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    Need help winning an argument? Ask a Kansas high-schooler.

    Apr 11, 2018 4 minutes
    Isaiah Eaton, who just qualified for the national high school debate tournament, rehearses a speech in his living room. His mother, an attorney, encouraged him to join the debate team as a way to come out of his shell after moving to a suburb of Wichita, Kan., freshman year.

    Isaiah Eaton takes the Senate floor with a three-ring binder in his hand and braces on his teeth.

    His mission: to convince his fellow senators in this high school congressional debate to support a resolution for Puerto Rico to become the 51st  state in America.

    “Democracy is the lifeblood of a functional society,” begins Senator Eaton, referencing the late Yale political scientist Robert Dahl. “As the Congress of the United States of America … we must allow Puerto Rico to have statehood because firstly, the people want it and they are part of our democracy. Secondly, the only reason they

    Why Kansas?Seeing both sides

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