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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

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Critical. Subversive. Irrepressible.

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Ripped From the Wall: Episode 3, American Gets Hazed

Ripped From the Wall: Episode 3, American Gets Hazed

In the newest episode of Ripped From the Wall, Maddi Cole dives into something no one at American University can stop talking about: hazing. With an undergraduate population of only 8,000, AU has such...

The District's Civilian Guardians

The District's Civilian Guardians

Alexa Kelly April 23, 2013

They call him Sabertooth.

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.

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.”
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.
The Strange Saga of Southeastern University

The Strange Saga of Southeastern University

Eleanor Greene December 6, 2012
Quick: name five schools in the District.
The drum circle has been going on for at least 50 years, and is believed to have formed from the drum circles that happened during the marches and protests of the civil rights movement.

Photo Essay: The Meridian Hill Park Drum Circle

AWOL December 6, 2012
Every Sunday afternoon during spring and summer, there's a place in the city where people get together to play drums and dance.

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.
Stopping Slavery in the Nation's Capital

Stopping Slavery in the Nation's Capital

Rachel Lomot December 6, 2012
It’s 1 a.m. She’s been standing on the corner for four hours. She cannot go home.  She cannot call the police.  She cannot tell her friends. All she can do is wait in fear.
Looking at Life in Lhasa

Looking at Life in Lhasa

In Lhasa, the capital of Tibet, the Potala Palace stands as a monument to Tibetan Buddhist practices, despite the current Chinese occupation and suppression of traditional religion and culture.
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