Author / Wallis Linker
Wallis Linker is a junior in the College of Arts & Sciences studying Anthropology and Political Science. She can be contacted at w.linker@wustl.edu.
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The Victims Behind Bars
BY WALLIS LINKER Law and Order, Orange is the New Black, and The Wire are rife with depictions of the incarcerated criminals and the government agencies that deal with this sector. But, as is often the case with TV, these shows misrepresent life behind bars in state and federal prisons. The quality of life in…
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A Warning to David, After Going to the Dentist
BY WALLIS LINKER As of this July, seventeen states have decriminalized non-medical marijuana in some way or another. It appears that as time passes, President Nixon’s 1971 declaration of a hard “war on drugs” is slowly failing. In September 1989, the perception of drug abuse as America’s number one problem was polled at 64%; this…
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