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Making Politics More Accessible for Teens

Liz Genrich, MVC writer November 29, 2024

Politics are a huge part of American culture and society. Voting and elections are how the country decides who will best represent the United States and protect its people.  Although the president...

Politics Are Not Taken Seriously

Carla Harrod, MVC writer November 1, 2024

America is in the spotlight with its upcoming election. Other countries are watching to see who will be in charge of a powerful country. Citizens watch the news more than ever to see who the next president...

Biden Steps Down

Delainey Root, MVC Editor-in-Chief August 26, 2024

On Sunday, July 21, President Biden announced that he would end his reelection campaign. He followed this announcement by endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as the new nominee.  In a post on X,...

The Worst Census

Sam Reeves, MVC Writer April 20, 2022

The 2020 Census total came in to three hundred and thirty one million, four hundred and forty nine thousand, two hundred and eighty one. I have never counted that high before, so I cannot blame the Census...

Redistricting: Part 2

Sam Reeves, MVC Writer April 20, 2022

By casting the shackles of their principles, the Democrats have made considerable gains throughout the 2021/2022 redistricting cycle, so far resulting in an increase in 11 majority-Democrat seats. The...

Voting Rights Bill Blocked In Senate

Sophie DeWael, MVC Writer February 1, 2022

On January 19th, the proposed voting rights bill was decisively blocked from the Senate as the appeal to overrule the filibuster was overturned. Without the filibuster, the Senate would have only needed...

Taking the Temperature on Redistricting

Sam Reeves, MVC Writer January 3, 2022

America’s time-honored year-ending-in-one tradition of drawing new congressional district maps, called redistricting, is now underway. Superficially this seems like a strange thing to care about, but...

Trump’s Impeachment Trial

Madalyn Cottrell, MVCurrent Writer March 12, 2021

Trump is the first president to be impeached twice. After the attack on the Capitol on January 6th, the House concluded that the President was responsible for inciting the violence. Many of his supporters...

Indiana primary candidates

Carly McWilliams, MVC Features Editor May 4, 2018

Indiana holds its primary elections on May 8, 2018. At the primaries, voters choose their preferred candidates from a political party, Democrat or Republican, to run as the official candidate for a variety...

Special Counsel Investigation

Rex Snow, MVC Staff Reporter April 25, 2018

A Special Counsel investigation is being led by former FBI Director, Robert Mueller, in order to examine possible Russian interference in the 2016 United States election, and coordination between the Russian...

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