Alexander Gourevitch is a political theorist and historian of political thought at Brown University. His work focuses on ...

Brendan Fleig-Goldstein is a philosophy professor and Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Brown University’s Cogut Institute for ...

After nearly a decade of conflict, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, garnering significant ...

In the wake of a number of recent controversial pardons issued by President Trump, some have begun to argue that perhaps the ...

Joseph M. Sellers is a nationally recognized civil rights attorney who has been a trailblazer for victims of discrimination.

Amid mounting debates over what the future of public education will look like and the Democratic Party’s role in shaping it, ...

“Caste is not a physical object like a wall of bricks or a line of barbed wire which prevents the Hindus from co-mingling and which has, therefore, to be pulled down. Caste is a notion; it is a state ...

Social media has transformed feminism into a set of contrasting lifestyle trends: The ambitious, career-driven “girlboss” and the traditionally submissive “tradwife.” The girlboss celebrates financial ...

In an era characterized by intense political polarization, it would seem bizarre to equate the far right and the far left. After all, political ideologies are often imagined as a straight line ...

Fifty years ago, on April 13, 1975, the Lebanese Civil War officially began. The war devastated Lebanon’s economy, infrastructure, and social structure, and culminated in a sectarian model of ...

Daniel Jordan Smith is a Professor of Anthropology and International Studies at Brown University, as well as a Director of the Africa Initiative. He received a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from ...

A barista counting out tips at the end of the day at the Black Cow Coffee Company in Croton-On-Hudson, NY. Credit: Tennekis The tip credit system allows employers to pay subminimum wages under the ...