Politics - AWOL

Should Journalists Vote?

An ethical question in a toxic political climate

Katya Podkovyroff Lewis, Editor-In-Chief • November 6, 2018

The current political climate has been a result of cumulative tensions nationwide since the 2016 election. Today, in the midst of the 2018 midterms, voters will decide if a new light will...

Private politics

Intimate partner violence as a human rights violation

Taylor Sabol, Managing Editor • July 19, 2018

A new ruling by Attorney General Jeff Sessions may jeopardize domestic violence survivors’ ability to seek asylum within the United States.

Struggling After The Storm

Hurricane Maria's Affect on HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico

Taylor Sabol, Managing Editor • June 1, 2018

What it will take to rebuild after the island's devastation

Where Are All The Women?

A Look Inside the Audio Industry’s Gender Disparity

Alyssa Rotunno • June 1, 2018

A Look Inside the Audio Industry’s Gender Disparity

Protesters remember the 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide

Several Hundred Armenians protested the Turkish Ambassador's residence on the 103rd anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.

Michael Karlis, Web Director • April 26, 2018

Hundreds of Turks and Armenians gathered at Sheridan Circle in Northwest Washington on Tuesday to protest for what each side says is “the truth” about the Armenian Genocide. Both sides convinced...

Portraits of our Planet

Photo essay on National Parks

Emily Watkins, Photographer • April 18, 2018

Gentlemen, why in heaven’s name this haste? You have time enough. […] Ages and ages lie before you. Why sacrifice the present to the...

Documentary | The Gray Area from AWOL on Vimeo.

The Gray Area is a short documentary about cannabis culture and legality in the nation's capital. It explores how cannabis businesses are able to operate under the current cannabis law, and it delves into...

Doomed DREAMers

What are colleges doing for undocumented students?

Savanna Strott • January 2, 2018

Photos by Melany Rochester Education was one of the reasons Derian Luna’s parents brought him to the United States. Now a freshman at the University of Nevada - Las Vegas, Luna is working hard to...

Inserting Reproductive Freedoms

Fleeting autonomy under republican leadership

Madeleine Simon • January 2, 2018

Art by Claire Osborn Samantha Garzillo didn’t know what to wear on the day she would get her intrauterine device, otherwise known as an IUD. The Pennsylvania-native was about to be scrutinized by...

Burnt Out Policy

Students speak up for social action

Luci Rascher, Podcaster • January 2, 2018

Photographs by Anonymous On a humid September evening, freshman Katherine and her friends decided to smoke a joint on American University’s campus. Shortly after lighting up, they heard someone...

Title in Turmoil

Implications for university appeal assault cases in the Trump era

Karissa Waddick, Writer • January 2, 2018

Art by Elspeth Riley More than 400 individuals gathered outside The Department of Education on Oct. 19 for the National Vigil for Campus Sexual Assault Survivors, to stand in solidarity with campus...

Why Us? The alt-right’s assault on American University

A litany of hateful acts mar AU’s recent history

Benjamin S. Weiss, Fall 2019 Editor-in-Chief • December 6, 2017

Art by Hannah Tiner On Tuesday, Sept. 26, American University opened another chapter in its sordid history of racist acts on campus with the school’s second high-profile racially motivated incident...