Category: 40.3 WashU & St. Louis

In a recent article by The Wall Street Journal, St. Louis was described as having a “real estate nightmare” complete with lost jobs, theft, and abandoned buildings. The article gave the example of The Railway Exchange Center, a once-thriving commercial building and department store that has since been abandoned and remains in a hazardous condition. […]

After the definitive failure of campaigns from countless preferable candidates, President Biden and former President Trump finally received their party’s nominations. No powerful Democrats were willing to stand in opposition to Biden, and Trump’s grip on his loyalists was so strong that he managed to become nominated by ignoring his opponents. It’s difficult to view […]

We’ve all heard about the anti-war movement that washed over America in the 60s and 70s. The fiercest opponents of the Vietnam War were generally left-wing, usually motivated by either a belief in pacifism or by a disinterest in fighting in the name of capitalism. Others also argued that political change in Asia was simply […]

What do you think when you hear the word “Mallincrockt”? To the averageWashU student, it means Subway sandwiches, bookstore textbooks, and a convenientstop for the campus shuttle. But for many across the nation, particularly residents of St.Louis, Mallinckrodt PLC has a complicated legacy. From radioactive bombs to nuclearwaste, from overpriced medication to the national opioid […]

Amidst a global reckoning around police-community relations, one thing is becoming clear: we can’t excuse white supremacy as a thing of the past or an inevitable part of our present any longer. The roots of tension in police-community relations are self-reinforcing. Police forces are failing to understand our racial history and current racial environment, while […]