Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL
Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL
Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL
Stopping Slavery in the Nation's Capital

Stopping Slavery in the Nation's Capital

Rachel Lomot • December 6, 2012
It’s 1 a.m. She’s been standing on the corner for four hours. She cannot go home.  She cannot call the police.  She cannot tell her friends. All she can do is wait in fear.
Smells Like Ethiopian Spirit: Ethiopian Punk Rock in the District

Smells Like Ethiopian Spirit: Ethiopian Punk Rock in the District

Ethan Miller • December 6, 2012
Over the summer I had the opportunity to see one of my favorite DC musicians, David “Spoonboy” Combs, play a show backed by one of my favorite bands, Good Luck. While moving with the music in the front row, I happened to look behind the musicians.
Unhousing an Undergrad: AU Student Experiences Homelessness

Unhousing an Undergrad: AU Student Experiences Homelessness

Jess Anderson • December 6, 2012
AU Employees and Students Fight for Workplace Fairness

AU Employees and Students Fight for Workplace Fairness

Taylor Kenkel • November 22, 2012
As college students, sometimes it’s easy to focus on papers and parties and forget to pause and appreciate the people who provide the university with basic and often underappreciated services. AU’s Student Worker Alliance gave university employees a forum to talk about their experiences last week in an event that emphasized the need to support campus workers as they fight for improved contracts with their employers. Kevin Nelson, who has worked in the dining hall at AU for nearly four years while pursuing a nursing degree at UDC, served as one of the main speakers at the event.
Your Family’s Politics and the Holidays: A Survival Guide

Your Family’s Politics and the Holidays: A Survival Guide

Emily Kate Edwards • November 18, 2012
I love my family more than anything in the world.
Fighting for Less Tuition, More Representation

Fighting for Less Tuition, More Representation

Taylor Kenkel • October 28, 2012
Rallying cries for a tuition freeze and for student bargaining rights filled AU’s campus on Friday afternoon as members of the Coalition of American University Students (CAUS) led a march that culminated in a rally outside of Butler Pavilion in an attempt to directly voice their concerns to Gail Hanson, the university’s vice president for campus life. The students said they decided to hold the rally after university administration failed to respond to a list of demands and to a petition signed by over 25 percent of the student body.
Let's Make Civics Cool Again

Let's Make Civics Cool Again

Allie Niese • October 20, 2012
Think about the government or social studies classes you took in high school.
Whats Pride Got to Do With It?

What’s Pride Got to Do With It?

Taylor Kenkel • July 8, 2012

Just as July ushers in patriotic celebrations and dazzling firework displays on the fourth, it brings to a close an entire month of an equally joyous celebration:  LGBT Pride Month.

While the Pride Parade in New York City serves as the biggest celebration—with over one million people turning out for the June 24 parade— D.C.

Voter ignorance, Christianity, and North Carolina

Voter ignorance, Christianity, and North Carolina

Emily Kate Edwards • May 9, 2012

AU is nowhere near representative of the typical American voter. Or the typical American, for that matter.

Alta Gracia: A Living Wage for a Living Community

Alta Gracia: A Living Wage for a Living Community

Michelle Tham • April 27, 2012
Ever noticed how sometimes a new pair of Nikes feels a little… sticky?  Maybe your Forever 21 shirt smells a little like… sweat?  Surely enough, your merchandise is tainted with the blood, sweat, and tears of many illegal immigrants, children, and workers overseas who get paid wages insufficient to meet their basic needs.  They are not allowed to organize independent unions, while simultaneously facing health and safety hazards on a daily basis.
Adjuncts Strike Back: AU’s Lowest-Paid Faculty Unionize

Adjuncts Strike Back: AU’s Lowest-Paid Faculty Unionize

Ethan Miller • April 25, 2012
Adjunct professors at American University succeeded this semester in their nearly year-long effort to unionize as a collective group.
Looking at Life in Lhasa

Looking at Life in Lhasa

Shaina Lipsy and Aaron Berkovich • April 25, 2012
In Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, the Potala Palace stands as a monument to Tibetan Buddhist practices, despite the current Chinese occupation and suppression of traditional religion and culture.
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