Should voting be compulsory in a democracy? Is intergenerational accumulation of wealth antithetical to democracy? Should the United States guarantee universal childcare?
These weighty topics have been debated from both sides this year by Homewood-Flossmoor High School senior Alexandria Porter.
She recently was notified that she’s earned Academic All-American recognition from the National Speech and Debate Association. Porter was one of the top students in the country to earn the honor for accumulating…


