In 2022, the federal government investigated the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), the agency in charge of both Boston’s metro system and its regional rail network.

Steven Brown has dedicated more than three decades to serving as the executive director of the Rhode Island affiliate of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). Prior to his long tenure in Rhode ...

Thousands of colorful murals adorn the building façades of Buenos Aires, charting the city’s history of sports, politics, and activism. This graffiti, which started as a subversive protest of the ...

At the crux of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is a story of greatness and growth out of suffering and shame. From 1839 until 1949, China was subjected to defeat, intervention, and exploitation ...

Just months after then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sent shockwaves through the international community by accusing the Indian government of assassinating a Sikh activist in Vancouver, the United ...

Hailed as the “Miracle on the Han River,” South Korea’s rapid growth transformed the economy of one of the poorest countries in the world to one of the largest and most innovative. Today, the country ...

“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 ...

In early 2025, California faced a series of devastating wildfires that ravaged vast areas of the state—particularly its southern regions. Two weeks after the fires broke out in Los Angeles, President ...

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A Brown assistant professor with over 50 peer-reviewed publications, Jacqueline Nesi has garnered extensive media attention for her work studying the impacts of social media on adolescent mental ...

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 ...

While gender reveals in the United States may take place in a burst of pink and blue latex balloons, surrounded by the buzzing enthusiasm of friends, loved ones, and parents-to-be, the same cannot be ...