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The Progressive Teen
A project of the High School Democrats of America
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The Progressive Teen is a current events and opinion publication managed by the High School Democrats of America. TPT was formerly an independent blog for progressive causes, but was merged into the High School Democrats of America in January 2013. Become a contributor: https://bit.ly/2U1oV6L

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Alyssa Reyes
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Charlie Stephens
LSU
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Quinn Stewart
Contributor at RealPolitics, Maine Debate State Champion, Congressional Debate Finalist, Guitar Enthusiast. President of the Maine High School Democrats.
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Peter Connolly
Sopmore at Concord Academy. Writer for Progressive Teen and creator of http://www.millennialpolitics2k.com.
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Tyler Zhu
We're all just stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh?
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Rachel Forrester
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Sharon Lin
Software Engineer // Machine Learning Researcher
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Sunwoo Park
Young Democrats Freshmen Rep. • 51st in US History Bee 2015–2016 • Byline Editor • Emory Police Department Intern • Moderate Liberal + Civic Nationalist
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Isabella Garcia
Chair of the High School Democrats of Arizona. Can usually be found with coffee whilst furiously typing.
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Nina
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Bennett Stillerman
Communications Director — NC Teen Democrats, Staff Writer — The Progressive Teen
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Anthony Cardamone
Executive Board Member, Michigan High School Democrats. Writer, The Progressive Teen. Founder and Chairman, Macomb Area High School Democrats.
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Aaron Lindstrom
Vice Chair of the Michigan High School Democrats. Re-fonder and President of West Ottawa Young Democrats. Staff Writer at the Progressive Teen.
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Ben Falcón
Writer, Thinker and Progressive Politico
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Jackson Littlewood
Undergraduate PPES at Trinity College Dublin
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Angela Avonce
Chairwoman at Florida High School Democrats. National Special Projects Director at High School Democrats. Language aficionado. If there’s a will, there’s a way.
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C. Audrey Harper
Writer for The Progressive Teen, The Madison Record, BJHS Patriot Pages, and The Eclectic.
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Jeremy Ornstein
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Usha Yeruva
pragmatic progressive, coffee enthusiast, avid list maker.
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Miranda Corral
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Shannon Sommers
Shannon Sommers is a staff writer for The Progressive Teen. She has worked for campaigns & does policy debate, where she serves as captain, coach and volunteer.
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Romi Azulay
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Gabriel Odom
Progressive Blogger, Privacy Nut
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Zachariah Sippy
Chair of School Governance for the Prichard Committee Student Voice Team and a student at Henry Clay High School in Lexington, KY.
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Jonah Berger
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Emily Ficker
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Charles I. Brown
Progressive activist, believer in the greater good.
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Becca Sturm
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Areeba Amer
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David Oks
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KC Miller
Student Activist, progressive, aspiring Nurse, and aggressively against Donald Trump. #BlackLivesMatter #Delco
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Emma McDonald
Contributor for the Progressive Teen, Comm Director @ WCATD
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Andy Wang
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Ariana Smartt
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Sophia Qureshi
Your local sarcastic and nerdy political junky
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Amanda Westlake
Student, among other things
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Camille Garcia-Mendoza
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L. Dow
Protecting the separation of religion & state with Jews for a Secular Democracy (jfasd.org)
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Yaakov Weissman
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Quinna Halim
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Himaja Vendidandi
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caitlyn jones
I love wwe roman reigns and josh the yeti so much...wwe finatic... lover of wrestling and the WWE #theyeti #romanreigns #fearthespear
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Caitlyn Jones
Writer, debater, blazer aficianado.
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Hannah Rouse
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Katelyn Weese
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Daniel Song
Formerly: The Progressive Teen, The Patriot | Twitter: @danlsong
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Emily Harms
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A Writer
I’m just here to share my writing anonymously and vulnerably.
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Joey Derrico
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Ohad Klopman
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Tracy Yu
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Tracy Yu
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Maddy Pritzl
political wisconsin girl
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Kate Liang
appreciator of nature, memes, and Taylor Swift
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Enrique Jose Eguiguren
Progressive Teen writer, comedian, voice actor, speaker
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Jack Greenspan
Jack Greenspan is the Chief of Staff for the High School Democrats of America. He has worked on many campaigns, from the local to national level.
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Zachary Hagen-Smith
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Kyle Neary
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Brandon Wilkins
Future Attorney. GA Dem. Former Volunteer for Warren 2020. Former Director of US Relations in Youth Collaboration on Foreign Affairs. Pragmatic Progressive.
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Hunter Engels
Former Hillary for America intern. Student. Political Activist. Wisconsinite. Democrat.
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Jordan Jenkins
Very online teen.
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Owen Mortner
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Natalie Kelly
National Diversity Director of the High School Democrats of America
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Anjali R.
political nerd, musical theatre enthusiast, dog lover
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K. J. H. Lee (이준희)
Aspiring historian
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Hunter Hinson
Hunter is a freshman at USC studying Political Science and Communications on the pre-law track.
