Five things you need to know about the government shutdown
Lily Bartin, features writer
January 25, 2019
The U.S. government has been under a partial shutdown since Saturday, Dec. 22. Yet, nearly 30 percent (83/311) of KHS students don’t know the reason for the shutdown, and only 35 percent (109/310) of KHS students feel informed about it. Though it may seem distant, the shutdown affects the lives of e...
Your political tweets are toxic to democracy
Austin Cleveland, sports writer
December 11, 2018
If you back the second amendment, then you are a Republican. If you support proposition C, then you are a Democrat. If you just Google searched proposition C, or the second amendment, then you probably are the average American youth; one whose political informativeness never stretches outside the walls o...
Issues: The Midterms and why they matter
Charlotte Heinrich and Thomas Birmingham
October 27, 2018
“This is the most important election in history.” According to Lucas Ravenscraft, AP United States Government and Politics teacher, this is one of those phrases that tends to get thrown around a lot, yet is hardly ever true. Why? Because according to Ravenscraft, to say that one election is more important than all the others diminishes the value of elections as a whole. Because every election is important, he said. On Nov...
Presidential profiles 2016
Vivian Kutheis, web staffer
October 19, 2016
Name: Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton Birthday: Oct. 26, 1947 (age: 68) Party: Democrat Relationship Status: Married to Bill Clinton, former U.S. President Horoscope: Libra Favorite Vacation Destination: The Hamptons Favorite Foods: Lamb, burgers and hot peppers Favorite Movie: The Wizard of Oz Favorite Singers: L...
Democratic Party debate recap
Max Shulklapper, copy editor
October 14, 2015
CNN hosted the first Democratic Party presidential debate on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 18, pitting five leading candidates against one another in a bid to gain popular support in light of the looming 2016 election. Hillary Clinton, currently the leading Democratic candidate in the polls, touted her polit...
Young Neutrals
Mikki Philippe and Trevor Cleveland
March 11, 2015
Politics are complicated. I don’t know much about them, or the platforms of the Democratic and Republican parties, but I am aware of the polarization they’ve caused in American culture. My first account of this was growing up with a conservative best friend while I came from a liberal family. Several...
Stop the slander
Julia Wunning-Zimmer, opinions writer
November 12, 2014
It finds people in their cars. It creeps onto billboards, benches and buses. It seeks out people in their mailboxes and their homes. It stalks people nearly everywhere during the months of October and November. ‘It’ is political slandering, and it has been happening in the U.S. since at least Andrew...
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