The justice system continues to fail people of color
Britney Amankwah, Senior Editor
October 27, 2020
For centuries, the government and criminal justice system has failed people of color. Minorities tend to be underrepresented, deprioritized, and marginalized in the hands of the law. In recent years, the media has been used to shed light on the cruelty, injustice, and inequity people of color have f...
Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples’ Day?
Matthew Davy, Staff Reporter
October 27, 2020
The second Monday of October, currently recognised as the federal holiday, Columbus Day, may be changed to “Indigenous Peoples’ Day” as a result of pressure from activists, as well as the current political climate. Columbus Day has been celebrated, on the second Monday in October, as a federal...
President Trump is released from hospital
Shravani Daptardar, Senior Editor
October 26, 2020
As Covid-19 cases continue to rise around the world and with the 2020 election almost here, a lot has been going on in the nation. Recently even bigger things came up when the President of the United States, Donald Trump, declared he tested positive for Covid-19 on October 2nd. He tweeted that he and ...
Continuous rage over mask worldwide. Why is this happening?
Amanda Haye, Staff Reporter
October 13, 2020
Baseball player Aubrey Huff announced on Twitter that he was no longer going to wear a mask inside any business on June 23, 2020. He states “it's unconstitutional to enforce.” Most states in America have issued some level of a mask mandate in order to quell the coronavirus pandemic. Since th...
The first debate was not a debate
Cameron Jacobs, Editor
October 12, 2020
Sparks flew on September 29th at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio during the First Presidential Debate as both men spoke over one another and the moderator. The debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden began at 9:00 ET and was moderated by Fox News’s Chris Wal...
Biden dominates the first debate
Faith Arcuri, Senior Editor
October 12, 2020
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden battled President Donald Trump in the first 2020 Presidential Debate on Tuesday September 29, and prevailed due to his calm, professional demeanor throughout the debate. The debate consisted of various sections that prompted discussions about health care, COVID...
Protesters continue to demand justice for George Floyd
Hailey Almonte, Senior Reporter
September 29, 2020
Monday, May 25th of 2020, marks the day that a 46-year-old innocent black man was arrested and killed by four police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota. That man was George Floyd. George Floyd was arrested that Monday for allegedly buying cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill. An employee who worked ...
Navy officer fired for writing a letter
Britney Amankwah, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2020
On April 3, 2020, Captain Brett E. Crozier, commanding officer of the USS Theodore Roosevelt, was fired for writing a letter to his superiors demanding more help because coronavirus was spreading rapidly on his ship. By removing him from command, senior Navy officials said they were protecting the h...
The ADA needs enforcement
Alivia Stonier, Staff Reporter
April 27, 2020
It is a regular afternoon in my town and I decide I want to grab a tea or coffee, yet in order to do so my mother has to lift me over a curb and a cement slab step as my sister holds the door. Or maybe I decide I want to go to dinner with my dad at his favorite restaurant but there are stairs and...
“Our enemy is right here!” Why Americans should stand in solidarity with Iranian citizens
Faith Williams, Staff Reporter
January 16, 2020
Belonging to the number one military power in the world, it is ignorant of American citizens to be fearful of Iranian “escalations”. On January 3rd, Iranian general Qasem Solelmani was killed in an airstrike on Baghdad International Airport in Iraq. Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, recent...
I remember meeting a girl…
Alivia Stonier, Staff Reporter
January 15, 2020
On December 15th of 2019 in Tullow, Ireland a small town located on the outskirts of Carlow a 16 year old girl by the name Angela Doran commited suicide on the Tullow bridge in the early hours of the morning. Angela was one of my closest friends; we had met on a discord server in 2017. Discord fo...
Belief in Santa perseveres
Britney Amankwah and Shravani Daptardar
December 16, 2019
The Santa Claus myth can be traced back hundreds of years to a monk named St. Nicholas. Nicholas was born sometime around 280 A.D. in Patara, near Myra in modern-day Turkey. Saint Nicholas became famous for giving away all of his inherited wealth and traveling the countryside to help the poor...
Hailey Almonte, Senior Editor
October 27, 2020 • No Comments
Switzerland has recently introduced a minimum wage of $25 (23 Swiss francs) an hour. Minimum wage has been an ongoing topic of discussion due to how many people work for...
Merveille Kaja, Staff Reporter
October 27, 2020 • No Comments
A possible cure for malaria is being investigated in an Asian plant called Artemisia. The plant has been used in traditional Chinese medicine for over a century. Malaria...
Man allegedly threatens to kill and kidnap Wichita Mayor, over mask mandate
October 27, 2020
On Friday, October 16, 2020, Meredith Dowty, 59, was arrested after making a threat against the Wichita mayor Brandon Whipple in response to the Kansas City mask mandate policy aimed to help prevent the...
Half a million sharks could be killed for a Covid-19 vaccine
October 26, 2020
On October 10th, 2020 a shark management group known as Shark Allies located in Los Angeles, California made an estimate that internationally half a million sharks could be killed in order to make an efficient...
Man sues the city of Galveston for $1 million after public humiliation
October 26, 2020
Donald Neely, a 43 year old man, is suing the city of Galveston for $1 million on October 7 after being led by a rope by White cops on horseback. Donald Neely was arrested for criminal trespassing in...
Kadrisha Bizati, Staff Reporter
May 17, 2019 • No Comments
Last week was the first Monday of May, which means the Met Gala happened. The theme this year was Camp: Notes on Fashion. Many celebrities such as Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian,...
Justin Dinis, Staff Reporter
May 7, 2019 • 1 Comment
*This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of the final season of the television series, Game of Thrones, which first aired on April 14, 2019.* The long-awaited...
Hailey Almonte, Staff Reporter
March 12, 2020
Women’s History Month is a time to look back at how women have changed the world for the better. For many years women have done amazing things and women continue to reform...
Alivia Stonier, Staff Reporter
March 12, 2020
William Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell, otherwise known as Billie Eilish, an eighteen year old singer known for her soft vocals and anti-pop sound, broke into the music scene...
Nailah Lewis, Staff Reporter
March 10, 2020
Today in the U.S. over 250,000 juveniles are incarcerated as adults every year. This number is significantly larger than any other country in the world. With so many...
Teacher wages are too low in this country
March 10, 2020
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For Black History Month, we celebrate Josh Jacobs
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