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GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

America should stand with its allies

Jake Richfield ’27, Opinions Copy Editor November 6, 2024

Foreign policy was relegated to the sidelines for many voters this election season, despite the United States’ growing interdependence on other nations. I believe it is important to analyze how both...

GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

Racist comedian inspires voter mobilization

Caroline Trimble ’26, Hawk Columnist November 6, 2024

Recently, the Trump campaign took an interesting approach to encourage Americans to vote for the former president: allowing a comedian to hurl racist insults at several marginalized communities under the...

A threat to democracy

Bayleigh Calhoun '25, Guest Columnist October 30, 2024

John Adams is credited with stating that the U.S. must be “an empire of laws, and not of men.” This principle, the rule of law, has served as the foundation for American political philosophy and...

GRAPHIC: CASEY WOOD '23/THE HAWK

Haitian migrants

Tayler Washington September 28, 2021

Why are Haitians leaving Haiti? On July 7, Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in his home. During his tenure, Moïse attempted to pass a new Constitution that would give his cabinet more...

Post-Term Impeachment

Post-Term Impeachment

Connor Mignano February 9, 2021

Is it constitutional? This week began the second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump. On Jan. 6, the country watched in horror as Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt...

GRAPHIC: CASEY WOOD '23/THE HAWK

Timeline of the 2020 Presidential Election

Carly Calhoun November 23, 2020

Election officials have determined that presidential nominee Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris are the president-elect and vice president-elect of the U.S. They won 75,629,199 of the popular vote and 290...

Biden-Harris supporters walk down Broad Street from City Hall to the Pennsylvania Convention Center, where Biden-Harris and Trump-Pence supporters have been protesting since election night.

Election 2020

Mitchell Shields November 11, 2020

On Nov. 7, as soon as the news broke that the Associated Press called Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the next president and vice-president, Philadelphians poured into the streets in response. Philadelphians...

"Without Compromise" is available through Amazon, Target, Barnes and Noble and most other book sellers. PHOTO: RYAN MULLIGAN/THE HAWK

St. Joe’s alumnus’ coverage of Trump, Giuliani, rereleased in book

Ryan Mulligan November 6, 2020

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg called him “a tenacious reporter.” New York Governor Andrew Cuomo called him “a lion in the field of journalism.” The Hawk called him a “campus freedom...

ILLUSTRATION: CASE WOOD '23/THE HAWK

Election Column: Candidates make final appeals to voters

Maggie Brennen October 27, 2020

After hearing that microphones would be muted and U.S. President Donald Trump’s advisors told him to “tone it down,” Americans might have expected the final presidential debate to be far less chaotic...

Presidential Candidate Platforms

Presidential Candidate Platforms

Aidan McGahey October 20, 2020

According to a recent poll from Tufts University, young people hold the following issues as the most important heading into the 2020 election. Here’s where Republican U.S. President Donald Trump and...

‘White Nationalism and Racism in the Trump Era’

‘White Nationalism and Racism in the Trump Era’

Tyler Nice October 14, 2020

The election of U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016 bothered Arnold Farr, but it did not surprise him. “Racism is nothing new,” said Farr, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at the University of Kentucky....

Who is Amy Coney Barrett?

Who is Amy Coney Barrett?

Christine Disanti October 13, 2020

Who is Amy Coney Barrett?  On Sept. 26, U.S. President Donald Trump named Judge Amy Coney Barrett as his third nominee during this term for the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS). Barrett would...

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