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Why we can’t just be civil

Do we as Americans really want to see a nation where everyone from all points on the political spectrum can come together and join hands, or do we just want our political enemies not to attack us? It seems to me that it’s the latter.

| Contributing Writer

The vital importance of an open ear and a desire to listen

It doesn’t have to be this way. We can be better. We can have civil conversations about our perspectives and how they are informed by our individual lived experiences.

| Managing Newsletter Editor

Smoke and mirrors at the presidential debate

One key change — a differentiation with dangerous implications for the future of our democracy — is not being thoroughly scrutinized: no live audience. 

| Senior Forum Editor

College Democrats and College Republicans debate immigration, free speech on campus, and the Israel-Hamas War

WashU College Republicans (WUCR) and WashU College Democrats co-hosted their Campus Crossfire Debate in Tisch Commons, which led to discussion over immigration, free speech, the economy, and the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas, Tuesday, Nov. 14. 

and | Staff Writers

Campus Crossfire debate highlights political differences between WU students

The 2020 Campus Crossfire debate featured a fast-paced discussion with few areas of overlap between representatives from the College Democrats and College Republicans.

Em McPhie | Senior News Editor

Debate recap: 12 angry, mostly unnecessary people

I’m sorry, but that’s just way too many people for how late in the game it is. We’re now about a year away from the election, and anyone who believes that the nomination is still a 12-person race is fooling themselves.

Tyler Sabloff | Senior Forum Editor

Beto had his best night yet–at the cost of another Trump term

It was a powerful and much-needed bravado from a candidate in the face of an epidemic of gun violence and gave Beto the best night of his candidacy thus far—at the cost of a second Trump term.

Tyler Sabloff | Senior Forum Editor

Single-issue debates are a better course for the DNC

Hosting these single-issue debates would be the Democrats’ best course of action in the current state of their party.

Tyler Sabloff | Senior Forum Editor

Op-Ed (Satire): What the Notre Dame fire means to me

The torrential blaze that devastated the cathedral nave isn’t simply a subject for discussions on preservation, restoration and medieval architecture: It’s at the epicenter of political debate – about the meaning of tradition, hegemony and what the priorities of news should be – in which I feature centrally.

Maya St. Clair | Class of 2019

It’s easier to be defensive than receptive, but stop

Disagreements are simply a part of human nature, but how we handle these disagreements holds the difference between advancement and imprisonment in our own ideologies.

Kya Vaughn | Senior Forum Editor

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