President Trump announces First Step Act (Source: Flickr) In 2002, Weldon Angelos, a father of two, was sentenced to 55 years without parole because of mandatory minimum sentencing laws. The crime? Selling marijuana three times while in possession of a firearm. Now not only is this sentence too severe for a nonviolent drug offender, but…

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House Representative Steve King (R) of Iowa speaking at the 2015 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). Gage Skidmore/Flickr Voters rallied to cast their ballots in the midterms on Tuesday, November 6, with voter turnout hitting a 50 year high. Yet as people strived to make their voices heard, some controversial candidates also made it into…

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A memorial honoring the lives of those who died in the Tree of Life synagogue. (Wikipedia) “‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens” read a headline for an article in The Onion after the Isla Vista killings in 2014. Despite being the work of a provocative satire news source, it…

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Elizabeth Warren at a campaign rally in Massachusetts (Flickr) Massachusetts Senator and Democrat Elizabeth Warren’s selection of “minority status” on certain documents were first revealed in 2012 when she was running for a seat in Congress. Since then, she has received constant pressure to prove her Native American heritage and that she didn’t pose as…

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Pop Star Taylor Swift (Courtesy of The Country Music Hall of Fame/Flickr) “I’ve got a list of names and yours is in red, underlined . . . ooh, look what you made me do” What happens when the world’s biggest Pop Star gets political? Taylor Swift broke her political vow of silence on October 7,…

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STDs are preventable. Public domain pictures When one of our school nurses, Ms. Fireman accepted the role of teaching Academy’s freshman health class last year, her goal was to “to create a curriculum that was consistent with what most progressive schools are teaching, which translates to giving the kids the most current information on topics that…

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Student presentations at Latin Forum. Courtesy/Mrs. Bening This past Saturday, October 6, Columbus Academy’s Latin program hosted an all-day Ohio Junior Classical League’s (OJCL) Fall Forum, a mini-convention that congregates students from across Ohio to discuss and explore the Latin language. Ted Gellar Goad, an Assistant Professor of Classical Languages at Wake Forest University, kickstarted…

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President Trump and Vice President Mike Pence sign an Executive Order on Election Meddling. (Wikipedia) When The New York Times published an anonymous opinion piece from a senior White House official, who detailed the hidden resistance within the Trump administration on September 5, the media went wild. Backlash was swift, with many in the administration calling…

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Republican Candidate Troy Balderson speaking to workers. (Courtesy/ baldersonforcongress.org On Tuesday, May 8, Ohio voters choose the party candidates for the upcoming special election in August. The election will be a test of the “Blue Wave” that Democrats hope will flip congress to their favor this November. Democrat Danny O’Connor won a six-way primary to…

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Mrs. Bening with Neena Baliga and Angel Watkins along with Shreya Mohanselvan, Nick Robie, Mrs. Eden and Ms. Stout celebrate a successful, enriching year of working together. (Riley Hennessey’20/Media staff) On Friday, April 27, both Service Board advisor, Mrs. Bening, and Student Council advisors, Mrs. Eden and Ms. Stout, gave heartfelt thanks to their devoted…

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