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The Leaked Draft: The Current State of Roe v. Wade and Abortion Rights in America

Madeline Mack, Web Editor-in-Chief ◊ May 13, 2022

In the early 1970s, Texas had a law that made abortions illegal unless a doctor argued that it was a necessary procedure in order to save a female’s life. A woman identified by the fake name of Jane...

FBI v. Fazaga: America’s Foreign Policy on Trial

Isabella Bernabeo, Entertainment Editor ◊ Nov 9, 2021

Following the horrific events of 9/11, PL 107-56, The Patriot Act was signed into law on October 26, 2001, by the 43rd U.S. President, George Bush, expanding the government’s powers of surveillance....

A Unique Opportunity For AP Governments Students: Supreme Court Appellee’s Sage Creek Visit

Lulu Horne, Staff Reporter ◊ Nov 2, 2021

In 1939, Lilly Cassirer and her husband fled Germany shortly before the outbreak of World War II. In this process, the Cassirer’s valuable Camille Pissarro painting, “Rue Saint-Honoré, dans l'après-midi....

Democratic Majority in Congress Gives Gen Z Hope for the Future

Madeline Mack, News & Feature Editor ◊ Jan 8, 2021

With the threat of climate change, constant injustice toward communities of color, and the worsening COVID-19 pandemic, the Democratic government the U.S. has won is critical for the future of Gen Z and...

The Government vs. the Press: An Argument Into Today

Mi Jin Son and Nadia Razzaq ◊ Dec 9, 2019

The Crash of the Area 51 Raid

Charlotte Snow and Nick Cepek ◊ Oct 1, 2019

A buzz of anticipation filled the hot desert air as people poured into Nevada, eyes set on the mysterious building nestled in the sandy earth of Lincoln County. Thousands of people were gathering outside...

Two Student Takeaways From the Kavanaugh Trials

Nolan Barry and Sophia Parks ◊ Nov 6, 2018

Partisanship After Parkland

Critical thinking, understanding, and compromise has been pushed aside in favor of emotionally-charged, unproductive argument and closed-mindedness in the wake of trauma and unrest.

Jake Nipper, Staff Writer ◊ Mar 8, 2018

Tragedies such as the Parkland school shooting don’t just affect their community. They don’t just affect their state. They affect everyone in this country. Their effects ripple into spheres far beyond...

Federal Government Control Over Business and Education

Federal Government should try to have little involvement in business, other than to regulate the economy and prevent monopoly, and education should be left to the states, but with federal streamlining of the curriculum.

Tyler Overbey, Staff Writer ◊ Oct 19, 2017

In the founding of our country, American Revolutionaries - some of whom our citizens still love and revere, such as Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson - clashed in the papers, the courtrooms, and...

Mr. Bloomquist

Gavin Graff, Staff Writer ◊ Oct 15, 2016

I Don’t Like Politics and Here’s Why

Jeremy Hargrove, Staff Writer ◊ Oct 13, 2016

Election years are a lot like a game of Monopoly: they all seem fun initially. Traveling around spending obscene amounts of money in order to buy territory is a blast until the game ends with Uncle Steve...