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Sofia Kianni: Teenage Climate Activist

For most teenagers, starting a business is a daunting goal, thought impossible. At 18 years old, fresh out of high school Sofia Kianni tackled this expectation*, starting her own comp...

Omicron: How is the nation doing, and how does the future look?

Recently, a new COVID variant has been recognized and named by the World Health Organization - Omicron. At this point, people have become so exhausted with the global pandemic that ma...

Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill: A Much Needed-Victory for Biden and America

After a long period of apathy, delays, and compromises, President Joe Biden’s $1.2 billion infrastructure bill has been signed into law. The bill aims to create jobs by improving brid...

Texas Abortion Law: What is the Next Step?

Officially having gone into effect on September 1, 2021, the new Texas abortion law, named the Texas Heartbeat Act, banned abortion past six weeks of pregnancy. More specifically, the...

Lil Nas X: Montero

Lil Nas X seems to be on top of the world lately. Ever since the 2019 release of the record-smashing hit “Old Town Road,” Nas proved his mastery of media and kept all eyes on himself....

Cynthia Yue: The UNA-USA Youth Observer

To many, the United Nations is a seemingly distant organization with little impact on our daily lives. This year’s UNA-USA Youth Observer, Cynthia Yue, is trying to change that mental...

Coronavirus Vaccines Mandates

Since the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine became FDA approved, one would expect less resistance to becoming vaccinated. With three out of ten Americans still remaining unvaccinated, and 14% s...

The Shooting of Guila Dale

For most Americans, the fireworks on the Fourth of July weekend symbolize national prosperity and patriotism. They represent the long and colorful history of sacrifices made for the i...

The Tragic End to America’s Afghan Forever War

On September 11, 2001, America faced one of it’s deadliest terrorist attacks ever: the attacks on the Twin Towers, Pentagon, and an attempted attack on Washington DC. In response to t...

Remembrance of September 11, 2001

Terrorist attacks on the Twin Towers in New York City are still remembered 20 years later.

How much privacy do we receive on social media?

Users of the internet know that they’re being tracked by the platforms they use — most notably by Google and Facebook. Although users have some understanding, they do not realize just...

NFTs : The future of digital art

NFTS (Non-Fungible Tokens) are digital tokens which validate the ownership and authenticity of a virtual file. This media can be anything from a single lettered text to complex and in...

Enbridge’s Line 3 Pipeline

In March of 1991, an unusual sight could be seen on the frozen Prairie river in Minnesota: pools of oil flowing down the ice and seeping into the river. This was Enbridge’s Line 3 spi...

Andrew Cuomo’s Sexual Assault Allegations and Resignation

On August 10, 2021, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo resigned from public office after an investigation conducted by the Attorney General of New York which had found that he had sexuall...

Black Women In Sports

Black women have shown their strength, resilience, and brilliance in every aspect of life they’ve chosen to participate in. Sports are no exception but with black women’s show of grea...

Police Unions: Labor Above Law

In 2007, Oakland Police Officer Hector Jimenez fatally shot an unarmed 20-year-old man. 7 months later, he killed another unarmed man, shooting him three times in the back. Jimenez wa...

Gerrymandering

Every ten years, the United States holds a census, which counts the amount of people that live in the US, among other information such as where they live. One of the most important th...

Delta Variant

The world is now facing another strain or variant of COVID-19, known as the Delta variant. The Delta variant originated in India in December 2020 and is now spreading world wide after...

Black Women at the Olympics

The Olympics have been in the news recently, but not because of the world-class athletes participating. Several organizations related to the Olympic Games have come under fire for act...

Activism as a Platform for Modern Art

The human mind, though capable of independent thought, is susceptible to the persuasive power of image. Throughout history, art influenced the grasp that rulers had on their empires. ...

Chinese activist Ou Hongyi strikes for climate in the country that emits the most greenhouse gases

Caption: Ou Hongyi sits on the steps of a fountain in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Apr. 19 to protest the criminal charges she and other protestors received for trying to prevent the Mor...

Cicadas

What makes Brood X cicadas different from other cicadas is that they are periodical insects, they feed on plant fluids both below and above ground, and are the largest brood of 17-yea...

Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning

When Cathy Park Hong, author of the fiery Minor Feelings, was in the ninth grade, her teacher insisted that she and her classmates would fall in love with the Catcher in the Rye, just...

Vaccine Rollout

In the United States, many people over the age of 18 still harbor a level of resistance towards receiving the vaccine due to the fact that all COVID-19 vaccines are currently non-FDA ...

Texas Abortion Laws

On January 22nd, 1973, the Supreme Court decided through a (7-2) ruling that “unduly restrictive state regulation of abortion in unconstitutional.” This decision, known as Roe v. Wade...

In Honor of Pride Month

Every June, millions of people part of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies gather to celebrate the existence and beauty of different forms of love and connection. This month of whol...

Beauty Standards and Capitalism

The standard of beauty is produced by patriarchy and capitalism. The more difficult it is to reach this standard, the better for these two, because then we feel insecure with our appe...

Facebook's New Instagram for Kids

In March of 2021, it was revealed that Facebook had plans to make a version of Instagram for children under 13. Currently, Instagram does not allow children under 13 to use the platfo...

Too Soon to Reopen? The Importance of the Coronavirus

Deb Haaland and the Complex History of Native American Female Leadership

It is an unequivocal fact that the 2020 Presidential election has concluded and that a clear winner has been chosen. However, there is still an important customary procedure that must...

The Life and Impact of Marsha P. Johnson

For the past 50 years we have been celebrating black history and culture during the month of February. For almost an equal amount of time we’ve been celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride. Both the...

Big Data, Big Deception

In recent times, it appears that one tech leader after the other has headlined the news at a fairly consistent rhythm - one event may bring news of a day-long congressional testimony,...

The Cost of Beauty

Since our childhoods we’ve been conditioned to believe that people are either beautiful or ugly. In all the media we’ve consumed, there has been a specific image fed to us on what is ...