The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

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The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

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The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

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America’s choice to pull out of Syria is a disgrace

Luke Widenhouse November 11, 2019

President Trump’s decision to withdraw all American troops from Northern Syria must be met with the sharpest of criticism.  The Kurds have been our allies in our war against ISIS. Yet, President...

Give third-way candidate Andrew Yang a chance

Give third-way candidate Andrew Yang a chance

Luke Widenhouse June 9, 2019

Liberty is the basis of our democracy and should be our primary political and economic goal. Through this lens, we should support Andrew Yang for President of the United States. Yang is a fairly “Third...

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Empower students, not staff, to address bullying

Luke Widenhouse March 29, 2019

Every day, 160,000 children skip school due to fear of being bullied. As someone who has experienced it from fifth to eighth grade, I can say that bullying is horrible. It is obviously a problem which...

Wilson’s powerless SGA stymies student progress

Wilson’s powerless SGA stymies student progress

Luke Widenhouse January 22, 2019

The Student Government Association(SGA) is a facade. It holds no actual power and serves to do nothing but keep up the illusion that we the students hold any actual say in the affairs of this school. We...

HQ2 Against

HQ2 Against

Luke Widenhouse December 16, 2018

Conventional wisdom holds that Crystal City, and subsequently the DC metropolitan area, will experience high levels of economic development as a result of HQ2, in the same way Seattle did when Amazon first...

DC deserves real representation

Luke Widenhouse, Contributor November 13, 2018

As equal and independent human beings, from birth, we possess a right to life, liberty and property. Our highest purpose in life is to pursue happiness, and thus government has been instituted to protect...

Let students decide how to learn

Let students decide how to learn

Luke Widenhouse, Contributor November 13, 2018

The main flaw in our education system is that students don't get to decide what and how they learn. Education is important to increasing autonomy, reducing inequality, and creating opportunity. Education...

Libertarians should vote Democrat in 2018

Libertarians should vote Democrat in 2018

Luke Widenhouse, Contributor October 9, 2018

As more and more high-school students register to vote, or perhaps even prepare to vote themselves, the question arises as to which party one should support. Obviously, the progressive voter will go in...

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