In February 2019, a federal judge in Texas ruled that it’s unconstitutional for women not to be required to register for the Selective...

In March 2019, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visited Lebanon for the first time. In a tense meeting with Lebanese officials, he stressed...

In the remote reaches of Kyrgyzstan, where legal services are hitherto nearly non-existent, a group of lawyers is bridging the...

In an era obsessed with buzzwords, what does it mean to be sustainable? Some might argue that sustainability is the relatively small,...

The recent passage of a gun control law in New Mexico has sparked debate over a new type of “sanctuary city.” The law closes a loophole...

Meatless “meat” is on the rise, and ranchers aren’t happy about it. People are increasingly turning to vegetarian and vegan substitutes...

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) took the city of Baghouz, ISIS’ last stronghold in Syria, in March. While formally the SDF still...

Norman Garrick is a Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Connecticut. His research is focused on sustainable...

Alan Eustace is a trained computer scientist and served as the Senior Vice President of Knowledge at Google. In 2014, he made the...

Godfrey Reggio is a contemporary documentary filmmaker who has pioneered a distinct film style interlaying visual images with soaring...

Jonathan Zimmerman is a professor of the history of education at the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. He...

Gayle Goldin is a Democratic State Senator in Rhode Island. Goldin has represented District 3 of Rhode Island since she was elected in...

Amazon’s Alexa has reshaped how millions of American consumers live and behave at home. We might think of Alexa as that robot we yell at...

https://soundcloud.com/bpr-chief-of-staff/thats-a-wrap Hosts Aidan Calvelli ’19 and Noah Cowan’19 reflect on the importance of student...

Hosts Aidan Calvelli ’19 and Noah Cowan ’19 give us some “Food for Thought” in our third episode of the season. Featuring interviews from...

Immediately after the terror attacks of 9/11, Congress quickly passed the PATRIOT Act to strengthen counterterrorism efforts across the...

Transfers of power in illiberal and authoritarian states are rarely fluid. We have very few examples of peaceful and lasting regime...

While there is still a long way to go in terms of positive representation of autism in entertainment media, a select few fictional...

Women now comprise a larger portion of college students than men, in part a reflection of their superior high-school grades. Yet, as one...

The growing presence of ‘fake news’ has drastically changed political discussions, with many fearing the larger ramifications of its...