Series to explore practice of citizenship
Presented by the WashU John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics. “The Practice of Citizenship” series invites participants to think critically about what it means to be a citizen.
WashU research finds gaps in Google AI Overview citations, claims
With the advent of Google AI Overviews, Google has unprecedented editorial control over what users read and know, according to Jacob Montgomery, a WashU Arts & Sciences political scientist.
Rural America Beyond the Caricature
How can we transcend politics and economics when thinking about rural America? How might policymakers better focus on rural aspirations rather than on rural decline? WashU’s Sandro Galea and USC’s Elizabeth Currid-Halkett discuss the very construct of the urban–rural divide.
Elizabeth Currid-Halkett
Government action
WashU students have many opportunities to learn that democracy is a verb.
‘Let’s see where we can go’
Through the Bears Caucus, sponsored by the Office of Government & Community Relations, student and alumni ambassadors meet with lawmakers, share their personal stories and champion issues critical to the WashU community.
The Future of Foreign Assistance and Global Health
In this episode of Ideas Matter, WashU’s Sandro Galea, dean of the Bursky School of Public Health, and former USAID civil servant Nicholas Enrich discuss how assisting other countries in maintaining public health protects safety and stability across the globe—including here in America.
Nicholas Enrich
Commemorating 250 years of American independence
As the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence signing, experts at Washington University in St. Louis are reflecting on the events and ideas that shaped this nation and their continued relevance today.
Free speech and judicial independence in the age of revolution
The right to free speech and judicial independence — two foundational values our nation is built upon — were born of the founders’ distrust of unchecked power, according to Andrew D. Martin, chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis and an expert in judicial politics.
Why the First Amendment’s forgotten right of assembly matters more than ever
WashU’s John Inazu argues that the ability to gather with others is essential to a healthy democracy — particularly at a time of deep social and political division. He was among the faculty presenting as part of the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics course “1776: Then and Now.”
How Thomas Jefferson’s Quran became test case for religious liberty
Tazeen Ali, an assistant professor of religion and politics at Washington University in St. Louis, says Thomas Jefferson’s Quran confronts us with the question of what the founders themselves knew they couldn’t avoid: Will the promises of 1776 stop at the edge of our own religion, or will they extend to Muslims and beyond?
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