The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

The student news site of Oakton High School

Oakton Outlook

Politics

This is the sixth extinction

Wendy Gao, Editorial Board | May 12, 2019

This past Monday, the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) released their global assessment on the current ecological state. In their report, the committee of scientists revealed the obvious - humans...

Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, courtesy of Slate

President Refuses to Release Tax Returns

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | May 7, 2019

On Monday, the Treasury Department announced that it would not be handing over President Trump’s tax returns to Congress. The announcement came after weeks of fretting from Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin about tax code procedures for turning over...

A Case for Compassion: The Movement Against Solitary Confinement

Emily Bach | May 6, 2019

Around 80,000 people in the United States are currently trapped in a room no larger than 10 feet long. For reference, that’s only a little bit larger than Oakton’s bathroom stalls. Many of them haven’t seen another person in hours, even days....

Why Democrats Shouldnt Impeach Trump......Yet

Why Democrats Shouldn’t Impeach Trump……Yet

Sahithi Jammulamadaka, Editor-in-Chief | April 27, 2019

   The “I” word has been thrown around the House and Senate floor for months now and in light of the redacted Muller report recently coming out, many Democrats have been jumping on the train of impeachment. While the debate has been vigorous, it...

Where the rubber meets the road

Wendy Gao, Editorial Board | April 26, 2019

With former vice president Joe Biden’s announcement early Thursday to join the Democratic race, all eyes are on the Democratic primary. The question of who will emerge as Donald Trump’s challenger lingers in everyone’s mind as the nation holds...

Mayor Pete Buttigieg, courtesy of the Washington Post

Pete Buttigieg enjoys meteoric rise among Democrats

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | April 16, 2019

“It could never happen,” said political commentators in 2008, when Obama first ran for President. “American isn’t ready for a black President,” they said. Clearly they were wrong. In 2019, Democrats find themselves with similar anxieties as...

The Lost Generation: Remembering 9/11 in the Face of Islamophobia

Emily Bach | April 15, 2019

  Of the people that will likely read this article, none were old enough to remember 9/11. None of us fully understand the terror that struck the hearts of Americans when the towers fell or when the streets filled with rubble and dust. We...

Courtesy of USA Today

Joe Biden Should Not Run for President

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | March 14, 2019

Joe Biden has not announced candidacy, but it sure looks like he will in the coming weeks. At a speech, crowd members chanted, “Run Joe run!,” to which he responded, "Save it a little longer; I may need it in a few weeks.” But Joe Biden should...

Stiller/Cohen (Top Right) Argues With Hader/Jordan during SNLs Cold Open

Laughter Might Be The Best Medicine To Political Stress

Annabelle Rosse, Staff Writer | March 13, 2019

On Wednesday, February 27th, Michael Cohen, Trump’s former personal attorney, provide an open-doors testimony to Congress. The whole ordeal seemed to be fighting fire against fire. During the testimony, Cohen provided physical evidence to support his...

This is a picture of Vermont senator Bernie Sanders during his campaign in the 2016 elections. He will be running again for the 2020 elections. Credit to Flickr.

2020 Presidential Campaigns

Portia Dai, Editorial Board | March 11, 2019

The season of presidential campaigns for the upcoming 2020 elections is nearing and as of now, there are already a superfluous amount of Democrats running for President or considering it, and only a handful of Republicans who have announced that they...

(Green New) Deal or no deal?

Wendy Gao, Editorial Board | March 11, 2019

Reminiscent of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal program to help Americans find opportunities during the Great Depression in the 1930s, the Green New Deal promises to transform the economy and launch America into an era of progressive reform. Bill...

Shamima Begum, courtesy of Al Jazeera

No Person Should be Stripped of their Citizenship – No Matter how Heinous their Crime

Jake Neuffer, Editor-in-Chief | March 6, 2019

Shamima Begum left the UK for Syria when she was 15. She quickly married Dutchman and ISIS fighter Yago Riedijk. Together, they had three children. Only one remains, and, now, Shamima wants to come home. There is one problem, though. Begum has no legal...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Politics