Increased citizen participation in government processes is a good thing – most of the time. Citizens interacting with the executive branch to initiate non-media highlighted issues is a good thing – most of the time. Improperly applied, though, th...
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Increased citizen participation in government processes is a good thing – most of the time. Citizens interacting with the executive branch to initiate non-media highlighted issues is a good thing – most of the time. Improperly applied, though, th...
In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, a red button marked “reset” (peregruzka) to commemorate the thawing relations between the United States and Russia. Unfortunately, according to Lavrov, p...
In 2009, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, a red button marked “reset” (peregruzka) to commemorate the thawing relations between the United States and Russia. Unfortunately, according to Lavrov, p...
On his first day in office in January 2009, President Obama promulgated a number of executive orders that fulfilled various campaign promises. Like other presidents before him, Obama used these first executive actions to incorporate fundamental or sy...
On his first day in office in January 2009, President Obama promulgated a number of executive orders that fulfilled various campaign promises. Like other presidents before him, Obama used these first executive actions to incorporate fundamental or sy...
Mitt, the new documentary from Netflix about the failed presidential campaign of Governor Mitt Romney, doesn’t reveal much. The film is mostly a home movie of the Romney clan as they sit around various hotel rooms. Surrounded by family, Romney appe...
Mitt, the new documentary from Netflix about the failed presidential campaign of Governor Mitt Romney, doesn’t reveal much. The film is mostly a home movie of the Romney clan as they sit around various hotel rooms. Surrounded by family, Romney appe...
One of the themes of a recent New Yorker article about President Obama is what author David Remnick calls “the long view.” Obama compares the presidency to being a “relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history.” He notes...
One of the themes of a recent New Yorker article about President Obama is what author David Remnick calls “the long view.” Obama compares the presidency to being a “relay swimmer in a river full of rapids, and that river is history.” He notes...
BPR’s live blog of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. The Brown Political Review is the best place to keep updated on this year’s SOTU. Follow for updates below! And check out a must-read from the archives: Matt McCa...
BPR’s live blog of President Obama’s 2014 State of the Union Address. The Brown Political Review is the best place to keep updated on this year’s SOTU. Follow for updates below! And check out a must-read from the archives: Matt McCa...
The BPR Media Team explores international spying and the NSA via stop-motion animation. ...
The BPR Media Team explores international spying and the NSA via stop-motion animation. ...
If Congress did nothing else effectively in October, it served as a fantastic nicotine patch (metaphorically speaking) for my Breaking Bad withdrawal. This week, the Economist compared the Tea Party’s shutdown antics to “a type of self-affirming ...
If Congress did nothing else effectively in October, it served as a fantastic nicotine patch (metaphorically speaking) for my Breaking Bad withdrawal. This week, the Economist compared the Tea Party’s shutdown antics to “a type of self-affirming ...
“It is the Chinese water torture of a series of mass shootings that are happening more rapidly and are growing more deadly.” Mayors Against Illegal Weapons director Mark Glaze used this grim analogy while commenting on the effect the Naval Yard s...
“It is the Chinese water torture of a series of mass shootings that are happening more rapidly and are growing more deadly.” Mayors Against Illegal Weapons director Mark Glaze used this grim analogy while commenting on the effect the Naval Yard s...
On September 11th 2013, while Washington was engrossed by the prospect of a military strike in Syria, the SITE terrorism monitoring service released a tape of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calling for small-scale attacks on U.S. soil. Zawahiri en...
On September 11th 2013, while Washington was engrossed by the prospect of a military strike in Syria, the SITE terrorism monitoring service released a tape of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calling for small-scale attacks on U.S. soil. Zawahiri en...
The BPR Media Team explores the varying perspectives on the 2013 Syrian conflict via stop-motion animation....
The BPR Media Team explores the varying perspectives on the 2013 Syrian conflict via stop-motion animation....
Last Tuesday, President Obama gave a national address from the East Room on the international crisis in Syria – taking, in the words of Jon Stewart, that long stroll down “I Killed bin Laden Lane.” Though the address was originally scheduled to...
Last Tuesday, President Obama gave a national address from the East Room on the international crisis in Syria – taking, in the words of Jon Stewart, that long stroll down “I Killed bin Laden Lane.” Though the address was originally scheduled to...