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Sending the vote home

Sending the vote home

Students navigate absentee ballot restrictions while voting in this year’s presidential election.
Kate Kessler, Staff Editor December 2, 2024

Editor's Note: This article was reported and written before election day, but has been published after. Christina Eid, a junior at American University, said she planned to vote in the upcoming presidential...

Earning the Youth Vote

Earning the Youth Vote

Social media, organizing efforts and celebrity influence draw out young voters for the 2024 election.
Layla Younis, Staff Writer December 2, 2024

Editor's Note: This article was reported and written before election day, but has been published after. Before the election, Sarah Bennett planned to vote. The American University first-year student...

Students gather to watch election

Students gather to watch election

Watch parties on campus screened live election coverage for large student audiences.
Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer November 8, 2024

On Nov. 5, various American University clubs hosted events for students to gather and watch live coverage of the 2024 presidential election. During these watch parties, attendees saw reports from the first...

Professor Profile: Allan Lichtman

Professor Profile: Allan Lichtman

The art and science behind Lichtman's presidential predictions
Tom Langford and Jack Lunder October 25, 2024

Allan Lichtman was always on a track to be a doctor. He made it through Brandeis University's pre-med program, even though he fainted at the sight of blood and was clumsy in the laboratory.  But in his...

How a Community Protests: GW Encampment memories remain after police clearing

How a Community Protests: GW Encampment memories remain after police clearing

While three protestors look back and praise the encampment, advocacy experts compare the encampment’s tactics to GW’s and MPD’s response
Caleb Ogilvie and Kalie Walker September 18, 2024

Editor’s Note: The AP Style Israel-Hamas Topical Guide is “calling the present conflict between Israel and the militant Palestinian group Hamas a war, given the widespread and ongoing nature of military...

DC’s fight for statehood continues after centuries of advocacy

DC’s fight for statehood continues after centuries of advocacy

Taxation without representation, race and lobbying central to statehood movement
Kathryn Gilroy, Managing Editor May 6, 2024

Citizens in Washington, D.C., have been fighting for statehood and representation in Congress for 219 years, but recently, the fight has expanded past the district's borders. Nebraska State Sen. Danielle...

Admissions on trial

Admissions on trial

Banning of race-conscious admissions affects diversity on campus
Kalie Walker, Staff Editor November 29, 2023

When the Supreme Court banned affirmative action, colleges across the U.S. had to ask themselves one question: What comes next? The Supreme Court overturned affirmative action on June 29 in a 6-3 decision...

Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses polarization and Trump impeachment

Rep. Jamie Raskin discusses polarization and Trump impeachment

Local DC station to stream SOC and KPU event video
Abigail Lynn Willliams, Staff Writer September 27, 2023

Editor’s Note: This story includes mentions of suicide that may be triggering to readers. Resources are included at the bottom of this article.   U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), a three-term...

New York City climate stike

New York City climate stike

Benjamin Austin, Staff Editor September 21, 2023

Tens of thousands of people gathered in New York City on Sept. 17 to protest the U.S.’s use of fossil fuels. Protesters from Washington D.C. and the surrounding area–including students from American...

Labor activists demonstrate outside local Starbucks

Labor activists demonstrate outside local Starbucks

Ben Ackman, Multimedia Producer September 21, 2023

Volunteers from Starbucks Workers United gathered on Sept. 14 outside of the Starbucks on New Mexico Avenue to demonstrate against the company’s anti-union policies. The organizers explained their...

Ukraine Protest

Protestors support Ukraine on anniversary of invasion

Protestors participate in a vigil and protest in support of Ukraine
Jack Ford, Photographer April 21, 2023

The “rise up.” photo exhibit brought the Black Lives Matter protests below ground

The “rise up.” photo exhibit brought the Black Lives Matter protests below ground

Dupont Underground's in-person and online exhibit captured the vitality and tumult of Washington's 2020 Black Lives protests in photographs.
Kayla Benjamin, Copy Editor November 1, 2020

Underneath Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle lies 15,000 square feet of underground space occupied by Dupont Underground, a nonprofit community arts organization. The front desk’s quiet music and the...

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