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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

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Taking Down Torture, One Painting at a Time: Art as Protest

Taking Down Torture, One Painting at a Time: Art as Protest

Evangeline Lacroix, Editor in Chief April 28, 2015

Debra Vanpoolen is a nomad. She hops from couch to couch to participate in activism events all across the country, creating art along the way. 

Her most recent endeavor involves working with Witness Against Torture, an activist collective that aims to shed light on and end torture in Guantanamo Bay through nonviolent protests. 

The group formed in 2005 when, according to their website, “Twenty-five Americans went to Guantanamo Bay and attempted to visit the detention facility.

Shaming the poor: Legislative proposals limit assistance

Rachel Falek, Editor In Chief April 14, 2015

Examining proposed legislation in Kansas and Missouri

The voice of the youth: Political activism and music

The voice of the youth: Political activism and music

Brendan Agnew April 7, 2015

The compatibility of activism and music

Students Against Sexual Violence demand change

Antoinette D’Addario April 6, 2015

In the wake of recent scandals, students demand change

Reproductive injustice: Persecution under fetal homicide laws

Rachel Falek, Editor In Chief March 31, 2015

What does it mean for the nation that a miscarriage became fetal homicide?

Review || Film: Fort Bliss and its honest portrayal of motherhood and the military

Megan Clark March 19, 2015

Capturing the reality of transitioning between a soldier and civilian life

Breaking down net neutrality

Breaking down net neutrality

Ellie Shackleton March 3, 2015

What it means for you

Review || TV Series: HBO's "Looking" as the "Girls" but for boys

Review || TV Series: HBO's "Looking" as the "Girls" but for boys

Eleanor Greene March 2, 2015

"Looking" as a fresh, not overdone, take on being young and in a big city

Review || Film: "She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry" and the history of the feminist movement

Rachel Falek, Editor In Chief February 20, 2015

The documentary shows how far the feminist movement has come, and how far we must go

Opinion || The U.S. savior complex in Ukraine: The case for peace

Antoinette D’Addario February 19, 2015

How the U.S. justifies intervention and why it must stop

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