There’s something very charming about small coffee shops that I can’t put into words and that chains can’t replicate. I totally understand the appeal of chain coffee shops—first of all, they’re...
At 15, Kamila Valieva, a Russian figure skater, made history at the 2022 Beijing Olympics when she became the first woman to land a quad jump or four revolutions in the air at the Olympics. However, her...
After a six-year battle for equal pay and treatment, the U.S. Women’s Soccer team reached a $24 million settlement with the U.S. Soccer Federation on Tuesday, February 22. The multimillion-dollar settlement...
On February 14, 2018, Alyssa Alhadeff, a freshman soccer player who, according to her mother, “took every second of her life and did something with it,” was killed. Scott Biegel, geography teacher...
Lia Thomas, a 22-year-old transgender woman on the University of Pennsylvania swim team, has been breaking collegiate records in women’s swimming and diving. Despite her success, Thomas’s participation...
On Tuesday, January 25th, the SAT announced changes to their test. The assessment will be taken exclusively on a computer. Additionally, the test-taking time will be decreased from three hours to two hours....
Following 83-year-old United States Supreme Court Justice Stephen Bryer’s announcement to retire, President Biden vowed to appoint the first Black woman to the Supreme Court by the end of February.
Biden...
As of January 1, 2022, California has implemented several new laws involving policing, the environment, education, and housing. The California Senate Office of Research reports that Governor Gavin Newsom...
As the applause dies down, 15-year-old Kamila Valieva skates onto the ice. “Bolero” by Ravel plays. Minutes later, she makes history.
Quad jumps, or four revolutions in the air, have never before...
On December 9th, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration approved public access to an abortion pill via mail. The approval comes at a time when the Supreme Court is set to hear a case challenging Roe v....
The battle lines of critical race theory in schools have been drawn in the last months as states with no laws restricting critical race theory (CRT), such as California, New Mexico, and New York, begin...
On February 1, Assemblymember Cristina Garcia introduced AB-367, a bill that would bring California a large step closer to achieving menstrual equity by providing free period products such as pads...
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