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It’s Time to Bet on Democrats in Red Districts, and Trust the Polls While We’re at It.Data

It’s Time to Bet on Democrats in Red Districts, and Trust the Polls While We’re at It.

GAVIN TIEKEN-ZIDEL
Data
Where could Democrats pick up seats this November? This is the question on everyone’s mind heading into the midterm elections, as the GOP seems to be on its heels trying to fight off a blue tsunami. W...
Less Options, More Problems: Rhode Island’s Physician ShortageData

Less Options, More Problems: Rhode Island’s Physician Shortage

ZOE WEISSMAN
DataEconomyHealthUnited States
As I settled into life in Rhode Island as a freshman, I began searching for a healthcare provider in the Ocean State—but no matter where I looked, I couldn’t find a primary care provider, let alone an...

Mind the Gap: Educational Inequality in Rhode Island Public Schools

BREANNA VILLARREAL
Data
Educational achievement—measured by subject proficiency assessments, college readiness, and other quantitative outcomes—is heavily influenced by a variety of socioeconomic and demographic factors. Rho...

Pieces and Panels

TIZIANO PARDO
Data
The cost of developing affordable housing and the navigation of restrictive zoning are slowing the construction of new homes. Across the board, housing costs have risen by an unprecedented 60 percent...

Media

Cabo Verdean in Providence: A Day in the Life of Maria SilvaVideo

Cabo Verdean in Providence: A Day in the Life of Maria Silva

MAISON TEIXEIRA
Documentaries and InterviewsMediaMultimediaVideo
In this short video interview, Maison Teixeira spends time with Maria Silva, reflecting with her on her childhood in Cabo Verde, her experience of migration to the United States, and her love for Cabo...
Listening to ShadowsAudio

Listening to Shadows

JENNIFER GALVIN
Media
Listen wherever you get your podcasts: From apartheid to the front lines of global health, Listening to Shadows is the gripping true story of one man’s fight for freedom, truth, and survival. At a mom...
How Two Small Businesses on Hope Street Keep Hope Alive [Photo Essay]Photos

How Two Small Businesses on Hope Street Keep Hope Alive [Photo Essay]

ARI BIRNBAUM
MagazineMediaPhoto Essays and InfographicsRhode Island
In April 2025, we met with the owners of two prominent local businesses on Hope Street in Providence. Here are their stories: When strolling through Fox Point, it is common to see small white placards...
A Poetry Reading and Conversation on Activism with Miles HardingwoodVideo

A Poetry Reading and Conversation on Activism with Miles Hardingwood

ACADIA PHILLIPS
MediaMultimedia
BPR Producer Acadia Phillips sits down with student and activist Miles Hardingwood for a poetry reading and interview about the role of the arts in activism. Produced by Acadia Phillips BPR Multimedia...
Effigies, Cross-Dressing, and Flames: El Año Viejo in Quito, Ecuador
CultureMultimediaPhoto Essays and InfographicsWorld

Effigies, Cross-Dressing, and Flames: El Año Viejo in Quito, Ecuador

It is impossible to be bored on Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve) in Ecuador’s capital city. The country blends rich traditions typical of many Latin American countries — like eating las doce uvas de la suerte, twelve grapes each bestowed with a wish for the new year — with customs more unique to Ecuador and its surrounding regions, which perfectly […]
LEYAD ZAVRIYEV

BPRadio

Immigration Abroad and at Home [BPR Radio – Highlight]Audio

Immigration Abroad and at Home [BPR Radio – Highlight]

SOLOMON GOLUBOFF-SCHRAGGER
BPR ProdcastBPRadioMediaMultimedia
In this highlight, Chris Donnelly discusses immigration policy in Germany and Becky Montes explains the impacts and reactions to President Trump’s new immigration policy here in Rhode Island. This hig...
Fortress America: Trump’s Immigration Policies and Global Impact [BPR Radio]Audio

Fortress America: Trump’s Immigration Policies and Global Impact [BPR Radio]

SOLOMON GOLUBOFF-SCHRAGGER
BPR ProdcastBPRadioMediaMultimedia
In this episode, BPR producers Romilly Thomson and Becky Montes explore the immigration landscape during Trump’s presidency and how it compares to his previous term. Guilherme Sequeira introduces a ne...
The Implications of Donald Trump’s Transgender Policy [BPR Radio – Highlight]Audio

The Implications of Donald Trump’s Transgender Policy [BPR Radio – Highlight]

BPR MEDIA TEAM
BPR ProdcastBPRadioMultimedia
In this segment, Becky Montes discusses the social implications of President Trump’s “restoring sanity” agenda for transgender individuals. This highlight was excerpted from Season 3 Episode 2 “Well T...
Well That’s Queer: The State of LGBTQ+ Issues in Trump’s First 50 Days [BPR Radio]Audio

Well That’s Queer: The State of LGBTQ+ Issues in Trump’s First 50 Days [BPR Radio]

BPR MEDIA TEAM
BPR ProdcastBPRadioMultimedia
In this episode, BPR Producers Caroline Cordts and Guilherme Sequeira discuss developments affecting the LGBTQ+ community following Trump’s return to office. Erin Ozyurek, Becky Montes, and Romilly Th...

