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The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

The Student News Site of The Kinkaid School

The Falcon

What the 100 Million Project means for voters across America

What the 100 Million Project means for voters across America

Stockton Lord, Staff Writer November 8, 2020

Despite the calls from the media and our politicians, it seems that our youngest voters may just be joining the single largest category of voter- the nonvoter- in dangerously high numbers. These are...

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Politics in the classroom

Emma Stout November 11, 2018

In a seemingly polarized nation, education can be a tool for young voters to develop moral codes. By Emma Stout and Olivia Marrus.  Let’s face it. We live in a completely polarized, partisan nation....

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The 2018 Midterm Elections: Can Democrats win in red Texas?

Megha Neelapu November 8, 2018

“Sometimes you can get there with consensus and compromise, but sometimes you have to fight for it,” said Ms. Lizzie Fletcher, when she talked to Kinkaid students in February 2018. And Ms. Fletcher...

A student-led movement is changing how Americans address gun violence

A student-led movement is changing how Americans address gun violence

Megha Neelapu April 25, 2018

Young people have a history of being abused and killed. One third of homicide victims are between the ages of 15 and 24; more than two-thirds of women who suffer from intimate partner violence first experience...

Fletcher, Moser win the Democratic primary

Fletcher, Moser win the Democratic primary

Megha Neelapu March 9, 2018

After an exhausting and highly competitive race, two candidates out of the seven, Ms. Lizzie Pannill Fletcher and Ms. Laura Moser, have emerged victorious in the first round of voting in the Democratic...

Wells Fellow Program Invites Renowned Political Consultant Mary Matalin

Wells Fellow Program Invites Renowned Political Consultant Mary Matalin

Kirk Hachigian April 28, 2017

[dropcap]O[/dropcap]n Monday, April 3, one of the most prominent and well-known conservative voices in America spent a day at Kinkaid as a part of the 2017 Wells Fellow series. Mary Matalin, a political...

Wells Fellow program invites noted political commentator

Wells Fellow program invites noted political commentator

Ella Morgan March 6, 2017

The first speaker in the 2017 Wells Fellow series, Mr. James Carville, spoke in a special assembly on Monday, Feb. 27. Mr. Carville, fittingly known as the “Rajin’ Cajun,” is an American political...

Clinton Takes Kinkaid; Can She Win a Divided Nation?

Clinton Takes Kinkaid; Can She Win a Divided Nation?

Kirk Hachigian November 4, 2016

[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he students have spoken, and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton has been selected to be the next president of the United States in a mock election held on Wednesday, Oct. 26. Clinton...

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg walks on the North Lawn after meeting with President Obama about immigration reform at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Why Michael Bloomberg Should Be Our Next President

Kirk Hachigian February 27, 2016

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n a Presidential race full of extremes, what our country needs in the White House is a proven leader who can work with both Democrats and Republicans to jumpstart our economy, solve...

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