If you've been hearing buzz about a "shutdown" happening, there is one but what does that even mean? Let's break it down in a way that's easy for anyone to understand. First things first, what exactly...

Donald Trump is a name that has come up all too frequently throughout the past six months. The current president was re-elected in the 2024 election after losing the 2020 election to Joe Biden and...

The Bill of Rights is the first of ten amendments to our Constitution, created to guarantee the preservation of human rights. Written by James Madison in 1791, it was intended to limit the power of our...

Over the course of our week-long spring break, students undoubtedly took the opportunity to unwind and recharge, some even taking mini vacations with friends and family. For many, this break served as...

Southern California is the victim of a reoccurring issue: devastating wildfires. Since 1987, more than 100,000,000 acres of land have been destroyed in California due to wildfires. The damage caused...

When the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution, they aimed to create a functional government that gave citizens the power to elect the president and their representatives into office. They wanted to...

The morning of September 11, 2001, started out like any other. Americans woke up, ate breakfast, and went to work. Little did they know that at 8:46 a.m. the first of two hijacked planes would crash into...

        Three besties, Kayle Funes-Munguia (10), Arianis Mangual-Diaz (10), and Elida Gonzalez-De Paz (10), found and met each other under coincidental circumstances,...

Sometimes the issues that are the most widely talked about aren’t the most important ones. Likewise, some issues that are vastly important don’t receive enough attention. For example, when I pitched...

The compensation of teachers in our country is something that everyone talks about, but no one does anything to fix it. As a teacher’s daughter, I grew up watching my mom work incredibly hard and never...

My Family Isn’t Recognized as Citizens of Israel Azmeya Hemeida (12) is a Palestinian Muslim with roots in the Quds in Jerusalem and the West Bank. Hemeida expresses her thoughts on the horror of the...

If you’ve so much as turned on the news or the radio in the last few weeks, you are probably aware that there is a major conflict happening in Gaza right now. Here’s everything a high schooler needs...