by Zachary Witkin | Nov 10, 2017 | Brown University
The Interfaith Forum, organized by Providence Mayor Jorge Elorza’s One Providence Initiative, united around two different ideas of “faith.” For organizers and attendees, there was not much faith in the Trump administration; while faith in God, or a lack thereof, was...
by Aidan Calvelli | Nov 3, 2017 | Brown University
From the Vietnam War protests on campuses to the Sudanese divestment campaign (that Brown students like Scott Warren helped lead), students have long spoke out on political issues. Just last year, students nationwide organized a massive “Our Campus” protest to protest...
by Talia Brenner | Oct 31, 2017 | Brown University
In a week, a year will have passed since Donald Trump’s election. In this time, we have seen a flourishing of political involvement among the intellectual left. Pink knit hats, blue ACLU ribbons, and posters with witty slogans visually symbolize the left’s anti-Trump...
by Aidan Calvelli | Oct 29, 2017 | Brown University
In February 2017, a group of political scientists founded Bright Line Watch, a group focused on surveying experts and the public to assess their perceptions of the state of American democracy. The data from the October 5th survey is here. Bright Line Watch found one...
by Anna Spier | Oct 12, 2017 | Boston University
President Donald Trump is no stranger to twitter. His tweets are frequent and he makes no obvious effort to hide his true opinions on a vast array of subjects, from foreign affairs, to the media, to fellow politicians. Not only do these constant twitter rants give us...
