Fixing Public Education: One, Two, Three
BY JARED TURKUS The University of California system has been the gold standard in American public higher education for years. According to the U.S. News & World Report, eight of its undergraduate institutions are ranked in the top 100, six in the top fifty and two in the top twenty-five [...]
Syria: Home of a New al-Qaeda?
BY NAHUEL FEFER Despite the world’s best efforts, The Syrian Civil War is proving difficult to ignore; this March it will enter its third year. Government and rebel forces are at a stalemate, and the civilians are those suffering the most from constant urban, guerilla warfare. Thus far over half [...]
St. Louis: A Segregated City
BY GOVIN VATSAN Segregation in the United States has existed since our nation’s inception. Although it has gradually been removed from our laws, segregation still lingers in our society, especially in the inner cities. St. Louis is one of the most racially segregated cities in the United States. But just [...]
Cyberwar: The Next Big Threat
BY JENNIFER KIM The U.S. and China continue to race for the world’s economic and political spoils. Consequently, the two nations compete on issues ranging from foreign relations to public policy and often encounter conflict in their political and economic pursuits. As international tensions continue to build between the two nations, [...]
Diving Deeper Than Dialogue: Does Washington University Need a Middle Class?
BY RAJA KRISHNA A few weeks ago, a group of students in Bear’s Den publicly recited the lyrics to a rap song containing the n-word while standing next to a table full of African-American students. The question of racist intent remains contentious, but everyone knows what happened next: our campus [...]



