Mayor Pete for President?
Lucia Balestrieri
September 9, 2019
If Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana were to become president of the United States, he would be the youngest U.S. president in history at only 37 years old. He would also be the first gay president. Buttigieg, who is the son of a Maltese immigrant and grew up in the town he's now the mayor ...
Elizabeth Warren, Middle Class Crusader
Lucy Rogers
May 7, 2019
The opening line to Elizabeth Warren’s essay, “The Vanishing Middle Class,” is the following: “A strong middle class is the best ally of the poor.” This line encapsulates her passionate advocacy for increasing opportunities for members of the United States’s middle class to thrive. She has...
Jumping Through Hoops: Latinas in Politics / Saltando a Pendientes de Aro: Latinas en la Política
Isabella Calix, Senior Editor and Staff Writer
February 15, 2019
Gold hoop earrings, bold red lipstick, and a reenactment of The Breakfast Club dance mash-up monopolized news coverage of Alexandria Ocasio-C0rtez's first week in Congress. Ocasio-Cortez, who was sworn in as the youngest woman to serve in Congress in January 2019, has recently been the focus of disproportionate media attention regarding her background, her appearance, ...
Midterm Election Recap
Dominic Polycarpou
December 12, 2018
The midterm elections have come and gone, and some interesting things came to pass. The midterm elections take place every four years, exactly halfway between the presidential elections. Members of the House of Representatives, the Senate, state legislatures, and governors are among the people who are...
Panic at Global Citizen Festival Shows Necessity of Gun Reform
Sarah Clayton, Editor-in-Chief
November 7, 2018
America is known for many of its odd cultural norms. Prescription drug advertisements. Treating pets like children. White bread. Black Friday. Obesity. And, apparently, a deeply ingrained fear of mass shootings that causes calm people at safe concerts to suddenly go berserk at a nonexistent threat. I was waitin...
SHHS Students Walk Out in Protest
May 4, 2018
At 10:00 AM on Wednesday, March 14th, students across America came together to send the world an urgent and indelible message: Enough. Hundreds of Sleepy Hollow students and staff members were among the tens of thousands nationwide who walked out of school as part of the National School Walkout, a demonstration...
To Pledge or Not To Pledge?
January 4, 2018
Widespread indifference to the Pledge speaks volumes about our generation's decreased interest in political action, patriotic or otherwise.
What’s Goin’ On?
Leah Scarpati, Staff Writer
July 4, 2017
On Sunday, January 24th, the village of the Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown hosted a solidarity march where hundreds of community members among all races, ages, gender, and socioeconomic factions gathered to advocate for the ideals our nation was founded upon. The march was intended to bring the town toge...
Three Ways High Schoolers Can Be Politically Active
Sarah Clayton, Staff Writer
July 3, 2017
Stay informed! Watch the news on TV, check trending topics on Twitter, or just pick up a newspaper. Smartphones offer news apps from CNN, the New York Times, and most other major outlets, many of which let you sign up for notifications, emails, and even text alerts that update you on the latest he...
