Author / Raja Krishna
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A Drive-By Shooting in Cleveland
BY RAJA KRISHNA The following is based on security footage and audio evidence released to the public by the Cleveland Police Department. Access the video here. On Saturday, November 22nd, 2014, while the world held its breath in anticipation of the Ferguson grand jury decision, 12-year-old Tamir Rice was kicking at some freshly fallen snow…
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The Activist Ego Chamber
BY RAJA KRISHNA On a cloudy Friday morning in early May, seven Washington University students were arrested for trying to enter a board of trustees meeting. The “Wash. U. Seven,” as they started calling themselves, say they wanted to deliver a letter to CEO of Peabody Energy Greg Boyce, a member of the board and…
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What Is WUPR Up To?
The summer is winding down and the WUPR staff is beginning to prepare for the new school year. For many of us, the summer of 2013 will hold a special place in our memories. So what exactly was our staff up to this summer? Read some of the profiles below to find out. (And feel…
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Diving Deeper Than Dialogue: Does Washington University Need a Middle Class?
BY RAJA KRISHNA A few weeks ago, a group of students in Bear’s Den publicly recited the lyrics to a rap song containing the n-word while standing next to a table full of African-American students. The question of racist intent remains contentious, but everyone knows what happened next: our campus exploded. Debates raged on Facebook,…
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Arnab Goswami and the Great Indian Debate
BY RAJA KRISHNA If you switch on a television in India at dinner time (8 or 9 p.m. there), chances are that the first sight to meet your eyes will be the face of bindi-ed North Indian actress holding a shocked face as the camera zooms into her gaping, screaming, lipsticked mouth to the repetitive…
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Abandoned Land: Not-So-Casual Vacancies in the Urban Enviroment
BY RAJA KRISHNA When I hear the words “vacant lot,” my thoughts immediately jump to one of my favorite Hey Arnold! episodes, which features America’s most famous football-head and his group of friends as they explore their neighborhood in search of a place to play sports. The gang comes across a vacant lot covered…
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The Hypocrisy Files
BY RAJA KRISHNA What do the Penn State football program, the Catholic Church, and the Boy Scouts of America have in common? If you answered, “They’re all organizations with startling histories of sexual abuse made even more sickening by the fact that they have, for decades, arrogantly attempted to handle their moral shortfalls in-house,” you’re…
