Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News  On January 6, 2021, a violent mob stormed the U.S. Capitol in one of the most visceral and tragic examples of the recent rise in domestic extremism. In the last year, there has been an increasing number of white supremacist groups and increased violenceRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News  Because Choate students live all over the world, one of the most common questions asked on the first day of classes or when meeting someone new is, “Where are you from?” For several years now, I’ve struggled to answer this question. I was bornRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News  We go into Choate thinking that we will leave feeling prepared for everything life throws at us. But, how much of the things we learn in school do we actually use in our daily lives? In an H&R Block survey, 84% of respondents saidRead More

Graphic by Yujin Kim/The Choate News  Over the past year, we have all experienced the unavoidable conversations about how seriously to take the pandemic — the ones where we decide whether or not we ought to skip the big spring break party in order to avoid spreading Covid-19 to ourRead More

During his 2020 election campaign, President Joe Biden promised to build a cabinet representative of America’s racial plurality. Upholding the promise, Biden’s administration deviated  greatly from past administrations, appointing women and ethnic minorities to positions that have long been held almost exclusively by white men. The Biden cabinet is nowRead More

In August of 1920, Congress ratified the 19th amendment, delivering voting rights to American women. This year’s Women’s History Month, celebrated in March, honors these accomplishments, more than a century later. Yet, for all the progress feminists have made around the world in the last century, recent years have beenRead More

We, the 114th masthead, inherited The Choate News just as the Covid-19 pandemic shuttered U.S. businesses and schools, forcing people into isolation.  As a young, inexperienced masthead, we were intimidated by the task before us. We had to transform our publication process to a virtual setting. Instead of crowding intoRead More

Dear Choate,  Well, it’s been quite a year, to say the least. When I was asked to write a reflection on my time as Student Council President, I immediately dug through my Google Drive to find the campaign speech I delivered last winter. As I read through the document, memoriesRead More

On February 1, Myanmar’s military, the Tatmadaw, detained hundreds of civilian government officials and seized control of the government, declaring a state of emergency. The leader of the National League for Democracy (NLD) and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi was among the civilian leaders detained onRead More