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Professor Profile: Omékongo Dibinga

Taylor Sabol, Managing Editor • April 29, 2019

A conversation with AU professor, motivational speaker, and performer

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

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.

COMMENTARY || A Queer Conditioning: In Pursuit of Community

Shane Matheu Ryden, Podcast Producer • April 29, 2019

Lured by the prospect of validation and acceptance, gay men flock to online spaces only to find themselves vulnerable to manipulation.

Lonely Streets: Transgender and Homeless in the District

Lana Green • April 29, 2019

The LGBTQ community faces adversity with homelessness and unemployment.

Killer Looks: The fascination of serial killers in pop culture

Katya Podkovyroff Lewis • April 29, 2019

With serial murder on the decline, audiences turn to entertainment media for their true crime fixations.

Inclusive Excellence: Where it comes from and where it’s going

Maaz Qureshi • April 29, 2019

Everyone is talking about inclusive excellence but what exactly does that mean and what is AU doing to promote it?

All work and little pay: RAs’ experience at American University

Kaela Roeder • April 29, 2019

Freshmen RAs have come forward to share their frustrations with their jobs, specifically with their training and what the "other duties as assigned" really is.

Power to the Press: Student Journalists’ Influence

Kelly McDonnell • April 29, 2019

How AU student media navigate an anti-journalist climate

Campus Battlegrounds: Testing war chemicals at AU

Erica Johnson • April 29, 2019

As AU looks to build an environmentally sustainable future, the remnants of its past unearths new challenges.

Defining the AU experience: AUx’s impact on students

Ava Kowalski • April 29, 2019

Many students are critical of AUx as a newly required course, but what many don’t realize is that administration wants to hear that student feedback.

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.