Perspectives

As the Postal Service teeters – economically sabotaged and on the brink of being sold off – it’s all-the-more needed to preserve the durable, social, accessible, sustainable and beautiful cities and towns that citizens deserve, writes Patty Heyda.

The School of Law’s Daniel Epps co-writes an op-ed published in Washington Monthly criticizing legislation proposed in Congress that would restrict lawsuits against businesses and employers from people who are exposed to COVID-19. “The bill’s complex procedural requirements make any hope of accountability impossible,” they write.

Sapna Kudchadkar, an Arts & Sciences alumna and pediatric intensive-care doctor, shares a front-line perspective of the fight against COVID-19, as both a physician and a patient.

In this Q&A, Bradley Jolliff, new director of the McDonnell Center for the Space Sciences in Arts & Sciences, describes current collaborative work in the space sciences at Washington University and looks forward to the next generation of research.

There are steps Congress might take that would strike an appropriate balance between victim’s interests, the need to protect essential services acting reasonably, and federalism values. Instead, this bill gives businesses a free pass at the expense of COVID-19’s victims, writes Dan Epps.

Design and architecture schools have been far slower to make commitments than they were to offer sweeping public statements. In this void, students are reclaiming the political, visionary legacy of design schools in years past, writes Michael Allen.

Jean Allman, director of the Center for the Humanities in Arts & Sciences, discusses the center’s “Life/Lines” poetry project in an interview on the Consortium of Humanities Centers and Institutes website.

There is no reason to be distraught about Supreme Court leaks. If anything, we should welcome the chance for the public to better understand how those who govern us — including judges — make their decisions, writes Dan Epps.

Jim Wertsch, director emeritus of the McDonnell International Scholars Academy, and Chancellor Emeritus Mark S. Wrighton write an op-ed published in the South China Morning Post criticizing President Donald Trump’s order to end the Fulbright scholar exchange program with China. They say that, as COVID-19 has made clear, “global cooperation is needed to solve problems […]

Cancelling the Fulbright programmes between China and the U.S. eliminates one of the most doable paths to future successes. President Trump’s executive order should be rescinded immediately, write James Wertsch and Mark Wrighton.