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Women protest against Trump's presidency.

Why the 2024 presidential election was heartbreaking for women

Saachi Rao, Staff Writer Dec 5, 2024

Every four years, the first Tuesday of November brings the voices of the people together when they vote for the new leaders of the country. This year, the two candidates for president were the Republican nominee and former president Donald J. Trump with vice president JD Vance, and former vice president...

The divide between the Democratic and Republican parties has grown wider as the 2024 election approaches.

Popularity vs. Personal Ideals: making the educated vote

Srivas Arun, Co-Managing Editor Oct 7, 2024

Another four years have passed as another presidential election approaches quickly, and although many of the traditions have stayed constant, the world in 2024 feels vastly different from prior election years.  The increase in the amount of misinformation being spread through social media has made...

Students discuss Capitol Building riot and political climate

Keertana Gangireddy, Co-Managing-Editor Jan 10, 2021

On January 6, 2021, thousands of Trump supporters stormed the Capitol Building in an effort to overturn 2020 election result, where Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump. On January 9, the WA Ghostwriter talked with six students about the riot, as well as their perspectives and hopes regarding the current...

Representative Lori Trahan answers questions from students at Blanchard Middle School.

Representative Trahan speaks to students at Blanchard Middle School

John Vassiliou, Online Managing Editor Feb 5, 2020

On Friday, January 31, local Democratic Representative Lori Trahan visited Blanchard Middle School to speak with the eighth-grade class on how she became involved with politics and the importance for students to continue to further their educations. After some initial introductions, including her...

Students at a gay rights protest in Amsterdam

Why young people need to get involved in politics

Griffin Parker, Social Media Editor Jan 12, 2020

I have seen a lot online and on television recently about how young people, like me, need to get involved with politics, so I've been paying attention to the election. I thought it was a good idea to get involved since I'll be voting in 2024, so I might as well know how all this politics stuff works....

Cory Booker talks with his moderators.

Cory Booker Politics Unplugged: why are you here today?

Anushka Patil, News Editor Jan 9, 2020

On Thursday, January 2, 2020, the Ghostwriter had the opportunity to visit the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at the Saint Anslem College in Manchester, New Hampshire. At the college, democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker spoke with two moderators, the Executive Director of Stay Work Play...

Booker talks bipartisanship and advocates for gun control, baby bonds

Kristen Su, Staff Writer Jan 5, 2020

On Thursday, January 2, the New Hampshire Institute of Politics at Saint Anselm College held their second Politics Unplugged session with democratic presidential candidate Cory Booker to discuss his platform and interact with the common public.  Booker, currently a New Jersey senator, was previously...

Take a breath, we're not on the brink of extinction

Take a breath, we’re not on the brink of extinction

John Vassiliou, Online Managing Editor Oct 1, 2019

Over the last few days, I've been watching the news to see what people are up to, or as I pessimistically say in my head, "Who messed what up where today?". Recently, there has been a lot of talk about rallies against climate change and other pro-environmentalist gatherings. I hadn't really been...

Partisanship is now paramount

Partisanship is now paramount

Kavya Desikan, Editor Jan 23, 2019

The political climate in this country is growing more and more hostile each day, what with fights like the border wall debate eating up headlines that is all at the expense of federal workers and contractors that have been without work for an over a month. I'm not going to lie and say that I'm an...