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BPR Interviews: Ha-Joon Chang
Dr. Ha-Joon Chang is currently a professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge. Born in 1960s South Korea, Chang used his humble...
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Nov 15, 20164 min read


BPR Interviews: Werner Weidenfeld
Werner Weidenfeld is a German political scientist and served as the director of German-US relations for the German government. A...
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Nov 13, 20166 min read


BPR Interviews: Jacob Soboroff
Jacob Soboroff is a political correspondent for MSNBC. He has covered elections since 2008, when he began interviewing presidential...
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Nov 13, 20164 min read


BPR Interviews: Ben King
Ben King is the cofounder and outreach director of Amish PAC, a super PAC for conservative Amish voters in swing states such as...
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Nov 13, 20164 min read


BPR Interviews: Anthony Foxx
Anthony Foxx is the current United States Secretary of Transportation. He was unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 2013. Secretary Foxx...
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Nov 13, 20165 min read


BPR Interviews: Tamara Keith
Photo Credit: Caitlin Sanders, NPR. Tamara Keith is a White House correspondent for NPR and is currently covering the presidential...
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Nov 13, 20163 min read


BPR Interviews: Dr. Joyce Banda
Dr. Joyce Banda served as the first female president of Malawi from 2012 to 2014 and founded the People’s Party in 2011. Prior to serving...
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Nov 13, 20165 min read


Separatism Rises Anew in Cataluña
Four years ago, a mass demonstration in Barcelona to celebrate La Diada, Cataluña’s national holiday, triggered the latest in a long line...
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Nov 13, 20164 min read


The Digital Dream: Prosperity Through the Internet
Imagine living in virtual darkness: zero access to Internet connection in your home; shut out from scientific and technological...
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Nov 12, 20167 min read


Updating the Government Fine System for Improved IT Infrastructure
It’s a rare occurrence for a large corporation to lose a lawsuit to the federal government and have it result in a hefty fine. But when...
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Nov 12, 20165 min read


India and Pakistan: Second Cold War, Third World War?
On September 17th, the latent tension between South Asian heavyweights India and Pakistan escalated into overt hostility after an attack...
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Nov 12, 20166 min read


BPR Election Coverage
Live results and analysis of the 2016 US elections
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Nov 8, 20161 min read


The French Educational Algorithm of Inefficiency
Much like in the US presidential election, politicians in France must grapple with complex issues involving public education. The...
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Nov 8, 20166 min read


High Hopes for Industrial Hemp Farming
Before hemp became known as a mascot for hippies everywhere, it was used as a crop in various civilizations around the world for more...
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Nov 8, 20165 min read


Standards Deviation: Discrimination in Charter Schools
While the proposition to legalize marijuana has taken up the most oxygen of Massachusetts’ ballot initiatives, another issue is just as...
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Nov 7, 20165 min read


Hillary and the Boys: Support from the Gay Community
The gay community represents one of the most loyal and ardent voting blocks for the Democratic Party, and despite this election cycle’s...
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Nov 7, 20166 min read


Something’s Fishy: The flaw in the Buy America policy
Since tuna fish became a staple food for the Baby Boomer Generation, the tuna fish industry has enjoyed an outsized role in the American...
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Nov 6, 20164 min read


Redrawing the Poverty Line: The most important statistic in America
Statistically speaking, the US government understands poverty about as well as Marie Antoinette did. For the last 60 years, the United...
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Nov 6, 20165 min read


Preaching to the Choir: Does the IRS limit free speech?
The first day of a Trump presidency would include a seemingly mundane priority: asking Congress to change the language contained on an...
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Nov 6, 20169 min read


Red State, Blue City: How state governments fight city hall
Despite winning the last two presidential elections, Democrats are in serious trouble at just about every other level of government....
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Nov 6, 20165 min read
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