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The Party of Donald Trump

The Party of Donald Trump

Matthew Rundle '27, Writer December 16, 2024

Domestic Recently, Donald Trump was elected as president of the United States along with a Republican majority in the Senate and the House of Representatives. All of this combined with the Supreme Court’s...

Where is the progressive, people's populist?

Where is the progressive, people’s populist?

Darin Eberhardt '25, Opinion, News, and Features Editor November 18, 2024

The day after the 2024 election, Vermont Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders put out a scathing rebuke of the Democratic Party, saying, among other things, that it had “abandoned working class people,”...

How I Hypothetically Would Have Lost Money Betting on Kamala Harris to Win the Election

How I Hypothetically Would Have Lost Money Betting on Kamala Harris to Win the Election

Brighton Ludwig '25, Photography, Video, and Social Media Editor November 18, 2024

Tuesday afternoon, the day of the election, as I was driving home from school, a billboard caught my eye (are you starting to see a pattern)? The billboard said, “Put your money where your mouth is”...

A Cheat Sheet for President Trump's Indictments

A Cheat Sheet for President Trump’s Indictments

Anagha Devarakonda '26, School and Local Editor September 10, 2023

Former president Donald Trump’s tenure in American politics has been marked by a plethora of unprecedented moments. From tweets that became internet sensations to being the first president in the U.S.’s...

The Persistence of Islamophobia

The Persistence of Islamophobia

Maysarah Javed '25, Writer October 14, 2022

Fumes burst as ash and dust filled the air; you could hear the sound of people, screaming, as they crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center -- September 11, 2001 is a day no person will forget....

Supreme Court has been busy this summer making landmark rulings.

What SCOTUS did on Your Summer Vacation

Darin Eberhardt '25, Opinion, News, and Features Editor September 9, 2022

The Supreme Court (SCOTUS) held an eventful 2021/2022 term, with several landmark decisions including the historic overturn of Roe v. Wade, decisions on gun control, EPA authority, Indigenous sovereignty,...

Supreme Court has been busy this summer making landmark rulings.

Biden Makes Historic Supreme Court Nomination

Abhishek Narahari '24, News Co-Editor March 1, 2022

On February 25, 2022, President Joe Biden picked Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the United States Supreme Court seat soon to be vacated by Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his retirement earlier...

Courtesy of J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press file photo

NM Senator Ben Ray Lujan Suffers a Stroke

Abhishek Narahari '24, News Co-Editor February 2, 2022

On February 1, 2022, Democrat Senator Ben Ray Lujan of New Mexico suffered a stroke that left him hospitalized. He is expected to make a full and fairly quick recovery, though the implications of the scare...

Biden Administration Faces a Range of Challenges

Biden Administration Faces a Range of Challenges

Abhishek Narahari '24, News Co-Editor January 20, 2022

One year into President Biden’s administration, he is at an inflection point. The President and the Democratic-controlled Congress have had undeniable success on issues like the COVID-19 vaccine rollout,...

Protests Erupt in Kazakhstan

Protests Erupt in Kazakhstan

Elizabeth Hiller '25, Writer January 19, 2022

On January 2, protests erupted across Kazakhstan as fuel prices spiked after a price cap was removed, but the riots expanded to encompass a broader discontent with social and political concerns. Protestors...

Dole in 1974

Bob Dole, a Champion of Bipartisan Cooperation, Dead at 98

Elizabeth Hiller '25, Writer December 16, 2021

Bob Dole, a former senator from Kansas, died on December 5, at the age of 98. Dole was born in 1923 in Kansas and served in the U.S. Army during World War II. After his time in the military, Dole went...

Hitler Youth Burn Books, 1938

Texas Launches a War on Books

Kira Small '22 December 14, 2021

Everything’s bigger in Texas, particularly the list of books that State Representative Matt Krause is pulling from public school libraries. In a letter to education officials, Krause demanded that the...

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