In recent weeks, a fierce debate has ignited among the people of Canada in response to a new bill introduced in Quebec. The most widely controversial aspect of Bill 21 is a section that, in an attempt to support the “secularism” of the province, bans public servants from wearing religiousRead More

Too Often, Shooting Survivors’ Mental Health is Neglected   For the past two weeks, people across the country have been mourning the loss of three people to apparent suicide. These suicides seem to have been caused by one common factor: the mass shootings that turned their lives upside down. SydneyRead More

Although the 2020 presidential election is still over a year and a half away, a number of candidates have already entered the race for the Democratic presidential nomination, and this year’s group is noticeably different from those in years past. The 2020 race has more women running for a singleRead More

Students were rendered speechless as six of their classmates delivered speeches at school meeting this past Tuesday. Named after former Choate dean and public speaking and drama teacher E. Stanley Pratt and former head of the Choate History Department H. Jeremy Packard ’55, the Pratt-Packard Declamation Contest is a decades-longRead More

On Thursday, February 14, the Senate voted to confirm William Barr to succeed Jeff Sessions, and he was sworn in to become Attorney General of the United States. Barr has served in this position before, under President George H. W. Bush. Although he was confirmed by the Republican-majority senate, BarrRead More

For the past week, Virginia governor Ralph Northam has been under heavy fire for a photo discovered on the governor’s yearbook page from his time at Eastern Virginia Medical School. The picture is facing backlash because it shows two young men standing next to each other, one in blackface andRead More

Among the seemingly endless factors that contribute to the chaos of modern politics, the practice of gerrymandering has gone relatively unnoticed compared to other issues. This manipulation and redrawing of district borders to favor one political party over another has plagued American politics since the founding of the country, withRead More

  On September 27, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee and recounted her experience of being sexually assaulted by Judge Brett Kavanaugh, who was confirmed to the Supreme Court on October 6. Judge Kavanaugh’s testimonial response was anything but convincing, and it exposed manyRead More

Courts in India finally ruled that gay sex is no longer illegal. The future of LGBTQ+ rights in the nation, however, remains unclear [Photo Courtesy of The New York Times].