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Boaz Fox ‘23
On Apr. 19, closing arguments in the case against Derek Chauvin, who stood accused of murdering George Floyd in May, were completed and the jury began their deliberation. The city of Minneapolis stood on edge, awaiting the results of a three-week-long trial. In May 2020, a video went viral of then-Minneapolis police officer Chauvin kneeling on the neck of Floyd for nearly ten minutes. In the video, Floyd was heard begging for air and calling out for his mother before he became unresponsive. Floyd was pronounced dead at the hospital soon after.
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Sam Zaslow-Braverman ‘23
For decades, we have heard the same story time and again; a firearm is provided to a mentally ill civilian who uses it to take the lives of innocents. In the wake of a tragic shooting, motivated by racism, it is important to take stock of where we stand, as a nation, on the idea of gun control. As of right now, the situation is largely unchanged; it is extremely easy for most Americans to purchase these weapons, and many gun owners are psychologically unfit to own them. The results are relatively frequent incidents of violence. By Mimi Lebeau ‘24
This past March, Georgia enacted a law restricting voter registration, particularly among absentee voters. Brian Kemp, the lawmaker who headed the motion to pass their law says it is to prevent voter fraud. However, it is more likely that it is to suppress minority voters. This past presidential election, Georgia’s minorities played a crucial role in flipping the former red state blue. The same is true in Georgia’s senatorial election when the minority vote helped to get Democrat senators Jon Ossof and Raphael Warnock elected. By Mimi Lebeau ‘24
As the Biden Administration comes into office, many adjustments have been made including changes to border security and immigration policies. With all these changes occurring so rapidly, this leaves America wondering what exactly has been happening to migrant children? During Trump’s presidency, there was a lot of controversy over his and his Administration’s treatment of these children at the border after many reports of kids in cages were brought to light. |
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