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Want Something Done Right? Don't Let Big Corporations Finance It.

Lori McCue September 18, 2013
Campaign finance reform is an issue in which you are deeply invested.
The District's Civilian Guardians

The District's Civilian Guardians

Alexa Kelly April 23, 2013

They call him Sabertooth.

Hey! Ho! Forbidding Activism has Got to Go

Hey! Ho! Forbidding Activism has Got to Go

Jimmy Hoover April 23, 2013

As a school continually ranked by the Princeton Review as one of the most politically active in the nation, here at AU it’s worth positing the question: how do ya figure that?

Well, any minor search into the rankings goliath that is the Review will tell you that these results are shady at best.

Lower Georgia Avenue Looks to the Future: Gentrification in the District

Lower Georgia Avenue Looks to the Future: Gentrification in the District

Jessamine Price April 23, 2013

When a conspicuously white reporter walks into Eagles Barber Shop on lower Georgia Avenue, several guys there have a question.

“You going to write a story about gentrification?

Though some local residents feel insulted by the word gentrification, the barbers and customers at Eagles want me to hear the word.

Safety and Security in the City: Lessons from a MPD Ride-Along

Safety and Security in the City: Lessons from a MPD Ride-Along

Jess Anderson April 23, 2013

Luckily, the woman wasn’t dead.

Life After Torture

Life After Torture

Pamela Huber April 23, 2013

When we think of torture survivors, we usually don’t think of the people we pass on the street, going about their lives and living in our communities, but there are 50,000 in the DC region alone according to the Torture Abolition and Survivor Support Coalition.

One of those survivors is Selam Heran Tarik.

Exploring LeDroit Park: Gentrification in the District

Exploring LeDroit Park: Gentrification in the District

Rhys Heyden April 23, 2013
LeDroit Park is a place defined as being “in-between.”
Safeway to Save Petworth

Safeway to Save Petworth

Nicole Cusick April 16, 2013

While carrying her reusable tote bags close to her on this windy day Eula-Mae White was not discouraged in stopping to say “hello” to passers-by as she walked down Georgia Avenue.

The Personal Side of Political

The Personal Side of Political

Alexa Kelly January 4, 2013

Nothing much happens in Upper Dublin, Pennsylvania.

Lakota Stake Their Claim on the Earth

Lakota Stake Their Claim on the Earth

Pamela Huber December 6, 2012
Nestled in the southwest corner of South Dakota, the Black Hills rise out of the Great Plains like a new forest growing from its burnt ancestor.
Out of Asia, Into the District

Out of Asia, Into the District

Emily Kate Edwards December 6, 2012
Daw Suu Kyi’s visit to American University in September is far more significant than many outside of the community realize.

Helping Heroin Users Get Clean: DC's Innovative Harm Reduction Policies

Jared Angle December 6, 2012
A shift away from injection heroin use and the efforts of needle exchange operations in Washington, DC, have contributed to a decrease in the number of new HIV infections in the second half of the 2000s. But at the Kolmac Clinic Silver Spring addiction treatment program, which provides treatment for opioid addicts, there’s been a shift in the clients they serve.
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