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portrait of Rinku Sen

A New Way to Look at Race

Rinku Sen ’88 is helping redefine how we think about racial conflict.
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Glenn Kessler

Just the Facts

Glenn Kessler, the Washington Post fact checker, was especially busy last year.
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Legislative Baby

As Massachusetts’s youngest state rep, Solomon Goldstein-Rose ’16 hopes his success inspires others to get involved.
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Silvia Giorguli PhD ’04 speaks at a forum.

Border Reversal

Silvia Giorguli PhD ’04 explores new U.S.-Mexico dynamics
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Tahesha Way ’93 at the Commencement forum "Our Politics, Our Future."

State of the Nation

A crowded forum featured DNC chair Tom Perez ’83
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Professor Tricia Rose ’93 PhD

The Gears of Racism

Exposing the structural bias behind Trayvon Martin’s murder
Humanities & Culture
Image of Alexandra Ulmer taking notes, surrounded by Venezuelan children.

Danger Zone

Alexandra Ulmer ’11: The reporting life in Venezuela
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Photo of Joel Scheraga, with wetlands in the background.

Weather Warrior

Dispatches from the front lines of climate-change adaptation
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Portrait of Catherine Nacier PLME ’19, ’23 PLME

Pot Policy Wonk

Catherine Nacier ’19, ’23 PLME is obsessed with marijuana policy.
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Aaron Cooper ’21 running a workshop

Tomorrow’s Citizens

Scott Warren ’09 started a nationwide program that teaches students civics via local involvement.
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portrait of Cecile Richards

Rights, Now

Former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards ’80 says there’s never been a better time to fight for change.
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Illustration of a talking profile and word bubble

Crossing the Political Divide

Americans are more divided than ever. Can we reclaim middle ground?
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Kira Ganga Kieffer ’08 and her husband, Aaron Eisman ’08

Grassroots

Kira Ganga Kieffer ’08 and husband Aaron Eisman ’08 launch YouLobby.org
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Photograph of Mark Putnam ’86 sitting at his desk

Politician. Human.

Masterminding “authentic” political ads
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Book cover

Dear President

A political scientist’s guide to the Constitution
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Map of U.S. global military actions

The Price of U.S. Global Policing

Brown researchers did the math.
Service & Advocacy
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Student Journalists, Statewide Impact

An undergrad-reported series on elder abuse may influence Rhode Island policy.
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Perez and Steele

Across the Aisle

Republican and Democratic party leaders find common ground
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A detail from an illustration of hand-cuffed hands

Our Incarceration Addiction

Why are so many Americans in jail? Liberals and conservatives may disagree on the reasons, but there’s some consensus on solutions.
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James Forman ’88 speaking

Fair Chance

Can you live a lawful life after prison?
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Photograph of Parker Hamilton Poling ’99 standing beside a marble column

Political Player

Can Republicans reclaim the House in 2020?
The Arts
Photograph of Jackie Sibblies Drury ’10 at a desk

4 Pulitzers!

A professor emeritus and 3 alumni take the top honor
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Photograph of Jim Acosta

Truth to Power

CNN and the role of the press during the Trump era
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Andrew Yang at a campaign rally

Andrew Yang Wants to Give You $1,000

Andrew Yang ’96 and his surprisingly successful presidential candidacy.
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A Grecian urn depicts Konstantinos Zervas ’89 ScM and Kostas Bakoyannis ’00

Dual Mayors

Brown alums take the reins in Greece’s two largest cities
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Jennah Gosciak ’19 and Oscar d'Angeac ’17 on the steps of the RI State House

From Scholarship to Shelter

Student research bolstered legislation to stop housing discrimination in R.I.
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Cambridge Mayor Sumbul Siddiqui ’10

Hometown Advocate

The new mayor of Cambridge, Mass., fights to keep the city affordable
Humanities & Culture
Nicole Gonzalez Van Cleve

