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  • Engaging With Big Pharma: An Interview With Suerie Moon

    The pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly announced recently that they would be selling Humalog, their most popular fast-acting insulin, at half price—a reduction that still leaves the drug at $137.35 a vial. This decision comes in the face of intensifying criticism over consistent increases in the drug’s price: according to the Healthcare Cost Institute, the cost…

  • Coming to Terms with “Self-Segregation”

    Washington University has a self-segregation problem. The problem does not lie with the communities centered around certain identities, but with the criticism and labeling of such groups as “self-segregating.” This term takes the word “segregation,” which is inextricably linked to a century of legalized oppression and applies it to individuals who find value in hanging…