In 1935, as part of the New Deal, Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act, which provided economic support to the people of America. Title II-Federal Old-Age Benefits, which is what we now think of as Social Security, provided assistance to a worker after retirement at age 65.
Throughout their working life, people were to pay taxes that contributed...
The war in Ukraine rages on, and the death toll only rises, now well into the hundreds of thousands. The fact that there is no end in sight to the war becomes increasingly obvious. As billions fresh off the printer and hundreds of mothballed tanks find their way to Ukraine from America and NATO, many are asking why we...
In the primary elections, a number of candidates did not gain 50% of the vote. As a result, runoff elections were held on May 24, 2022 for the first and second place candidates to compete. The winner of each runoff race will face the other major party’s nominee, as well as possible Libertarian and Green contestants.Â
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In the primaries,...
In 2018, The Roundup staff visited Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson. Our article is reprinted below. The newspaper extends our condolences to the Johnson family.
The first nurse elected to Congress. The first woman in Texas to lead a major house committee. The first African American woman elected to public office from Dallas. She breaks barriers, she sets precedents, she is...
My colleague, Hunter Gilbert '16, recently published an opinion on the issue in which he states that "We as a society cannot allow for this man’s rights, regardless of what awful crime he committed, to be set aside because in the end all Americans will be affected." While this article is not necessarily a response in the sense of...
As of October 27, 2022, around 14 million Americans have casted their votes in pre-election ballots across 44 states. Among these states, Texas has seen 1 million early votes. Until November 8, Texan voters will be casting their ballots for seven statewide seats: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, land commissioner, agricultural commissioner, comptroller, and one of the positions of...