Rotten Culture

Why removing “bad apples” won’t fix the police
Politics & Law
portrait of Congressman David Cicilline ’83

Going Up Against Goliath

He took on Providence Mayor Buddy Cianci and R.I. political corruption. Now he’s coming for Zuckerberg. The unlikely moral crusade of David Cicilline ’83.
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Image of Babak Hemmatian and Gaia-Marie Gerbaka

Coming to COVID Country

Brown’s international students face red tape and health hazards.
The Arts
Ruth Bader Ginsburg illustration from book Decisions and Dissents of Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Selection

Created Equal

RBG’s brilliant arguments in the fight for gender and racial equality.
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photo of Professor Seth Rockman on campus

Capitalism on the Couch

A history course analyzes the social, political, and cultural underpinnings of our economic system.
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photo of Deborah Witzburg in Chicago

Use of Force

A conversation about police reform with Chicago’s new deputy inspector general for public safety
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Image of Nick Roblee-Strauss ’22, Alina Kulman ’21, and Matt Ishimaru ’20

Failure to Pay

Student journalists expose the ongoing, illegal practice of insisting court defendants pay fines they’ll never be able to afford.
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Illustration by Joanne Joo

Lessons from the Arab Spring

The uprisings that overtook the Arab world 10 years ago sparked a wealth of new scholarship.
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Image of Professor Seny Kamara

Aim High

Can a decentralized, encrypted national gun registry bridge the partisan divide?
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Divestment illustration by Fernando Cobelo

Monetary Morality

Students often push the University to ditch “immoral” investments. Results have varied.
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Image of Attorney Ben Crump with William Marks

Marketing Justice

Bill Marks ’75, CMO for social change
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Image of Jeffrey Nussbaum with then Vice-President Biden on a plane/Official White House Photo

Channeling Joe

The art and science of presidential speechwriting
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Illustration of Freddie O’Connell by Eric Hanson

Emerald Cities

A pair of Brown alums–turned–local-officials lead the way on green energy.
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illustration of Jonathan Acosta

The Reformers

Four young Brown alums are working to make the Ocean State a better place for working-class people.
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portrait of Suzanne Goldberg in DC

Sex-Complaint Czar

Suzanne Goldberg ’85 now faces the challenge of her distinguished legal career—squaring Obama- and Trump-era rules.
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Image of Leslie Richards in the street

Getting There

The CEO of Philly’s transit authority is figuring out ways to improve riders’ lives
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portrait of Mimi Pichey ’72

Holding the Line

Through women’s empowerment groups, class action lawsuits, protests, and clinic defense, Brown students and alums have worked to obtain, preserve, and protect abortion rights for more than 50 years.
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Image of Tahesha Way at a podium

Free and Fair Elections

New Jersey Secretary of State investigates fraud
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illustration featuring Debby Pattiz

Through the Iron Curtain

As Russia’s war on Ukraine gives a new generation a taste of what authoritarianism is all about, Debby (Wilson) Pattiz ’89 remembers her semester on the other side of the Berlin Wall.
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portrait of Paula Caballero ’84

17 Steps to Save the Planet

Paula Caballero ’84 came up with international goals for sustainable development, created a road map of how to get there—then got every nation on earth to agree.
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Illustration of pig with forks aiming toward it.

All the Pigs in China

To make good food choices these days, you have to sort out global trade, politics, and environmental issues. Even experts can’t do it.
Medicine & Health
Illustration by Raymond Biesinger of a news "plant" with bubbles of disinformation coming out of the smokestack.

Rx for “Information Disorder”

Disinformation is making us sick, literally. Asking the right questions and training the right people may be the cure.
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Image of Maffei at a budget hearing for the Federal Maritime Commission.

Global Gridlock

Can Dan Maffei ’90 speed up the supply chain?
Education
Image of Jim Marone teaching City Politics with his arms up and a chalkboard at his back in a classroom at Brown.

