As soon as you pull out your room key and freshly printed Brown ID card from the small beige-colored envelope, there seems to be a mad dash to find companionship, “catch-up” on the sexual experience that everyone else seems to have, and find the elusive “one true love” to spend…
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There are no Black leading actresses nominated for the Oscars in 2022. Let that sink in. The Academy Awards has always struggled to include diverse nominations and winners: in the history of the Oscars, only six Black directors have been nominated for the Directing category and none have ever won.…
Earlier this year, Florida’s Senate Education Committee approved a bill named “Individual Freedom” that would “prohibit Florida’s public schools and private businesses from making people feel ‘discomfort’ or ‘guilt’ based on their race, sex or national origin”. This bill comes as a response to recent debates about the teaching of…
In the context of mask mandates being relaxed on College Hill, it is vital to consider how COVID-19 continues to greatly affect people who have less privilege than the average Brown University student. This disparity extends not only to low-income and immunocompromised people, but those who are often the intersection…
For the most part, Mary and Kayla were good friends. They liked a lot of the same music, had fun conversations at Friday night dinners, and generally had good laughs together. However, every now and then, Mary would make problematic and tokenizing comments that made Kayla, and other people of…
As a major metropolitan area of the United States, New York City is constantly being watched by the rest of the country, and the world at large, particularly when it comes to electoral issues. In 2021, New York City had a plethora of local elections from City Council to Borough…
On Tuesday February 1, former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores filed a class action lawsuit against three NFL teams for discrimination in hiring practices and raising larger questions about the role of white power structures in furthering racism. Flores was fired by Dolphins owner Stephen Ross on January 10,…
On November 23, 2021, Pervis Payne was removed from death row after being incarcerated for 34 years on the basis of having an intellectual disability, rather than his actual innocence in a case where he was accused of two counts of first degree murder and one count of assault with…