Category / 2022 / Belonging

By Emily Woodruff, Featured WriterArtwork by Lea Despotis, Design Lead However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for…

By Jason Liu Artwork by Eric Kim Parents are the role models and the gatekeepers of our adulthood. At least, that is the premise upon which a growing political shift relies upon. As of writing, the Florida legislature has passed HB 1557, otherwise known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which seeks to set age…

By Rishi Samarth Every 10 years, congressional and state legislative districts are redrawn due to the new census. Redrawing electoral districts is an inherently partisan process, as district maps can be drawn to favor one party over the other. Just before the redistricting cycle began, it was common knowledge that congressional redistricting alone would be…

By Alejandro Ramirez Budgets and finances have been central to debates throughout the pandemic, as people's lives are weighed against corporate bottom lines. How were governments, from local to federal, expected to keep themselves afloat with no active commerce, loss of tourism, and reduced spending of their citizens during lockdown periods? In March of 2021,…

By Lara Briggs Streets in the district of Satkhira, in southern Bangladesh, are flooded after months of heavy rain - people travel by boat to reach the local shop. The Russian invasion of Ukraine displaced over 1.5 million people in ten days - a record number, per the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Recent refugee…

By Bonnie Segel I am Jewish, and I ardently believe in fighting for what is right. These two parts of my identity are not mutually exclusive, but they are treated as dichotomous at Wash U. Instead of embracing diverse Jewish students as valuable allies in social justice movements, Wash U's activist spaces have all but…

By Sean Chopra One of the core pillars in any democracy is the electoral accountability of our representatives. If an elected official behaves counter to their constituents' beliefs and ideologies or is just flat-out incompetent, we have the opportunity to voice our opinion by voting them out. In a similar vein, to make sure singular…