Tag: news
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The Impact of the Government Shutdown
By: Stella Bovender On Oct. 1, the federal government shutdown due to Congress failing to pass a budget for 2026. According to BBC’s Oct. 2025 article with Anthony Zurcher and James Fitzgerald, “Why the US government has shutdown and what happens now”, the main reason the government shutdown is because Democrats oppose cuts made to…
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Pentagon Possibly Closing Commissaries
By: Neva Mellow I had the absolute greatest privilege of visiting Washington, D.C. during the second week of October. I ran in the Army race and saw the Lincoln Memorial, the Washington Monument, the White House, and the Pentagon. The Pentagon is the center of this story. According to a 2025 Military Times article with…
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Jimmy Kimmel’s Suspension: A Late-Night Lesson in Free Speech
By: Maryem Hamdouni On Sept. 17, ABC’s parent company, Disney, announced the “indefinite” suspension of late night talk show host, Jimmy Kimmel, after his comments about the assassination of Charlie Kirk sparked nationwide backlash and a heated debate about free speech. According to Aljazeera’s Sept. 18 article with Elizabeth Melimopoulos titled “What did Jimmy Kimmel…
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No Kings Protest in Downtown WS
By: Clare Buchanan Protestors in Downtown Winston-Salem for the “No Kings” Protest. Photo Credit: Clare Buchanan On Oct. 18, Camel City United Indivisible held its second No Kings Protest of 2025. This protest was a part of a series of national protests against President Donald Trump and recent policies passed during his second administration. Similar…
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News in the World Beyond Salem
MARY DANIELS Taliban Attack in Afghanistan BBC News reported on a Taliban attack in Kabul, Afghanistan on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2018. The attackers filled an ambulance with explosives and detonated the bomb at a security checkpoint in the Ministry of Interior Affairs. The bomb killed 95 people and left 158 injured. The previous week, the…
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The Crisis in Puerto Rico
DENAE RABINETTE In late September, the island of Puerto Rico was slammed by Hurricane Maria. The entire island still has limited access to clean water, electricity or medicine. According to FEMA, 17 percent of the island is without clean water and 59 percent remains without electricity over two months later. In an interview with Mother…
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Title IX Changes – What do they mean?
EDEN HAMBY This September, the Department of Education issued new guidance concerning Title IX. This new set of guidance left many confused and scared about the future of Title IX guidelines for sexual misconduct on college campuses. The Salemite spoke with Erin Jones Adams, Salem’s Title IX Coordinator, to see what exactly the new guidance…
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Salem Seniors Attend Universities Studying Slavery Symposium
SOPHIE SHELTON Salem seniors Jessi Bowman and Alanna Natanson attended “Universities, Slavery, Public Memory, and the Built Landscape”, a four-day symposium at The University of Virginia as a part of the Universities Studying Slavery organization. The symposium took place between Oct. 18 and 21. Programs consisted of panels, paper presentations and an excursion to three…
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California’s Gender Recognition Act
SAM SHAW On Oct. 15, California governor Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 179, or the Gender Recognition Act, that will allow state residents to choose a third gender option on official documents like their birth certificate or driver’s license. The bill removes the requirement that an applicant obtains a statement from their physician before changing…
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I’ll Be Brief: World News Shorts
By Nicole Winks Illustration by Kadia King Hope of UK Home for China polar bear Pizza Pizza, the lonely polar bear who is currently living in a Chinese mall may soon be moved to the UK’s Yorkshire Wildlife Park in which he will have much better living conditions. The animal welfare charity by the name…
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