Bare Minimum | Kyle Kim
The current debate between policymakers, economists, and businesses about raising the minimum wage has been a complex and messy one. The lines of the current two party system have become blurred, with...
View ArticleThe Golden Age of Late Night TV| Margaret Le
Remember when late night talk shows were actually good? Me neither. Now I do enjoy the occasional Carpool Karaoke and Box of Lies, but I was bored of the forced laughter and same old celebrity...
View ArticleExperiencing the Light at the End of the Tunnel | Maxine Mah
Over the weekend (March 7, 2021), I got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine. As more and more people become eligible for their chance at their first taste of COVID immunity, I wanted to outline how my...
View ArticleHurricane Meghan | Liam Rosenberg
To be a racist or not to be one, that is the question — at least for the royal family, as of late. Meghan Markle’s bombshell interview with Oprah, which aired on March 7, was both damaging and...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes: CCAF | Izzy Ster
You enjoy the new jerseys your soccer team gets, sporting vivid red and black as the new season begins. In conservatory, a new guest artist is brought in, another mentor to extend their knowledge and...
View ArticleCPAC Lowdown |Ariana Thompson
On Tuesday, November 8, 2016, Donald Trump ran and won the presidency, forever changing the Republican party. The 2021 Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, is indicative of a trend in...
View ArticleThe Bi-Racial Take on the Anti-Asian Hate | Daniel Yachi
“Eight killed, including six Asian women, in Atlanta-area spa shootings…” The Washington Post. “A 75-year-old Asian woman… attacked in San Francisco.” CNN. “Fatal Attack on Thai Man in San Francisco…”...
View ArticleVlog Squad Scandal! *Not Clickbait* | Angela Zhang
On Tuesday March 16, YouTuber David Dobrik posted an apology to his podcast channel, Views, where he addressed rape and sexual-assault allegations against former and current members of his Vlog Squad...
View ArticleText Me When You Get Home | Ellie Ballard
On the night of March 3, 33 year old Sarah Everard went missing while walking home from a friend’s house in central London. On March 10, her body was discovered in Kent, more than 50 miles away....
View ArticleAll Too Common | Ryan Bridges
On Monday, we were hit with an all too familiar feeling. We sat back and said, “Man, again… when is this going to end?” Around 2:30 p.m. on March 22, a man by the name of Ahmad Al Aliwl Alissa...
View ArticleBack to the Board | Frances Chai
On March 24th, the San Dieguito Union High School District held a board meeting. The first portion of the meeting before the closed session saw public comments from concerned SDUHSD parents and...
View ArticleMental Health for Gamers by Gamers | Carolyn Cui
For parents, the easy first reaction upon discovering a gaming addiction in their children is to go for the nuclear option: take their electronics away and ground them. But most people won’t have...
View ArticleCancel Cancel Culture| Rebecca Danzig
Cancel culture started as a way to quickly de-platform those that people found problematic, such as being racist, homophobic, or any other type of xenophobia. Now, however, cancel culture seems to...
View ArticleMoxie Mishap | Cami Dominguez
Month after month, Netflix releases a brand new batch of films and given today’s time they tend to have a prominent and topical topic behind them. Sometimes they are excellently executed and sometimes...
View ArticleI’ll Take Two Please! | Aerin Flaharty
It had been months of staying home, the constant feeling of isolation haunting us all, and the dreaded blue computer screens that never seemed to leave our memories. That is, until late 2020 when news...
View ArticleLets Talk: The Fetishization of Asian Women | Aimee Han
I remember the first time I watched Mean Girls, I was barely five years old. I only remembered glimpses of what the characters, and virtually nothing of the plot; nevertheless, I thoroughly enjoyed...
View ArticleTransgender Day of Visibility | Kyle Kim
For many people, March 31 represents another average day. Some may be planning for Spring Break, while others may be eagerly awaiting April Fools. However, to the LGBTQ+ community, March 31 represents...
View ArticleCan Colleges Require the COVID-19 Vaccine? | Margaret Le
As states announce plans to reopen and vaccines become more widely available, a certain topic has been appearing in the news lately: vaccine passports. This would be proof of one’s immunization...
View ArticleWarrant for Death? | Maxine Mah
Just yesterday, on April 12, 2021, Daunte Wright, a 20-year old African-American man, was shot and killed in a suburb in Minneapolis, Minnesota. According to the Brooklyn Center Police Station,...
View ArticleWhat We Choose to Live With | Alex Reinsch- Goldstein
We speak often about the things we value in America, but I fear that in practice, human life is not very high on the list. Americans die in mass shootings and wars that never end, and in a pandemic...
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