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2022 Midterms Elections overview

"The midterm is a litmus test. It's an assessment of how well people like the president," Eamonn Manion, American History and Economics teacher at MA, said. Last month, while students may have been focused on midterm exams, voters across the United States went to the...

Short Takes: November Election

Go Out and Vote 34 seats in the US senate, all eight of the Minnesota seats in the house of representatives, Minnesota Governor, and Minnesota secretary of state are all on the ballot this november. This election, more than most, has been made pressingly important by...

Short Takes: Minnesota Flag

Time for a redesign Flag design is meant to achieve simplicity yet recognizability. The Minnesota flag didn't get the memo. It has 67 circles, 19 stars, three different dates, seven flowers, a French phrase, the state's name, and a seal featuring a landscape drawing...

Short Takes: Trump Mar-a-Lago Investigation

FBI begins investigation of Trump's Florida estate Earlier this fall, the FBI began an extensive investigation of former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. The search was conducted with the intention of finding classified documents regarding...
Roe at risk

Roe at risk

Now almost a half-century old, Roe v Wade (1973) is a Supreme Court case famous too many and infamous to most of the...

Insurrection

Insurrection

Addressing the storming of the Capitol A failure in execution and preparation allowed the "Stop the Steal" protesters...