civic engagement

The real work just started

Your duty does not end at the ballot, it begins there.

| Staff Writer

Op-ed submission: Wash. U., we need to talk

The black community has waited far too long for this conversation, but it is not our duty to begin your racial education.

Wash. U. Black Organizers

Las Vegas shooting demands student action on gun control

But as Washington University students, we have the power to influence gun reform. And the Student Life editorial board believes it is our generation’s responsibility to work toward this end.

Twitter and the democratization of discourse

When Twitter was first launched, it was lauded by many as a democratizing force. It still is.

| Staff Writer

Twitter can generate activism, but it can also be an echo chamber

Twitter, like almost all forms of social media, initially draws you in with it’s irresistible constant production of tweets, but also lays a trap in which you inadvertently become sucked into a word of politics, clickbait videos and endless arguing.

| Senior Forum Editor

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