Perspectives

For patients and families watching motivation slip away, that possibility offers something powerful: hope that even as disease progresses, the essence of who we are might be reclaimed, writes Adam Kepecs.

When we extend the benefit of the doubt, we can cultivate modes of engagement that lead with respect that draws people in; this starts conversations rather than ends them, writes Sandro Galea.

Perhaps future leaders can imagine more robust models of public support and stewardship that reflect America’s diverse and multifaceted national landscape – if they’re ever given an opportunity to do so, writes Joanna Dee Das.

Heidi A. Kolk, at the Sam Fox School, studies the visual and material culture of memory. Kolk writes on the “Human Ties” blog about her forthcoming book, “What Still Remains: A Cultural History of Negative Heritage.”

While I believe in the ethos of MAHA, I am very afraid of the unintended consequences and potentially devastating effects that these food-dye bans will have on the pocketbooks of Americans who, frankly, cannot afford it, writes Liberty Vittert.

At a time when trust is eroding and divisions seem insurmountable, volunteering offers something rare: an evidence-backed way to reconnect with communities, institutions and each other, writes Cal Halvorsen.

On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in Louisiana v. Callais, a Shaw challenge to Louisiana’s congressional redistricting plan. This is the first time the Court will hear a voting rights case since Justice Thomas shocked the voting rights community with his renunciation of Shaw in Alexander v. South Carolina Conference of the NAACP, writes Travis Crum.

Jose Moron-Concepcion and Brian Ruyle, in the Department of Anesthesiology at WashU Medicine, explain in a podcast episode their research into creating a safer treatment for opioid overdoses.

Democracy challenges us to participate in more ways than simply by voting. It challenges everyone to understand those around us and seek what is in the collective best interest, writes Betsy Sinclair.

Samuel Brehm, a joint MD/MBA student, is profiled in a Q&A about his startup, Status Flow, a medical device that aims to improve treatments for cerebral aneurysms, and the support he has received from WashU as he moves from concept to reality.