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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

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Like the eagle in flight: One woman's struggle with life and loss in the immigration debate

Like the eagle in flight: One woman's struggle with life and loss in the immigration debate

Jimmy Hoover December 12, 2013

It was the middle of the night when she left San Salvador, that stained Salvadoran city she called home.

Funding the Hand That Feeds You: Real Food and Wages in TDR

Haley Hawkins December 12, 2013
In DC, the living wage is a topic sizzling with debate.
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Where's Go-Go Going?

Michael Mansheim December 12, 2013
Go-go has remained a sort of well-kept secret within the DC-Maryland-Virginia area’s black community.

Policing for Profit: When Your Property Does the Time

Pamela Huber December 12, 2013
Civil asset forfeiture allows law enforcement to seize property, money, cars and homes without convicting or even accusing the owner of a crime, on the basis of the property’s alleged connections to illegal activities.
Holding Up H St.

Holding Up H St.

Brigitta Kinadi December 12, 2013
As dusk creeps into the H Street corridor, the Art Deco marquee of the Atlas Performing Arts Center lights up in beaming blue and white.
Twice a year, the Beekeeper Club harvests 90 pounds of honey, some of which is made into lip balm and sold by the Dav for $3.

Student-grown Sustainable Foods at AU

Alex Mazzarisi December 8, 2013
The Davenport Coffee Lounge now offers a selection of teas and lip balm made from herbs and honey grown on campus.
Considering the ins and out of online research on campus and in the District.

To Google or not to Google?

Tori Tropiano December 6, 2013
For time-strapped college students who spend nights turning out paper after paper, the appeal of instant Google gratification far outweighs the consequences of using research that may come from the less than stellar sources.

Fighting Rape Discrimination with Title IX

Lexie Tyson December 6, 2013
University students are showing college administrations that dismissiveness of rape is not only wrong but also illegal.
A Voice of Rwandan Street Children

A Voice of Rwandan Street Children

Shaina Spector November 27, 2013
When Mutabazi was 1-year-old, his twin brother and father were killed in the Rwandan genocide.
Petworth: The Changing Face of Home

Petworth: The Changing Face of Home

Mark Sakamoto November 22, 2013
Inclusion rather than exclusion seems to be the order of the day in Petworth.
Rolland Appiah, 2013 Mr. ASO and Lisa Lumeya, 2013 Ms. ASO celebrate their coronation.

Pageant Contestants Hold High Hopes for Africa

Alex Mazzarisi November 14, 2013
American University’s African Student Organization held its annual pageant celebrating African culture with food, dancing, a talent contest and the crowning of “Mr. and Ms. ASO."

No, the Pro-Choice Movement is Not Like the Nazi Party

Allison Butler November 12, 2013
It is an unspoken rule of debating that if you actually want to have a productive discussion, comparing your opponents to Nazis gets the conversation off to a rough start.
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