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Lucy Ku
SWHSDA Co-Chair | GJCL State Historian | Progressive Teen Writer
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Nathalie Stein
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John Lin
Brown University
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Esha Deokar
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Lauren Williamson
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Sarah Wang
Sarah Wang is a junior at Arcadia High School. Her poetry has been recognized by the L.A. Times, Scholastic Arts and Writing, HEBE Poetry, and more.
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David Chmielewski
Politics enthusiast who wants to share his thoughts
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Divya Sood
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Ella Burch
Editor-in-Chief of The Progressive Teen, AL High School Dems communications director. High School Democrats of America National Staff.
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Dolah Al-Najjar
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Nicholas Chrístos
Philadelphia, PA // Episcopal Academy // HSDA
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Evanna Hasan
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Nicholas Splendoria
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Natalie De La Cruz
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DEShaw
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Elizabeth Strogilos
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Sameer Jain
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Anaya Truss-Williams
Hi! I’m Anaya, a motivated student journalist with an interest in human activities like culture and government.
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Meghan Kane
20 and made of sugar, spice, and whatever else girls are made of, I guess. I write about things that interest me and hopefully interest you, too!
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Ethan Haynes
Undergrad Westfield State| ND to MA|
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Kevin Kim
Louisiana High School Democrats of America Vice-Chair, National Expansion Committee
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Gabrielle Mackiewicz
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Namish Kaistha
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Emma Foster
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Claire Todaro
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Aidan McGahey
Philadephia, PA. Current Events Editor for The Progressive Teen.
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Chanler Sharpe
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Nate Lapointe
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Mari Kramer
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Sadhana Mandala
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Ryan Brewer
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Neha Mehta
Nashville, TN. Vice Chairwoman at Tennessee High School Democrats, Op-Ed Editor for The Progressive Teen.
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Sophie Borgenicht
High School Student in Pennsylvania. Official Staff Writer and Analysis Editor of The Progressive Teen. Member of High School Democrats of America.
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Gillian Gravatt
Contributing Writer for The Progressive Teen.
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Sophie Lee
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Rianna Mukherjee
Political Activist & Passionate Writer
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Shreya Joshi
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Zoe Koniaris
President of CHS Democrats President of CHS Students Demand Action Aviation Enthusiast
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angelo depeppe
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Sofie Stojmenovic
“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” — Plato
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Ritwik Tati
Incoming freshman at Stanford University. Former host and executive producer of HS Democrats of America’s podcast, “TPT Radio”.
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Akshadha Lagisetti
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Aviva Varma
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Annika Pillutla
Raleigh, NC.
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Maggie Hannick
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Mary-Kate Mahaney
Stories Only from Spring of 2019!
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Catherine Zhao
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American Youth United
Non-Profit to increase Civic Engagement amongst students!
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Abe Baker-Butler
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Jack Castanoli
The Progressive Teen Staff Writer // Don’t expect me to have cannolis just because my last name sounds like one.
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Alana Esposito
an emboldened young writer always looking to improve. wanna-be poet and storyteller || sophomore
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Elliott Kim
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Lexi George
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Joanna Setow
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Daniel Stein
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Ahmed Tabbakh
NYC.
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Amber Juliette Gordon
An avid lover of government and politics who seeks to help others and make a difference.
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Christian Mira
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Ritika Vonguru
Advocate for change. Progressive Teen Staff Writer
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Hailey Dickinson
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Andrea Reier
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Sarah Nachimson
Former Analytics Editor for TPT
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Shivani Kumar
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Andrew Sergovic
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Sophie Araten
The Progressive Teen Staff Writer
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Shivani K
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Isabelle Butera
Features writer for The Progressive Teen
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Owen Duncan
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Melody Hernandez
17 year old political writer. The Progressive Teen staff writer. She/her
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Katy Gates
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Vijeta Revankar
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing” — Ben Franklin
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Camille A.
A teen in the south who writes about politics and current events. HSDA Ntl Finance Director and TPT Writer.
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Emily Rivera
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Edward Ding
Just a student :)
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Gwenpregnall
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Ada Perlman
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Elizabeth Schaefer
Sophomore at St. John’s School in Houston, Texas.
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C Roedl
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Aaron Friedman
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Joanna Bieda
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Tiana Marion
Member of HSDA. Supporter of bold, progressive policies.
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Scooter Spearsy
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Meg Condon
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Alexander Moskovitz
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The Notorious HSD
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Zia Owens
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Ella Duus
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Miranda Surrett
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Jordan Hoffman
Analysis Staff Writer for The Progressive Teen. Lover of dogs and Democratic Socialism. Somewhat Southern.
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Colin Humphries
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Ruby Topalian
Writer for The Progressive Teen
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James Mannon
Former HSDA commitee member and staff writer. Not the sociology professor from Indiana.
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McConnell Bristol
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Adhya Parna
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Amira Holandi
An advocate of progressive politics and mutual aid. Interested in sociology. He/She/They
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Elizabeth Barrett
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Meher Sethi
Studying Ethics, Politics, & Economics at Yale University
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Elizabeth Horan
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Victor Hinojosa
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Brooke Nind
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Sawyer
Progressive Politics. “For us democracy is a question of human dignity. And human dignity is political freedom.” — Olof Palme