The prison-industrial complex (PIC), as defined by Critical Resistance, refers to the vast networks of institutions and systems that promote “the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as ...
Carly West
Carly West '16 is a BPR staff writer.
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The prison-industrial complex (PIC), as defined by Critical Resistance, refers to the vast networks of institutions and systems that promote “the overlapping interests of government and industry that use surveillance, policing, and imprisonment as ...
Carly West
Carly West
Somalia, a conflict-torn nation on the Horn of Africa, has seen over a decade of terror and destabilization at the hands of various Islamic extremist groups. After the fall of the Siad Barre military regime in 1991, a Salafi extremist group Al-Ittiha...
Carly West
Carly West
Somalia, a conflict-torn nation on the Horn of Africa, has seen over a decade of terror and destabilization at the hands of various Islamic extremist groups. After the fall of the Siad Barre military regime in 1991, a Salafi extremist group Al-Ittiha...
Carly West
Carly West
On Wednesday, November 19, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is hosting a teach-in on the recent disappearance of Mexican students. #AYOTZINAPA: A Teach-In on Mexico’s Missing Students features postdoctoral fellow at the Watso...
Carly West
Carly West
On Wednesday, November 19, the Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies is hosting a teach-in on the recent disappearance of Mexican students. #AYOTZINAPA: A Teach-In on Mexico’s Missing Students features postdoctoral fellow at the Watso...
Carly West
Carly West
Images of death and destruction in Gaza have elicited anguished reactions and raised large questions that go well beyond the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. “Why Gaza Matters,” an open discussion led by five Brown faculty, addresses the causes, con...
Carly West
Carly West
Images of death and destruction in Gaza have elicited anguished reactions and raised large questions that go well beyond the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. “Why Gaza Matters,” an open discussion led by five Brown faculty, addresses the causes, con...
Carly West
Carly West
As the Syrian civil war approaches its fourth year, prospects for peace are increasingly dim. Western-led negotiations have proved unfruitful. The United States has no visible strategy for ending the conflict, much less for assisting in a democratic ...
Carly West
Carly West
As the Syrian civil war approaches its fourth year, prospects for peace are increasingly dim. Western-led negotiations have proved unfruitful. The United States has no visible strategy for ending the conflict, much less for assisting in a democratic ...
Carly West
Carly West
Dissatisfaction with President François Hollande’s tenure has spurred on a conservative movement in France. With an embarrassingly low approval rating of 19 percent, Hollande has been a huge disappointment, largely due to unprecedented levels ...
Carly West
Carly West
Dissatisfaction with President François Hollande’s tenure has spurred on a conservative movement in France. With an embarrassingly low approval rating of 19 percent, Hollande has been a huge disappointment, largely due to unprecedented levels ...
Carly West
Carly West
Grameen Bank’s Rising Risk Interactive Graphic by Myles Gurule [d3-source canvas=”wpd3-13124-0″] Microfinance was speculated to be the magic bullet, end-all cure for poverty. In 2006, Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank wo...
Carly West
Carly West
Grameen Bank’s Rising Risk Interactive Graphic by Myles Gurule [d3-source canvas=”wpd3-13124-0″] Microfinance was speculated to be the magic bullet, end-all cure for poverty. In 2006, Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank wo...
Carly West
Carly West
Writing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a daunting task. Beyond the impassioned and divisive nature of the topic, the clash over its terminology is deep-rooted, extending as far back as the origins of the conflict itself. There have been se...
Carly West
Carly West
Writing about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is a daunting task. Beyond the impassioned and divisive nature of the topic, the clash over its terminology is deep-rooted, extending as far back as the origins of the conflict itself. There have been se...
Carly West
Carly West
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 ...
Carly West
Carly West
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 ...
Carly West
Carly West
For years, Iran and Western powers have had a relationship marked by distrust, suspicion and open animosity. The diplomatic gridlock between Iran and the West seems to have been fixed for decades. The rhetoric of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s ...
Carly West
Carly West
For years, Iran and Western powers have had a relationship marked by distrust, suspicion and open animosity. The diplomatic gridlock between Iran and the West seems to have been fixed for decades. The rhetoric of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran’s ...
Carly West
Carly West
Political art is far from a novel phenomenon, but nowadays we’re exposed to artist-activists from around the world, creating works of dissent and rebellion. Here are my personal favorites from recent years, and a brief look at the political context...
Carly West
Carly West
Political art is far from a novel phenomenon, but nowadays we’re exposed to artist-activists from around the world, creating works of dissent and rebellion. Here are my personal favorites from recent years, and a brief look at the political context...
Carly West
Carly West
Slavery ended with the American Civil War, back when the African slaves of the American south picked cotton and tobacco, right? Now all that’s left is Kanye’s “new slaves” of consumerism, right? Wrong. About 30 million lives wrong. Slavery is...
Carly West
Carly West
Slavery ended with the American Civil War, back when the African slaves of the American south picked cotton and tobacco, right? Now all that’s left is Kanye’s “new slaves” of consumerism, right? Wrong. About 30 million lives wrong. Slavery is...
Carly West
Carly West