future
Jonah Bennett is the Editor-in-Chief of Palladium Magazine, an online publication out of the SF Bay Area focusing on issues of...
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Mar 7, 20208 min read


City Upon a Bill: The Politics of Municipal Incorporation
US history is peppered with instances of communities seeking political independence from government authorities. In the 19th century, a...
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Mar 2, 20205 min read


Warrior for the People: BPR Interviews Thomas Evans
Thomas Evans was born and raised in Central Falls, Rhode Island and is striving to give back to his community by running for City...
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Mar 2, 202012 min read


Whose Pipeline Is It Anyway?
It has taken three years and one pipeline for the Trump administration to respond to Vladimir Putin’s increasingly hostile Russia. Since...
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Mar 2, 20206 min read


Cryptomining, Post-Soviet Nationalism, and Monetary Sovereignty in Abkhazi and Transnistria
Along the continental rift between Europe and Asia exists another border: that between three globally recognized countries and their four...
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Mar 2, 20206 min read


The Huawei Question: The U.S. Campaign Against the Booming Chinese Tech Giant
Chinese technology and telecommunication company Huawei is a rising giant in the global marketplace. However, China is increasingly...
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Mar 2, 20206 min read


Repetitive Mistakes: Mexico’s New National Guard
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s (AMLO) historical and unprecedented electoral win was met with high hopes of transformative change, but due...
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Mar 1, 20206 min read


Vouching Against School Vouchers
In today’s divisive sociopolitical climate, the subsidization of private education in the United States has become yet another polarized,...
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Mar 1, 20205 min read


First in the Nation: How the Presidential Primary Calendar Prioritizes White Voters
As caucuses in Iowa closed on February 3rd, Americans waited with bated breath to learn which Democratic candidates will have an early...
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Mar 1, 20205 min read


It’s Time to Hold Big Tech Accountable For Political Censorship
For years, conservatives in America have railed against Big Tech companies, including Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube, for using...
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Mar 1, 20206 min read


Coronavirus: The Racism of Fear
As of February 9, 2020, the Coronavirus outbreak has claimed over 600 lives and infected over 80,000. The figures have surpassed the SARS...
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Mar 1, 20205 min read


Force Advertising: The Problem with Military Ads
Dramatic music. Aerial shots of imposing ships. Rugged soldiers storming a battlefield to sonorous narration. The clip ends on the emblem...
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Mar 1, 20205 min read
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