“The Guy Who Teaches City Politics”

Professor James Morone on 40 years of teaching a course that’s become a Brown classic.
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Image of Joanna Schwartz

Justice Impeded

Joanna Schwartz ’94 takes a deep dive into how the law conspires to keep rogue cops from paying the price.
Business & Entrepreneurship
Illustration by Kasia Fryza of a person entangled in a roll of paper.

Legal Aid

A new online platform aims to untangle the immigration process
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Illustration by Adam McCauley of a silhouette of a person on the left with their mouth open and hand moving as if speaking and rough ocean waves in the background.

Strait Talk Across Rough Waters

A student-run program gets young people from China and Taiwan talking.
University News
Image of Van Wickle Gates at Brown University looking towards Providence.

Affirmative Reaction

A letter from the Editor
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photo of Elder at a campaign stop

Family Matters

Hard work. Personal responsibility. Republican presidential candidate Larry Elder ’74 aims to re-parent America the way his dad raised him.
Medicine & Health
An image of Rachel Bedard holding a stethoscope outside of a prison

Doc Politics

Healing more patients by changing health policy
Science & Tech
Image of an ice glacier in the Antarctica.

Ice-Breaker

As glaciers collapse, a community comes together.
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illustration of a domestic abuse victim trapped in her home

Rights + Wrong

No one’s pro-domestic-violence. Until you start looking at state laws, where protecting victims often loses out to protecting gun rights.
Medicine & Health
Image of three kids sitting at desks with a window behind them. Photo by Nanda Amelia.

A Crisis for Children

A letter from the Editor
University News
Image of tents, students, and signs on the campus green encampment.

“Built to Hold Disagreement”

Balancing student safety and freedom of speech
University News
Illustration by Tim Cook of two hands clipping leaves, one with the Israeli flag as a leaf.

Divestment: Students for & Against

Two groups of activists made their case this spring
Education
Image of Irene Glasser standing outside the Mathewson Street United Methodist Church in Providence.

The Anthropology of Homelessness

In ANTH 1301, future doctors and policymakers get immersed in research and realities.
Medicine & Health
Julie Lyons standing with her arms crossed in front of a state building.

“First, Ask a Judge”

A country doctor seeks to clarify the rules in Idaho’s ban
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Close-up black and white image of Peter Salett

Lending Pols Some Star Power

A celeb-based strategy for winning elections
The Arts
Illustration by Tim Cook of individuals reading books.

Share the Knowledge

A roundup of topical new books by Brown faculty
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Image of Timothy Snyder standing with an old defunct factory wheel behind him.

Can We Rescue “Freedom”?

A popular historian on our elusive national value
Service & Advocacy
Image of Marcia Wong

Small World

A globe-trotting career in foreign service
History
Archival image of Charles Evans Hughes and his wife Antoinette

The Brown Alum who Almost Became President

From the Archives
University News
An image of Jo Ouyang, Yasmine Abdelaziz, Anna Ryu, and Michael Ziegler, with a sign in the background that states "to the workers all they produce."

Strength in Numbers

Student workers are forming labor unions at an unprecedented pace.
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Illustration by Mar Hernández of scissors cutting books.

Don’t Read This

How Brown professors and alums are fighting a wave of book bans.
Science & Tech
Image of students at a desk with laptops, microphones, and headphones.

Bite-Sizing Climate Action

A Brown-based podcast fights climate-change overwhelm, one “let’s break this down” episode at a time.
Service & Advocacy
Image of individuals at a protest, one with a blowhorn.

Basic Training

Zanagee Artis ’22 empowers the next generation of climate activists
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Image of Sam Trachtenberg

Reforming Probation

A young alum takes aim at Rhode Island’s prison pipeline
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Cara Mund is speaking to a crowd.

From Pageantry to Politics

Former Miss America Cara Mund ’16 on running as a pro-choice Republican
History
Archival image of a student cutting another student's hair in 1970.

From the Archives: Students Respond to “Confused Times”

BAM’s May 1970 article on Vietnam War protests
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