Book explores how Great Recession, COVID-19 affected young adult identity development
Rather than dissuade students, shocks such as the Great Recession and COVID-19 pandemic can cause college students to lean into their education as a pathway to success, according to research by Bronwyn Nichols Lodato in Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis.
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Boeing workers secure big gains after strike, but the future for organized labor under Trump is uncertain
As Joe Biden, arguably the most pro-labor president since Franklin Delano Roosevelt, departs the White House, and Donald Trump’s team gets ready to move back in, I believe that prospects for the growth in union members in the near future appear exceedingly bleak, writes Jake Rosenfeld.
Gambling on ‘vibes’ — why the betting markets are getting the election all wrong
you have to understand what drives these betting markets — the bettors. They are betting on nothing more substantial than the “vibes” that once made Harris’s victory seem inevitable earlier this summer, writes Liberty Vittert.
Black voters as saviors – and scapegoats
The evidence presented here suggests that we need a more nuanced understanding of how Black Americans engage in politics. This reconsideration will help to see Black voters outside of a binary: either the saviors of American democracy – or the scapegoats of the Democratic party, when the party falls short, writes Michael Strawbridge.
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WashU balloon goes over big
For the first time, WashU sponsored a hot air balloon in the Great Forest Park Balloon Race, an annual hot air balloon festival held in Forest Park. “Time Traveler” was among the dozens of entrants that delighted the STL community Sept. 15-16, 2023.
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Book explores consequences of political conversations
In her new book, political scientist Taylor Carlson, in Arts & Sciences, explores how political information changes as it flows from the news media to person to person. Her research shows that socially transmitted information becomes sparse, biased, less accurate and mobilizing — fueling a “distorted democracy.”