By: Amelia FortunatoH.R. 8 is a bill designed to get rid of the loopholes in the system that enable criminals and people with mental illness records to obtain guns. This bill was designed to stop gun violence but arguably does not strip people of their 2nd Amendment right. It would make it so that it would be illegal to sell guns without performing background checks as an unlicensed dealer, something that is not currently in place today.
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By: Matthew Puleo and Nathaniel SoissonThe White House has been a topic of controversy for years now. In the month of March, a lot of stories have developed. From the growing prevalence of socialism to postmortem ad hominem against John McCain, these events will be covered monthly until the end of the school year. By: Amelia FortunatoWilson High School's Mini-THON raised a total of $93,047.38, which was revealed at the end of the event that lasted from Feb. 23 to Feb. 24.
By: Ava BreslinVirginia Governor Ralph Northam has been under fire in recent weeks regarding a racists photo in his 1984 East Virginia Medical School Yearbook, where there is a man that is clearly blackface and another in a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) robe. He has denied that either of the two people in the photo was him, but has admitted to blackface in a different instance when he was dressing up as the famous entertainer, Michael Jackson.
By: Talia SpillermanMassachusetts senator, Elizabeth Warren, just announced her candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president for the 2020 election at a rally on Feb 9, 2019. Born and raised in Oklahoma City, Warren grew up in a working class family. Eventually, she graduated from the University of Houston with a degree in speech pathology. She and her husband then raised their two children in New Jersey where Warren worked as a speech pathologist and worked to get her law degree.
Once she became a practicing lawyer, she realized that many laws were forcing middle-class families who had financial distress such as a divorce or a job loss to become bankrupt, inspiring Warren to become an expert in bankruptcy law. In 1980, two years after her divorce to her first husband, Warren remarried and moved to Massachusetts where she became a professor at Harvard Law School. She advised the National Bankruptcy Review Commission and chaired the Congressional Oversight panel. In 2010, President Obama appointed Warren to Assistant to the President and Special Advisor to the Secretary of the Treasury on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CNN). By 2011, Warren stepped down from this position to then a month later announce her campaign for massachusetts senator (Biography.com). During her senatorial campaign, Warren claimed she had Native American ancestry, which had anthropologists challenging this claim. Warren then apologized for this inaccurate statement claiming it was what she had been told growing up and she had never used this supposed ancestry for any personal gain (biography.com) Though, in 1986 Warren listed her race as "American Indian" on a State Bar of Texas registration card (Washington Post). Still, Warren won the 2012 massachusetts senate seat. As a senator, Warren has served on the senate banking, health, education, labor and aging committees. She helped shaped the direction of the democratic party. During the 2016 election, Warren endorsed Hillary Clinton, accompanying Clinton on many campaign rallies. In December 2018, Warren announced the launching of her presidential exploratory committee and then on February 9, 2019, Warren officially announced her candidacy (CNN). Warren, who isidewith.com rates as “left-winged”, supports higher taxes on the wealthy and corporation, a greater federal minimum wage and increased gun control. She also endorses Obamacare, is pro-choice, for alternate energy sources and the amnesty of illegal immigrants if they pay taxes (isidewith.com). By: Erin EndresAlthough the 2020 Presidential Election may seem like a lifetime away, many Democrats have been announcing their candidacies and starting their campaigns left and right. As of right now, 11 Democratic party members have officially joined the race, and here’s what you need to know about each of them.
By: Alexa MonosOn Sunday February 3rd, 2019 a small two engine plane lost control and crashed into a suburban home in Southern California, killing five people and injuring two others. There was only one person, the pilot, on the 1981 Cessna. Most of the casualties were the residents of the home where the plane crashed. The house itself was located about 10 miles from Disneyland.
By: Jenny TangWhen New Year’s Day rolled around, many people most likely were asked the question, “What are your 2019 resolutions?” It may not be a surprise to hear the government has resolutions for the new year, although they typically follow through. From Arizona to Washington, citizens of these states should expect at least a slight change in their daily lifestyles. By: Alyson CroseCalifornia representative Nancy Pelosi was elected House speaker on Thurs., Jan 3, 2019, after a majority vote from the 116th Congress. With 220 votes, Pelosi defeated her Republican opponent Kevin McCarthy, reclaiming the title she previously held from 2007 to 2011 where she was elected the first ever female House speaker. By: Elena CaputoWith a partial government shutdown that has broken the record for being the longest one in American history, the nation is wondering who is to blame, how to move on and when their country will be able to get back on its feet? Unfortunately, government officials have yet to answer these questions amidst the constant debates between both the legislative and executive branches. By: Shreya AgrawalOn the 25th of November, a revolutionary medical breakthrough was made. A scientist in Southern China, He Jiankui, discovered a way to genetically modify babies.
By: Luke ScanlonAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez is one of biggest names from the newest class of representatives to enter Congress. She is a self-declared Democratic Socialist, and the youngest woman ever in Congress at just 29 years old. She’s been making headlines and drawing criticisms from both sides of the aisle since her meteoric political rise in the 2018 Midterm Elections, and she shows no signs of slowing down as she begins her term as the representative for New York’s 14th Congressional District. By: Kylee GainerEmployees at Telltale Games prepare for the release of the second episode of “The Walking Dead: The Final Season”. But on the morning of September 21, over 250 employees would find themselves jobless before the official release date due to the company filing for bankruptcy. Employees lost health insurance and were not even granted severance.
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