Multimedia Showcase

[Video] “I Just Wish We Could Tell a Story of What Works”: An Epidemiologist Reviews Outbreak MoviesVideo

[Video] “I Just Wish We Could Tell a Story of What Works”: An Epidemiologist Reviews Outbreak Movies

CLARA BAISINGER-ROSEN
HealthHealthMediaMultimediaScienceUnited StatesVideo
Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, reviews depictions of epidemics in Twilight (2008), The Last of Us (2023), Outbreak (1995), and Conta...
The In-BetweenPhotos

The In-Between

LEYAD ZAVRIYEV
MultimediaPhoto Essays and InfographicsUnited States
Nothing we do is possible without transition. In this photo collection, Leyad Zavriyev documents “in-between” moments in New York City and Boston, whether that be train rides, on-the-go lunches, or sm...
How Do You Begin With Something Broken? Photos

How Do You Begin With Something Broken? 

ENA HSIEH
MultimediaPhoto Essays and InfographicsUnited States
Emerging from Rhode Island’s industrial legacy, Reharvest Repair approaches not a blank canvas, but artifacts of what was left behind—cracks, scraps, and fragments—to make something new. It challenges...
A Day in Office: February 9th and 10th [BPR Radio – Highlight]Audio

A Day in Office: February 9th and 10th [BPR Radio – Highlight]

BPR MEDIA TEAM
BPR ProdcastBPRadioMultimedia
In her segment, “A Day in Office,” Caroline Cordts walks us through everything President Donald Trump did and said on February 9th and 10th. This highlight was excerpted from Season 3 Episode 1 “404 N...

Data & Analysis

A Latte in CommonData

A Latte in Common

TESS NAQUET-RADIGUET
DataEconomyMagazineUnited States
Leaves burst into a dizzying array of colors, softly alighting on the ground with each new gust of wind. Rain rivulets stream down a foggy window pane as embers crackle in the enchanting glow of a fireplace. For some, autumn descends in these details, in little drops of joy that stall the impending...
In Tolls We TrustData

In Tolls We Trust

CHARLIE GETMAN
DataEconomyMagazineUnited States
Grief as Resistance: The Mothers Who Exposed Colombia’s False PositivesData

Grief as Resistance: The Mothers Who Exposed Colombia’s False Positives

NATALIA BANOS DELGADO
DataWorld

BPRadio Features

404 Not Found: USAID [BPR Radio]Audio

404 Not Found: USAID [BPR Radio]

BPR MEDIA TEAM
BPR ProdcastBPRadioMultimedia
USAID carriers for COVID-19 vaccines from Wikimedia Commons
Beyond the Article: A Conversation with Adora Limani on Celebratory Gunfire in the Balkan RegionAudio

Beyond the Article: A Conversation with Adora Limani on Celebratory Gunfire in the Balkan Region

MITSUKI JIANG
BPRadioMultimedia

BPR Media Presents: Is War Between China and the US Inevitable?

JULIA KOSTIN
BPRadioMultimedia
The Melting Pot – Episode 1: Souvlaki ZoneVideo

The Melting Pot – Episode 1: Souvlaki Zone

LEYAD ZAVRIYEV
MediaMultimediaVideo
BPR Media Presents: What’s Up with RIPTA?Video

BPR Media Presents: What’s Up with RIPTA?

ALLAN WANG
MediaMultimedia
Opinion: The US Must Be Ready to Collaborate In Space [BPR Media]Video

Opinion: The US Must Be Ready to Collaborate In Space [BPR Media]

SOLOMON GOLUBOFF-SCHRAGGER
MediaMultimedia
With the International Space station shutting down in 2031, what do we do next? Written by Asher Patel (’28), Produced by Solomon Goluboff-Schragger (’28) and Tanvi Mittal (’27) BPR staff writer Asher Patel argues that the US needs to get rid of the Wolf Amendment, which prevents space collaboration...
‘More, more, more’: Providence Protesters Ask Democratic Representatives to Stop Elon Musk [Photo Essay]Photos

‘More, more, more’: Providence Protesters Ask Democratic Representatives to Stop Elon Musk [Photo Essay]

SOLOMON GOLUBOFF-SCHRAGGE...
Multimedia
Beyond the Article: A Conversation with Bryce Vist on the State of the Russian OppositionAudio

Beyond the Article: A Conversation with Bryce Vist on the State of the Russian Opposition

MITSUKI JIANG
BPRadioMultimedia