Faculty Lounge American University in DC Promotes Statue to Grant Clemency for Cop Killer Leonard Peltier Spencer Irvine December 26, 2016 UPDATE: The American University communications team informed us that it isn’t a campaign for Peltier’s release: We noticed that your outlet…
Faculty Lounge Washington D.C. Area has the Worst Student Loan Debt Situation in the Country Spencer Irvine August 19, 2016 From the College Fix: Six of the 10 richest counties in America are clustered around Washington, D.C. But the city…
Faculty Lounge Penn State Students Go to DC to Teach High Schoolers about Social Justice Spencer Irvine July 15, 2016 So does social justice pay the bills? Penn State students recently spent time in D.C. teaching high schoolers about social justice in a series of workshops.
Perspectives The Story Behind the Boy who Hugged Bernie Amanda Florian The story behind the boy who hugged Bernie July 15, 2016 I’ve interviewed plenty of kids before. Some are A-OK…
Perspectives DC Residents Protest Trump’s Meeting with House Republicans Kallina Crompton July 13, 2016 WASHINGTON- Early morning on Thursday, July 7, 2016, a few dozen protesters waited outside the Capitol Hill Club as Donald…
Perspectives Parade for D.C. Statehood on Independence Day Kallina Crompton July 7, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C.– As many people paraded through our nation’s capital to celebrate Independence Day, a few dozen people gathered together…
Perspectives Are Charter Schools Working? Kallina Crompton June 12, 2016 Charter schools are becoming a huge piece of the market in some of America’s most troubled cities.
Video Police State in America: An Interview for AIA’s Author’s Night Accuracy in Academia June 10, 2016 Emily Hughes, an intern at the American Journalism Center, interviews reporter Cheryl Chumley about her book on America’s police state…
Faculty Lounge Flier that said “All Lives Matter” Touches Off Firestorm at American University Spencer Irvine April 7, 2016 Wow. A community forum, faculty professors denouncing it, the law school dean emailing a statement about it…that’s a lot of…
Perspectives We Went to the March for Life: This is What We Saw Spencer Irvine January 23, 2016 On Friday, our staff writer Spencer Irvine and AIM Chairman Don Irvine went to meet with March for Life attendees near the…
Faculty Lounge Professor says the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial reminds her of Racism in D.C. Spencer Irvine January 30, 2015 She works as an associate professor at American University’s African-American studies department. Figures.