“If they don’t pay,” President Donald Trump warned of NATO allies, “I’m not going to defend them.” Currently, his official position is that the United States would reconsider its defense commitments if its allies fail to demonstrate resol...
Tropical forests are one of our most crucial defenses against climate change, but they are disappearing at an alarming rate. A record 6.7 million hectares of rainforest were lost in 2024, largely due to agriculture and human-caused wildfires—result...
Picture this: You are freshly 16 years old, zooming down the New Jersey Turnpike with music blasting at 2 AM, hitting 103 miles per hour like it is nothing. The feeling is nipped by the glare of flashing blue lights. Panic does not set in, however, b...
Annette Lopez ’14 recently sat down with the Mayor of Providence, Angel Taveras. Mr. Taveras is currently running as the potential Democratic candidate for the governorship of Rhode Island. Brown Political Review: You’re currently running for gov...
Annette Lopez ’14 recently sat down with the Mayor of Providence, Angel Taveras. Mr. Taveras is currently running as the potential Democratic candidate for the governorship of Rhode Island. Brown Political Review: You’re currently running for gov...
Henry Knight spoke with Ethan Nadelmann, the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York-based non-profit advocating for more liberal drug laws. He was formerly a professor of political science at Princeton University. Brow...
Henry Knight spoke with Ethan Nadelmann, the founder and executive director of the Drug Policy Alliance, a New York-based non-profit advocating for more liberal drug laws. He was formerly a professor of political science at Princeton University. Brow...
Thomas Menino is the former longtime Mayor of Boston and co-founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. He was recently appointed co-director of Boston University’s Initiative on Cities. He recently sat down with BPR’s Sam Rubinstein. Brown...
Thomas Menino is the former longtime Mayor of Boston and co-founder of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. He was recently appointed co-director of Boston University’s Initiative on Cities. He recently sat down with BPR’s Sam Rubinstein. Brown...
BPR’s Benjamin Koatz spoke with George Ayittey, president of the Free Africa Foundation, associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and professor at American University. Dr. Ayittey has been named one of the top 100 public intellect...
BPR’s Benjamin Koatz spoke with George Ayittey, president of the Free Africa Foundation, associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute and professor at American University. Dr. Ayittey has been named one of the top 100 public intellect...
Diane Duke is the CEO of the Free Speech Coalition and former Senior Vice President of Planned Parenthood in Southwest Oregon. She previously worked with the Eugene Human Rights Commission fighting on behalf of marriage equality. She recently sat dow...
Diane Duke is the CEO of the Free Speech Coalition and former Senior Vice President of Planned Parenthood in Southwest Oregon. She previously worked with the Eugene Human Rights Commission fighting on behalf of marriage equality. She recently sat dow...
Dozens of Malaysian protesters recently dressed up like zombies to demonstrate what they perceive to be a fast-approaching, grim reality in their country — an Obama-backed free trade agreement that they believe will make vital medicine unaffordable...
Dozens of Malaysian protesters recently dressed up like zombies to demonstrate what they perceive to be a fast-approaching, grim reality in their country — an Obama-backed free trade agreement that they believe will make vital medicine unaffordable...
At the World Economic Forum in January, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stoked international controversy when he compared relations between China and Japan to those between Germany and Britain just before the outbreak of World War I. In that conte...
At the World Economic Forum in January, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe stoked international controversy when he compared relations between China and Japan to those between Germany and Britain just before the outbreak of World War I. In that conte...
“I feel my whole body burning,” were Michael Lee Wilson’s last words in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on January 9. Seven days later, it took Ohio inmate Dennis McGuire 15 minutes to die from a similar lethal injection that is only supposed t...
“I feel my whole body burning,” were Michael Lee Wilson’s last words in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary on January 9. Seven days later, it took Ohio inmate Dennis McGuire 15 minutes to die from a similar lethal injection that is only supposed t...
For President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 was a warring year. In August, Congress signed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which authorized the use of military force in Vietnam just six months after L.B.J. thrust the United States into a formally declared w...
For President Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964 was a warring year. In August, Congress signed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which authorized the use of military force in Vietnam just six months after L.B.J. thrust the United States into a formally declared w...
In the space of less than a generation, China has transformed itself from a nation almost completely cut off from the international markets to an economic superpower. China’s tremendous growth has catalyzed a huge energy demand to sustain the r...
In the space of less than a generation, China has transformed itself from a nation almost completely cut off from the international markets to an economic superpower. China’s tremendous growth has catalyzed a huge energy demand to sustain the r...
To South Koreans, the city of Hamhung is known as the birthplace of Hamhung naengmyun, a popular cold noodle dish. However, to those living in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the city is synonymous with a different kind of delicac...
To South Koreans, the city of Hamhung is known as the birthplace of Hamhung naengmyun, a popular cold noodle dish. However, to those living in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), the city is synonymous with a different kind of delicac...
Seven months after the Sandy Hook shootings in Newtown, CT, Obama encouraged citizens to speak up – not just about gun violence, but about the less tangible problems that can cause it. “There should be no shame in discussing or seeking help f...
Seven months after the Sandy Hook shootings in Newtown, CT, Obama encouraged citizens to speak up – not just about gun violence, but about the less tangible problems that can cause it. “There should be no shame in discussing or seeking help f...