Putin’s Rationale for the War in Ukraine
On February 24th, Russia launched an invasion into Ukraine following weeks of Russian military buildup along the border between the...
On February 24th, Russia launched an invasion into Ukraine following weeks of Russian military buildup along the border between the...
On April 8th, Ketanji Brown Jackson was confirmed by the Senate to the Supreme Court. Jackson will become the first...
On March 13th, Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving sat maskless, courtside in the Barclays Center, as his teammate Kevin Durant...
The United States has one of the largest and most sophisticated nuclear arsenals in the world, with over 4,000 nuclear...
Conspiracy theories have become an increasingly pervasive aspect of American life. Experts define conspiracy theories as a view where regardless...
In recent years, environmental protection has become one of the most contentious issues in US politics. Under the Trump administration,...
This past Saturday, pro-divestment protestors, led by the group “Resist WashU” attempted to set up an encampment on WashU’s Danforth Campus.
Recently on both the WashU Campus and in the surrounding neighborhoods, there have been many signature gatherers for a proposed referendum on abortion that the ACLU is trying to put onto the Missouri ballot this fall. This signature gatherers usually phrase their support of the referendum as being about “choice,” or “women’s rights,” and very rarely discuss what the referendum would actually do.
Every year, WashU hosts an event called “Bear Beginnings” for admitted students to learn about the university before committing. This event, which only resumed in 2022 after being canceled for several years due to COVID, is probably the least political event that one can think of.
Boeing, to put it mildly, has not had a good 2024. Among its concerns, parts keep flying off of its commercial planes, and (as of April 11th) the value of a share of its stock has declined from $257.28 to $173.36 since January 1st. However, one of the concerns that the leaders of Boeing will not be losing sleep over is the quixotic and nonbinding resolution passed by WashU’s Student Union (SU) for the university to divest from the embattled aerospace company.