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Big Tobacco and the Black Community
By John DiConsiglio
Growing up in a small Texas town, political science major Lincoln Mondy, B.A. ’16, could name the colors on a Newport cigarette pack the way most kids can describe the...
Defenders in the ‘War on Girls’
By Ruth Steinhardt
Grace was barely a teenager when her paternal uncle kidnapped her at gunpoint and sold her for marriage to a much older man in exchange...
Walkable Urban Places Gain on Suburbs
By Kristen Mitchell
For the first time since cars, quieter streets and spacious homes lured people out of...
Orlando Massacre: What We Know
By Julyssa Lopez
U.S. officials say that Omar Mateen committed one of the largest mass shootings in the country’s history last Sunday when he opened fire at the gay Orlando night club...
GW Baseball's Kevin Mahala Drafted by MLB's Pittsburgh Pirates
George Washington rising senior shortstop Kevin Mahala was chosen by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 18th...
Class of 2020 Learns to Raise High at Colonial Inauguration
Just a few hours after a plane brought Jackie Torrez from the suburbs of Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., last Thursday, she...
A Glimpse of History in First Person
By Ruth Steinhardt
July 2, 1881, began as an ordinary Sunday for William MacLeod.
“Bright breezy and pleasant...
‘Knowledge in Action’ Grants Lower the Cost of Unpaid Internships
When George Washington University senior Guillermo J. Martinez was selected for his dream internship at D.C. Superior...
GW Partnership Measures Poverty beyond Income
By Ruth Steinhardt
Over half of people in 46 African countries analyzed in a recent study suffer from “multidimensional” poverty, ...