“Together, We Rise”: Women’s rights, civil rights activists around Bay Area call for change at fourth annual Women’s March
by Kathy Fang, Lauren Liu, Arushi Saxena, Alysa Suleiman, Emily Tan, Nicole Tian, Anna Vazhaeparambil, Sara Yen, and Eric Fang
January 21, 2020
Upper school students joined the 37,000 demonstrators who filled the streets of San Jose and San Francisco last Saturday for the fourth annual nation-wide series of Women’s Marches. Originally sparked in response to the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump, the Women’s March movement has since...
Youth Activism Club to host voter registration during long lunches this week
by Kathy Fang, Editor-in-Chief
January 15, 2020
Students can register or preregister to vote in front of Manzanita today and Friday during long lunch. Youth Activism Club will be helping students ensure their registration for the upcoming primary elections on March 3 and the general election on Nov. 3. To register, students will need to know the ...
After struggling for wider voter base appeal, Julián Castro ends bid for presidency
by Eric Fang, Winged Post Editor-in-Chief
January 7, 2020
Former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro, 45, ended his campaign for the presidency Thursday morning, as he announced in a nearly four minute video on Twitter. His message failed to resonate with a wider voter base. Between Dec. 11 and 31, Castro polled at just 1.1 percent n...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joins hands with Bernie Sanders in her first public endorsement of his campaign
by Kathy Fang and Nicole Tian
December 23, 2019
An ocean of blue signs promoting “Bernie 2020” floods Venice Beach as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) runs upstage and greets the crowd members with an enthusiastic “What’s up Los Angeles!” Shouting back their affirmations, tightly packed crowd members drown out one another, wildly waving ...
Sen. Kamala Harris drops out of presidential race amid limitations in campaign funding and organization
by Eric Fang, Kathy Fang, and Gloria Zhang
December 3, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is dropping her bid for the presidency, according to her announcements this morning on Twitter and on Facebook. Harris, who has served as one of two senators from California since 2016, credited her campaign suspension to limitations in funding, as she elaborated in a blog post on Medium. Recent articles published by The New York Times and The Washington P...
Candidates face off in debates over the summer
by Anna Vazhaeparambil, Sports Editor
August 28, 2019
Although the 2020 presidential election is more than a year away, political events for candidates have already kicked off, especially during this past summer. The two debates and the several forums that have taken place not only allow the public to become more familiar with the many candidates running fo...
“Not left, not right, forward”: Presidential candidate Andrew Yang solicits the support of tech workers and Asian Americans in the Bay Area
by Eric Fang, Editor-in-Chief
August 22, 2019
“How many of you work in technology?” Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang asked the over 150 people having lunch at circular tables around him. About half the people in the room raised their hands. “So you know what’s on the horizon,” Yang said. “If you work in technology,...
Blue Wave Rolling: Democratic presidential hopefuls reach out to voters in California Democratic State Convention
by Eric Fang, Kathy Fang, Arushi Saxena, and Anna Vazhaeparambil
June 1, 2019
More than a dozen Democratic presidential hopefuls travelled to San Francisco this week to attend the California Democrats’ State Convention at the Moscone Center. 11 of those candidates addressed an audience of more than 3,000 at the morning and afternoon general sessions, presenting highlights of...
“Not me, us”: Bernie Sanders calls for unity, anti-corporate reform at San Francisco rally
by Kathy Fang, Managing Editor
March 24, 2019
In a growing 2020 primary field, Sen. Bernie Sanders draws a crowd of thousands across the Bay Area
“For the People:” Kamala Harris to run for president in 2020
by Kathy Fang, Managing Editor
January 27, 2019
Sen. Kamala Harris (D.-Calif.) announced her bid for the 2020 presidential election this afternoon at a launch rally in the Frank Ogawa Plaza of her hometown, Oakland. Standing at a podium beneath the towering city hall, Harris addressed a large crowd of people waving yellow and blue “Kamala Harris...