News Clips

Through focused protests, recordings of government action, and viral popular culture, today’s public can get fuller, clearer information to help critically assess government actions, writes Gregory Magarian.

From Courtney Love to Chappell Roan, lipstick has evolved into a marker of power, writes Eileen G’Sell.

Suzanne Schindler, MD, PhD, professor of neurology

Ryan Burge, professor of practice at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics

No one is suggesting that a single positive drug test or instance of drug use should automatically trigger the removal of children from the home. But we must abandon the delusion that parents who are drug-addicted will enter treatment voluntarily before serious harm falls to them or their children, writes Sarah Font.

Michael Green, a visiting professor and an expert in tort law at WashU Law, discusses the implications of the $8.5 million federal jury verdict against Uber in a case alleging sexual assault by a driver.

I urge those in positions of power to think about how their current structures might render nonfaculty contributions invisible. We’re all valuable cogs in the system, write Anne Trolard.

Erica Barnell, MD, PhD, physician-scientist in the School of Medicine

Health care is extremely complicated and there are numerous barriers to reforms, as successive U.S. administrations have learned over the years. Whether the Trump administration finds some success will depend on how well the policies are able to surmount these and other obstacles, writes Patrick Aguilar.