Arguing for lowering the drinking age in a college newspaper is like calling for an end to exams or the abolition of grades. It's not a tough sell. Still, ours is a campus rife with discussion of the ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Amid renewed calls to consider reducing the legal drinking age, a new University ...

Started by Middlebury College President John McCardell, the Amethyst Initiative petitions the government to openly discuss lowering the drinking age from 21, with the goal of lessening the dangerous ...

More than two decades after the United States established a uniform legal drinking age of 21, some states are looking at lowering the age as low as 18 in certain circumstances. Vermont is the latest ...

Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon has not joined more than 100 of her colleagues in a bid to re-examine the legal drinking age of 21. She and MSU should rethink that position.The ...

College students are moving in, and college partying will not be far behind. Now, a group of educators is proposing a surprising way to deal with campus binge drinking — lower the drinking age. The ...

In the United States, the national minimum legal age to drink and buy alcohol is currently 21 years old. Before then, even if it's just one day before your birthday, you can't purchase liquor, wine, ...