On March 8, Mahmoud Khalil was followed into his Columbia apartment building by federal agents. He was arrested without a warrant, transported to a detainment facility in New Jersey and then Louisiana and forced to sleep on the floor of a cold cell. Khalil, a U.S. permanent resident, demanded an explanation ...
As Black History Month came to an end last week, I reflected on my identity as an African American at Brown. My contemplation has left me with more questions than answers, but there are a few things I know to be true. African Americans hold a unique identity within the United States and the African ...
This Valentine’s Day, there is one book I cannot get off my mind: Edith Wharton’s “The Age of Innocence.” Many of its themes remain relevant today: critiques of societal expectations and our adherence to them, individual versus collective duty and the limits of fate and free will. However, what ...
On Jan. 15, former President Biden issued an uncharacteristically cogent warning in his farewell address: Americans should beware of an impending oligarchy composed of the wealthiest and most influential billionaires. Implicated in this warning are the tech titans who have cozied up to Donald Trump ...
When Kamala Harris lost the presidential election in early November, many different theories emerged to explain why. The campaign was criticized for not doing enough to distance itself from the Biden administration, appeal to the working class or ease voters’ concerns about inflation. However, one ...
Americans have been ambivalent about tipping culture for years, unsure of when and how much to tip — if at all. But in tip-earning jobs employees are often paid a subminimum wage, relying heavily on customer gratuity for their income. Unfair wages have led some states to eliminate subminimum pay and ...
My decision to attend Brown ultimately came down to its reputation as “the Happy Ivy.” I was anxiously weighing my options until a viral video of the Main Green popped up on my TikTok feed. The sun was shining down gloriously and groups of students filled the green — it was a picturesque image ...
A few weeks ago I attended “The Trauma of Activism: The Black Freedom Struggle,” a two day event hosted by Brown’s Africana Studies department. David Dennis, Sr., a civil rights activist and panelist at the event, described his trauma for the room, recalling memories of being sprayed by water ...
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