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Protesters marching down the street with a banner that reads, "Make Dreamers a Reality."

Students Walkout for DREAMers

Stephanie Lopez, Staff Editor November 16, 2017

“Let’s march for the DREAMers,” shouts Erika Soto, a student organizer for United We Dream and American University (AU) student. After weeks of planning, Soto was finally seeing her hard work realized...

Disclaimer: An Accurate Story About Fake News

Disclaimer: An Accurate Story About Fake News

Laura Saini January 30, 2017

Originally published in Spring 2017, Issue 21. On Dec. 4, 2016, Edgar Welch, 28, walked into Comet Ping Pong, a pizzeria in D.C. and fired three shots in the restaurant. He believed Hillary Clinton was...

Expect Resistance: Protesting in Trump’s America

Expect Resistance: Protesting in Trump’s America

Anniebee Ospeck, Copy Editor January 30, 2017

Originally published in Spring 2017, Issue 21. Photographed by Melany Rochester In the midst of a dense sea of knitted, pink, pussy hats that flowed down Independence Avenue, messages like  “Respect...

DC's Gun Fight: One man’s standoff with Congress

DC’s Gun Fight: One man’s standoff with Congress

Antoinette D’Addario January 30, 2017

Originally published in Spring 2017, Issue 21. Graphics by Rachel Wright On Memorial Day 2005, Timothy and Janice Heyne were docking their boat at friend Steve Mazin’s home in Thousand Oaks, California...

Smoking Out Big Pharma: Why We Haven't Legalized

Amanda Molloy January 25, 2017

Big Pharma's role in marijuana legalization. 

Birth Behind Bars: Shackling Women During Labor

Birth Behind Bars: Shackling Women During Labor

Rachel Falek, Editor In Chief January 25, 2017

How pregnant women are restrained of their rights in prison.

Painting the Town Red: The Rise of Left-Wing Populism

Painting the Town Red: The Rise of Left-Wing Populism

Thomas Pool January 25, 2017

Understanding neoliberalism and social change. 

Dallas' Own United Nations: Going to School as a Refugee

Dallas' Own United Nations: Going to School as a Refugee

Caroline Garrison January 25, 2017

The academic and social challenges of student refugees.

A Real Game Changer: The Gamble on Social Impact Games

A Real Game Changer: The Gamble on Social Impact Games

Sara Winegardner January 4, 2017

After returning home, your house is empty. Your family is gone. You move from room to room, piecing together what happened while you were away. This is the premise of Gone Home, a social impact mystery...

Changes in Mennonites’ Apolitical Culture: God Before Government

Paloma Losada, Staff Editor April 28, 2016

The Mennonite community in the United States hasn’t been known to line up by the hundreds outside polling stations, hold picket signs protesting unjust laws or advocate for a certain candidate.

Working Around Imposter Syndrome: Who do You Think You Are?

Kendra Yoshinaga April 28, 2016

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor once told the New York Times that she was always looking over her shoulder, wondering if she measured up.

Strong Ladies of Women’s Rugby: Down and Dirty

Lindsey Grutchfield April 28, 2016

Rugby is an intensely physical sport. With 80 minutes of nonstop play and only a 10 minute halftime, it is more punishingly cardiovascular than football, with all of the contact and none of the padding.

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