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Vol. CLV, Issue 4
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Dark Brandon and our crumbling democracy

Dark Brandon and our crumbling democracy

Natalie Comerford, Opinion Columnist October 27, 2022

On Sept. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia, Biden delivered a speech perched between two Marines, warning about current threats to American democracy. The internet responded by turning him into a meme. And...

Finding Support in the End of the World

Ben Shoemake, Columnist December 10, 2015
Post-apocalyptic stories aren't just a fad, they are something that modern youth relate to, precisely because they shed light on the world which they are growing into.

Paying closer attention to dystopia encourages critical political thinking

Anuradha Lingappa March 5, 2015
Dystopian books are so important because they reflect an unacceptably skewed version of society. If people draw parallels between the dystopian world and our own, it encourages critical thought about what’s so wrong and what we should be thinking about or doing.
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