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Anthro Magazine

Palo Alto High School's Social Activism Publication

Anthro Magazine

Anthro Magazine

Event organizer Mariya Genzel writes postcards to residents in the swing state of Wisconsin telling them to vote in the upcoming 2024 presidential election. Photo by Alexander Lawson.

Writing for Democracy

Volunteers for local get-out-the-vote operation handwrite 27,000 postcards per month
Marcus Ling and Christopher Choi
October 8, 2024
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Free an embargo wrought nation

America needs to end the siege on the Cuban people
Faizan Kashmiri, Staff Writer
May 21, 2024
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PROTESTING FOR PAY. Hundreds of PAUSD staff and Palo Alto community members gather at a school board meeting on April 29th to speak out amidst an impasse in negotiations between staff members and the district.

What the Funding?

Palo Alto Staff's battle for better contracts
Spencer Wu-Chin and Faizan Kashmiri
May 18, 2024
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When Fame Falters

When Fame Falters

How misinformed celebrities’ media posts harm impressionable audiences
Anika Nair, Staff Writer
January 9, 2024
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Give peace a chance

Give peace a chance

Recruiters on campus are antithetical to peace
Faizan Kashmiri
May 25, 2023
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Give peace a chance

Give peace a chance

Recruiters on campus are antithetical to peace
Faizan Kashmiri, Staff Writer
April 19, 2023
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How are you involved in politics?

How are you involved in politics?

Although most Palo Alto High School students cannot vote, many still find ways to participate in public affairs. We asked students how they had been engaged in the democratic process.
Maxwell Zhang and Ketan Altekar-Okazaki
September 27, 2022
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Congressional candidate Ajwang Rading speaks to Palo Alto High School students Wednesday in the Media Arts Center. Rading said he believes in prioritizing the opinions of young people. “The world changes every single day, and its young people, they need to be on that cutting edge of the solutions, because I think they better understand the problems,” Rading said.

Ajwang Rading: Working to break incumbency

Congressional hopeful talks climate change, college debt, how students can get involved
Arati Periyannan and Maya Mukherjee
February 10, 2022
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The student advisory board meets with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo on December 15, 2021. Photo by Ethan Boneh.

Voices Without a Vote

Students find political outlet serving on Rep. Anna Eshoo’s Student Advisory Board
William Rumelhart and Maya Mukherjee
February 10, 2022
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Lizzie DeKraai, English teacher 
(Photo by Arati Periyannan)

Verbatim: Students, teachers talk vaccines, booster mandate

County updates vaccine mandate for public schools to be put in place for the fall
Arati Periyannan and Maya Mukherjee
January 25, 2022
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Being a Pundit on Campus

Being a Pundit on Campus

How to argue about politics and how to absolutely nail it.
Owen Longstreth, Staff Writer
May 25, 2021
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