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Dismantling the Black Box: Why Governments Should Demand Algorithmic Accountability
Predictive policing, a practice carried out by tools like CrimeScan and PredPol, uses algorithmic systems to predict geographic areas...
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Mar 29, 20195 min read


Jordanian Feminism and Countering Violent Extremism
Following the rise of Al Qaeda and ISIS, countering violent extremism has become an important issue in the Middle East. Throughout...
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Mar 29, 20194 min read


Locked Up Far Away From Home: The Problem of Distance in New York State Prisons
New York is the fourth largest state in the nation with approximately 20 million residents spread throughout the state. 43% of New...
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Mar 29, 20195 min read


The Historical Roots of the Social Credit System
During the Cultural Revolution, Xi Zhongxun, Xi Jinping’s father, was purged by student militants following Mao’s call to “bombard the...
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Mar 29, 20196 min read


The Deal with Drugs
Drugs are a scourge to society with the power to catalyze a major public health crisis. But on college campuses, they may simply be seen...
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Mar 28, 20199 min read


BPR Interviews: Carla Destefano
Carla DeStefano is the Executive Director of Stop Wasting Abandoned Property (SWAP), a nonprofit organization which seeks to provide...
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Mar 19, 20192 min read


BPR Interviews: Andrew Yang
Andrew Yang ’96 is an American entrepreneur and the Founder of Venture for America. For two decades, he has worked with startups and...
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Mar 17, 20193 min read


BPR Interviews: Mark Mullen
Mark Mullen was born in Dallas, Texas. He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1989 and later went on to be a Sloan fellow at London...
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Mar 17, 20194 min read


BPR Interviews: Peter Moscowitz
Peter Moscowitz is an author and journalist from New York City. He has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, VICE, Slate, and...
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Mar 17, 20194 min read


No GMOs in Svalbard: How the absence of genetically modified crops in the seed vault might lead to d
Just 650 miles south of the geographic North Pole, a remote Norwegian island chain called Svalbard persists through the bitter cold....
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Mar 8, 20195 min read


Appropriated Pseudonyms: The Ethics of Literary Hoaxes
In 2015, one of the selected poems in “The Best American Poetry” included Yi-Fen Chou’s “The Bees, the Flowers, Jesus, Ancient Tigers,...
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Mar 8, 20195 min read


Progressivism and Representation: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, and Voter Demographics
The historic number of women and people of color, most of whom were Democrats, elected to Congress was one of the biggest stories to come...
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Mar 8, 20195 min read


Minimal Improvement
On December 18, 2018, Congress passed the Formerly Incarcerated Reenter Society Transformed Safely Transitioning Each Person Act. As the...
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Mar 8, 20194 min read


No Evictions without Representation: Right to Counsel in Housing Courts
“You have the right to remain silent… You have the right to an attorney… If you cannot afford one, one will be provided for you at no...
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Mar 8, 20194 min read


Understanding the Central European University’s Ousting
When the Central European University (CEU) first faced slight pressure from Viktor Orban during the early 2000s, its role as a trusted...
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Mar 8, 20194 min read


The Grammar of Gender Inequality
It is easy to assume that our concepts of gender come from concrete portrayals in the media. We see pictures of buff men and dainty...
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Mar 8, 20196 min read


The Shifting Role of Film Censorship in China’s Political Dominance
Film censorship has always played a crucial role in the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) political ascendance and maintenance of power....
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Mar 6, 20195 min read


Borders, Roads, and a Tiny Nation’s Role in a Continental Struggle: Bhutan and the Sino-Indian Dokla
In the summer of 2017, China and India engaged in a 73-day border standoff on the Doklam Plateau, a 34 square mile piece of land disputed...
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Mar 6, 20195 min read


Border Control Sweeps Migrant Atrocities into the Desert and Out of the American Conscience
A gun-toting, foul-mouthed, lethal-force-authorized U.S. Border Patrol, a President who’s rally cry is fear-mongering xenophobia, a plan...
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Mar 6, 20195 min read


Syria: What Went Wrong
Inspired by the Arab Spring uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, a group of Syrian demonstrators took to the streets of Deraa to protest...
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Mar 6, 20194 min read
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