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WEBBrown Political Review is Brown University’s entirely student-written and student-run, nonpartisan magazine for political journalism. Founded in 2012, BPR aims to bring high-quality reporting on regional, national, and international politics to Brown, the Providence community, and beyond. Brown Political Review publishes a print magazine four times a year and updates this website daily with ...
The Linguistic Colonialism of English - Brown Political Review
WEBApr 25, 2017 · The Linguistic Colonialism of English. Some argue that the historical and current bloodshed of Western imperialism has transformed the English language into a universal tool of communication. Through centuries of colonialism, neocolonialism, Cold War expansionism, and, most recently, globalization, the …
Beyond Paper Genocide: Taíno Recognition in Puerto Rico
WEBFeb 17, 2022 · In 2018, a team from the Center for Geogenetics at the University of Copenhagen managed to reconstruct the complete Taíno genome using an 8th to 10th century Taíno skeleton. The researchers were able to establish “clear similarities” between modern Puerto Ricans and Taíno genetic ancestry. Historians such as …
Let Them Eat Cheese: How Vulnerable Populations Pay for the US …
WEBMay 28, 2018 · ne hundred feet underground, temperatures normally hover around 58 degrees Fahrenheit. In this man-made cave, however, it’s a cool 36. An elaborate system of pumps runs a steady stream of coolants from aboveground to protect the buried inventory. Thousands of red, orange, and yellow barrels line the floor like an industrial sunset, each oversized trashcan weighing 680 pounds and filled […]
A Journey Through Investigative Reporting: An Interview with …
WEBNov 14, 2021 · Rebecca Ballhaus ’13 is a journalist and investigative reporter for The Wall Street Journal. After graduating from Brown University in 2013, she has covered areas of politics such as daily news, campaign finance, and the White House under the Trump administration. Notably, she was part of a team that was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for their investigative work, “Trump’s Hush […]
Lessons of 2008: What the US Learned from the Great Recession
WEBNov 12, 2020 · The recent history of the world economy has been one scarred with recurring crises. The financial crisis of 2008 delivered a severe blow to the global economy, but it would be dwarfed in 2020 by the recession induced by the Covid-19 pandemic. In both instances, economists largely agreed upon the urgency of substantive expansionary monetary and fiscal policy.
Hispanic College Enrollment: Years of Progress Stunted by the …
WEBOct 23, 2021 · The number of Hispanic students in community college increased by 1.7% in 2020, but it decreased by 13.7% in 2021. The fall in Hispanic student college enrollment is especially alarming, after nearly two decades of progress. The Covid-19 pandemic impacted the Hispanic population by exacerbating existing problems and creating new challenges.
Minnesota: Land of 10,000 Progressive Policies
WEBOct 29, 2023 · Minnesota, long a purple state, finally won a Democratic trifecta in 2022, allowing it to pass progressive policy for the first time in years. Its success, in spite of the odds, provides lessons for deep-blue states which have experienced legislative stagnation.
Complex Voter Systems and their Contribution to Voter Suppression
WEBJan 19, 2021 · Voting should be simple. It shouldn’t require standing 11 hours in line. It shouldn’t cause thousands of ballots to be thrown out because of technical errors.The exercise of a constitutional right shouldn’t require dedication and diligence. Put simply, voting should be easy. Simplistic, efficient, and modernized nationwide voter registration systems are essential to increasing voter ...
Religion, Politics, and Truth: An Interview with Simon Blackburn
WEBJul 13, 2021 · Simon Blackburn is one of the world’s leading academic philosophers. Over the course of his extensive career, Mr. Blackburn has taught at Oxford University, the University of Cambridge, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has published countless books and essays on topics ranging from the philosophy of language to the nature of truth to atheism. Additionally, […]