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The student news site of Iowa City High School

The Little Hawk

The student news site of Iowa City High School

The Little Hawk

Why voting for Joe Biden in the general election is essential for democrats to beat Donald Trump

Democrats: Now You Have to Vote for Joe Biden

Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Feature Editor May 17, 2020

Not long ago, the world watched as 12 Democratic presidential candidates gathered in Westerville, Ohio for the largest ever democratic debate. Now democrats are left with one candidate, the safe choice,...

Researchers at Harvard found that voters view power-seeking women as angry, aggressive and unlikeable, while power-seeking men were strong, stoic, and capable.

Electability and Sexism

Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Features Editor February 26, 2020

In the 2020 presidential election cycle, American voters have seen a more diverse field of candidates than ever before. Multiple women, people of color, people from different religious backgrounds, and...

Bernie Sanders leads in the New Hampshire primaries, followed by Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden

Bernie Sanders Leads in New Hampshire Primary

Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Features Editor February 12, 2020

Residents of New Hampshire, the second state to vote in the primaries, filled out ballots on Tuesday night. After the issues with the Iowa caucuses, all eyes were on New Hampshire to produce results in...

Pete Buttigieg supporters being counted at the caucus at South East Junior High

Caucus Chaos

Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Features Editor February 4, 2020

Iowa Democrats, gathered in high school gymnasiums, libraries, hotels and even some houses,   met their neighbors for the quadrennial Iowa caucuses. This year, a number of changes have been made to the...

Senator Elizabeth Warren speaks at a town hall at the IMU on December 2

Elizabeth Warren Spreads her Message of “Big, Structural Change” in Iowa City

Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Features Editor December 3, 2019

A crowd of cheering people raised their liberty-green “Dream Big, Fight Hard” signs in the air as Senator Elizabeth Warren walked out on the makeshift stage at her town hall in the Iowa Memorial Union....

California Senator Kamala Harris, South Bend In. Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders.

One Year Out

Jesse Hausknecht-Brown, Features Editor November 14, 2019

13,000 color-coordinated supporters cheered loudly as their candidates walked out to blaring music on a stage surrounded by fog machines. The Liberty and Justice Celebration in Des Moines on Friday, November...

Senator Kamala Harris speaking at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

“I Stand Here Today for the People”: Senator Kamala Harris Speaks at Carver-Hawkeye Arena

Shoshie Hemley, Opinion Editor October 23, 2019

Every few minutes, more chairs would be added to the audience watching Senator Kamala Harris speak as more and more viewers trickled in to watch the Californian senator. Harris spoke about many topics...

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