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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

AWOL

Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

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Fonkoze in Rural Haiti: A Microcredit Success Story

Audrey Van Gilder April 13, 2016

Thousands of independent NGOs operate in Port-au-Prince, but a glance at any mention of Haiti in the news doesn’t set much store in their success.

Roots of Revolution: Student Inspired by Arab Spring

Roots of Revolution: Student Inspired by Arab Spring

Ashley Dejean April 13, 2016

Inspired by the recent uprisings in Libya, Tunisia and Egypt, Farida Nabourema, a junior in SIS, decided to take action for the people in her home country of Togo.

Two Cities, One Struggle: Reflections on HIV/AIDS in Cape Town and DC

Tahmina Ahmed April 13, 2016

My name is Audi. I was born in Cape Town, South Africa. I am 37 years old.

Shaping Policy in Nicaragua:
International Relations From a Different 
Country — AU Professors Share Their Story

Shaping Policy in Nicaragua: International Relations From a Different Country — AU Professors Share Their Story

Alexandra Gordon April 13, 2016

According to AU professor Dr. Elizabeth Cohn, Ronald Reagan’s presidential legacy has been whitewashed.

Architecture at AU: Aesthetics and Academics

Anna Naser April 13, 2016

Prospective college students may tour dozens of campuses in their application process.  After touring school after school, each one’s buildings, quads, dining halls, libraries, dorms — they all start to blend together.

How not to Develop: Guatemala’s Las Trojes II Mine

Alexandra Gordon April 13, 2016

To reach the indigenous Guatemalan community of Las Trojes II, visitors drive two bumpy hours outside Guatemala City.

​Support Medical Marijuana in DC

Chris Young April 9, 2016

In 1998, the people of Washington, D.C. passed a referendum to legalize the use of medical marijuana for patients with glaucoma, cancer, HIV/AIDS and multiple sclerosis.

Makings AU a Fair Trade Campus

Chris Young April 9, 2016

Fair trade is about connecting consumers more directly with the suppliers of a whole wide range of products.

Socrates and the Sophists

Socrates and the Sophists

John Bly April 9, 2016

Forget that it costs over half a million dollars. Ignore that it sounds like a product of name calling between second-graders.

Nonsensical Data: Our Erratic 
U.S. census

Nonsensical Data: Our Erratic U.S. census

Nora Pullen April 9, 2016

It’s a sunny Wednesday morning in July, and a couple of guys in jeans and t-shirts are sitting with their coffees at a table outside Starbucks at 18th and Connecticut.

AWOL NEWSWIRE FALL 2010

Chris Young April 9, 2016

Facebook controls you

Social networking site Facebook has been in and out of the news over the past year, mostly over privacy issues that sparked the ire of users.

Professor Profile: Charles Larson

Professor Profile: Charles Larson

Chris Lewis April 9, 2016

AU’s second-longest teaching faculty member is retiring at the end of this year.

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