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Light falls on the corner of the building of the Supreme Court, where the six conservatives Justices recently handed down a decision that makes it easier to sentence juvenile offenders to life in prison without parole.

The Supreme Court Changes Course on Juvenile Justice

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
June 22, 2021
A skyscraper looms in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia’s capital. The country’s northern Tigray region has been consumed with violence and fighting since last November 2020, when the military invaded, after a regional political party attacked a government base.

“We Are Under an Existential Threat”: War Ravages the Tigray Region in Ethiopia

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
May 1, 2021
The White House, in Washington D.C., where President Biden resides. Biden’s choices for his Cabinet have come under close scrutiny from all wings of the Democratic Party, as he works to assemble a diverse and experienced administration.

The Complications of Choosing a Cabinet

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
March 21, 2021
When Joe Biden was projected the President-Elect of the United States on November 7th, 2020, people flooded the streets of New York City in celebration. But many of Bidens priorities as President may be obstructed by Democrats inability to win an outright majority in the Senate and expand their majority in the House.

Democrats in Disarray

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
January 11, 2021
President Donald Trump’s catastrophic response to the Coronavirus pandemic mirrors his administration’s ineffectiveness during the opioid epidemic. “His administration has a pattern of not caring or not trying to solve national disasters,” said Amalia El Nems ’21. “It has ruined people’s lives.”

The Forgotten Public Health Crisis

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
November 15, 2020
New York State sent a request for an absentee ballot in the June 23, 2020 primary elections to every registered voter. It is one of many states that have looked to expanding voting-by-mail in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic.

We Cannot Let the Coronavirus Pandemic Derail Voting

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
June 17, 2020
Adam Osman-Krinsky ’21 was a supporter of Bernie Sanders before the senator dropped out of the presidential race in April. Now that Joe Biden is the presumptive Democratic nominee, Osman-Krinsky believes the party must rally behind him. “I would honestly cry in the ballot box while doing so, but I would vote for Biden,” he said.

The November 2020 Election Is Bigger Than Biden

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
May 9, 2020
Elias Silver ’21 is in support of New York State’s controversial abolition of cash bail. “Under the law, suspects are innocent until proven guilty. It should be impossible to keep people locked up before they have been convicted of a crime,” said Silver.

Liberty and Justice for All, If You Can Afford It

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
April 7, 2020
Tenzin Dadak 21 believes that the UK’s electoral system is flawed because “it allows for the party that wins the most seats, rather than the most votes, to hold power. The single-member district system rewards parties that have concentrated regional support instead of parties who have support spread across the nation.”

The Problem of Brexit

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
February 28, 2020
Ayanava Ganguly ’21 believes that Kavanaugh’s impeachment would be pointless and politically unwise, saying that “it would be wiser for Democrats to wait” to impeach until after they win a majority in Congress.

Blinking on Brett Kavanaugh’s Impeachment

Kate Reynolds, Staff Reporter
November 24, 2019
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