It’s time to vote local
September 24, 2020
Local advocacy can be more impactful than participating in the national election conversation
U.S. Census Bureau begins to mail invitations for the 2020 Census
Tina Low and Rachel Jiang
March 17, 2020
Information about the questionnaire and its impact on students
50 Questions with Pete Pelkey
October 20, 2019
In the fourth installment of the recurring series, El Estoque asks Pete Pelkey 50 questions in his classroom
Protesters demonstrate outside Representative Ro Khanna’s town hall meeting
October 12, 2019
Members of the Hindu community protest Khanna’s alleged anti-Hindu and anti-Gandhi ideas expressed in Twitter response
State divided: Political factors that have lead to a governmental divide
February 8, 2019
he second government shutdown of Donald Trump’s presidency began on Dec. 22 and persisted to Jan. 27, becoming the longest government shutdown in U.S. history at 36 days. A government shutdown stems from the Antideficiency Act, which is implemented when Congress fails to pass bills or funding for fe...
Stories of the Affected: Local perspectives of the 2019 government shutdown
Sunjin Chang and Lakshanyaa Ganesh
February 6, 2019
For the past month, around 800,000 federal employees did not receive payment for their government jobs or government-funded work, according to John Fritze of USA Today in an interview with Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy. The services that the nation takes for granted became increasingly harder to access a...
Crash course: Government shutdown
January 26, 2018
When the Federal Government Shuts Down by Anirudh Chaudhary https://www.marketwatch.com/story/whats-open-and-whats-closed-during-a-government-shutdown-2018-01-20 https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/22/politics/senate-shutdown-vote-congress/index.html https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/01/22/government-shutdown-2018-enters-day-3-end-monday/1053055001/ https://www.us...
A Part of History: A senior’s experience protesting in Poland
August 18, 2017
he group in Gdańsk was small, compared to the large crowd at the Feb. 4 “No ban, no wall” protest in San Francisco that he’d been to previously, but the decibel levels at this protest were just as strong. And so were the protesters’ convictions, as new chants started every three minutes, shouts...
“Common Core” provides needed educational measures
Daniel Fernandez
May 8, 2013
The Common Core is a recent effort of the Obama administration to shift American education toward critical thinking and problem solving. Proponents of the Common Core argue that it reflects “the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers.” The quality of the...
Former Gov Team advisor to run for State Senate
Anushka Patil
February 9, 2012
Former Gov Team advisor Christopher Chiang plays multiple roles: a government and world history teacher, an Academic Technology Integrator, a mentor to his former students, a father — he pauses our interview around 8 p.m. to put his young daughter, babbling in the background, to bed — and soon, he hopes, a California State Senator. Chiang, a Democrat, announced his campaign for State Senate on Feb. 7 for the 13th d...
Voters of the Future
Kai Kang
November 5, 2008
MVHS students act on political views during mock election. Sophomore polls during mock election Read More »...
