Perspectives

“The Eye,” a new medical humanities podcast hosted by WashU’s Rebecca Messbarger, recently launched on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.

The current actions of the Trump administration show how government can silence speakers without censoring them, writes Gregory Magarian.

When I read and study Walt Whitman’s poetry, I often imagine what he would’ve done if he had a smartphone and an Instagram account, writes doctoral student Trevin Corsiglia.

Chancellor Andrew D. Martin joins the NPR Planet Money podcast to discuss how the university gets funded and what it would mean if that funding went away.

For more than a century, Walgreens has survived and adapted to sweeping changes in retail. Now, it’s entering a new chapter – one that could reshape not just its own future but the role of pharmacies in American life, write Patrick Aguilar and Peter Boumgarden.

Let’s remove this taboo. Let’s celebrate one of the greatest inventions of modern medicine. What better way to start than by having celebrities not only be open about their use but celebrate it as well, writes Liberty Vittert.

A show demonstrates how the motor vehicle drove aesthetics, fashion and feminism in interwar France, writes Eileen G’Sell.

As the lack of pharmacy access becomes an increasing problem, point-of-care dispensing is a lever for convenience, adherence and connection, writes Patrick Aguilar.

Neither Mom nor I were targeted for calamity, but it found us nevertheless. The universe is indifferent, and that is terrifying, and that is beautiful, writes Ian Bogost.

The legal fights unfolding today are serious and must be watched closely. But Trump is not focused on the courts. He is focused on politics – on how far he can go, and whether anyone will make him stop, writes Andrew Reeves.