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The District

The color of wealth: Gentrification's effects on wealth in DC

The color of wealth: Gentrification’s effects on wealth in DC

Veronica Pacheco • April 29, 2019
Nonprofits and their fight to help residents affected by a changing D.C.
Writing on our walls: Division in the Public Artist Community

Writing on our walls: Division in the Public Artist Community

Claudia Stephens • April 29, 2019
The diverse community of public artists responsible for the creation of art in DC explain what unites and divides them.
Lonely Streets: Transgender and Homeless in the District

Lonely Streets: Transgender and Homeless in the District

Lana Green • April 29, 2019
The LGBTQ community faces adversity with homelessness and unemployment.
Finding Common Ground Through the Arts: the Cato Institute’s First Exhibit

Finding Common Ground Through the Arts: the Cato Institute’s First Exhibit

Kaela Roeder • April 18, 2019
The new art exhibition is meant to provide a space for people to discuss their differences in a common and calm space.
What to do about gun violence

What to do about gun violence

Kayla Benjamin, Copy Editor • April 9, 2019
Of the new March for Our Lives (MFOL) AU chapter’s 11 student board members, two spoke of their own experiences with gun violence and three mentioned having friends or family that had experienced gun violence.
Working group finds ties between AU and slavery

Working group finds ties between AU and slavery

Chloe K. Li, Editor • February 28, 2019
The American University Working Group on the Influence of Slavery presented its findings on Feb.18 about the university’s founding and its ties to slavery, as well as plans for a marker of recognition.
An AU student preforms a standup routine at Tenley Bar and Grill on February 16.

“Better than Tinder,” AU Students Perform Stand-Up Comedy in Tenleytown

“All you have to do is be a funny person and a storyteller”
Maddi Cole • February 24, 2019
Tenley Bar and Grill in Washington DC has a new bi-weekly show to offer the students of American University and the residents of Tenleytown.
Pete Buttigieg addresses the crowd at Politics and Prose last Sunday night.

Unlikely presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks at Politics & Prose

The mayor of South Bend Ind., discusses his book "Shortest Way Home"
Grace Vitaglione, Podcast Director • February 23, 2019

Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind., spoke to a crowd in the Politics and Prose bookstore on Sunday night about his book “Shortest Way Home” and the possibility of his run for the presidency. While...

Has the 2020 Campaign Trail Already Begun? : Elizabeth Warren comes to AU and talks foreign policy

Has the 2020 Campaign Trail Already Begun? : Elizabeth Warren comes to AU and talks foreign policy

Ian Gardner • December 12, 2018

“I hope she runs for president in 2020,” exclaimed freshman Jenna Whitaker as the crowded auditorium cleared out following a foreign policy address by Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Thursday, November 29,...

Art by Chloe K. Li

Helter-Shelter: Motel living for D.C.’s homeless population

Lana Green • December 5, 2018
D.C.'s homeless face tough conditions in government-provided housing.
Art by Chloe K. Li

The District At Dawn: Decriminalizing sex work in D.C.

Taylor Sabol, Managing Editor • December 5, 2018
A spiritual successor to AWOL's Issue 10 cover story, "The District After Dark: Keeping Sex Work on the Street."
Art by Gillian Ferreira

Steps to Recovery: The opioid epidemic in D.C.

Luci Rascher, Podcaster • December 5, 2018
Combatting opioid abuse amongst teens and young adults in the DMV.
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