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Feb 26, 20202 min read

Obesity Epidemic

February 26th, 2020 | Written By - Lauren Izanec '22 According to information from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

Feb 26, 20202 min read

The Trial of Harvey Weinstein

February 26th, 2020 | Written By - Sophia Casa '23 The day is Tuesday, February 4th. A woman is at the witness stand: “I do want the jury...

Feb 3, 20203 min read

The Hypocrisy of American Foreign Policy

January 29th, 2020 | Written by - Ria Raj '21 In the heat of the upcoming 2020 elections, it’s time we confront an overarching issue...

Feb 3, 20204 min read

The Dangers of Centrism

January 29th, 2020 | Written by - Maeve Cassidy '22 Where does an ideology that has no set ideologies lie on a scale from docile to...

Feb 3, 20202 min read

Trump's Plan To Expand the Travel Ban in 2020

January 29th, 2020 | Written by - Carrie Bifulco '21 I’m sure we’ve all heard about, President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban...

Feb 3, 20201 min read

The Impending Mass Extinction

January 26th, 2020 | Written by - Bridget O'Shea '20 If current extinction rates continue to grow, the Earth will enter the 6th mass...

Feb 3, 20202 min read

Opioid Crisis

January 29th, 2020 | Written by - The Laurel ACLU Chapter Opioids kill 130 Americans every day, one person every 11 minutes. How did we...

Nov 22, 20192 min read

Continent Update - North America

November 20, 2019 | Written By - Caitlin Ludwig '23 On Saturday, October 26, 2019, The United States military raided and evacuated a...

Oct 23, 20192 min read

The Rise of Antisemitism

October 23, 2019 | Written by - Sarah Namrow '21 On October 9, 2019, Jewish people all around the world went to temple services for Yom...

Oct 23, 20193 min read

Turkey - Syria - US Conflict

October 23, 2019 | Written by - Ria Raj '21 The Turks, Americans, Kurds, Syrians and ISIS. Yes, all of these bodies are involved in one...

Oct 23, 20192 min read

SCOTUS and Workplace Discrimination

October 23, 2019 | Written by - Maeve Cassidy '22 On October 8, the eight Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States’...

Oct 21, 20193 min read

Climate Change School Strikes

October 23, 2019 | Written by - Sophia Casa '23 On March 15th, 2019, roughly 1.4 million students, in over 123 countries, opted out of...

Oct 7, 201910 min read

A Cheat Sheet on the U.S. Government's Functionality

October 7th, 2018 Written by - Ria Raj '21, Maeve Cassidy '22, Caroline Davies '22, Sophia Casa '23, Eleanor Pompa '23, Caitlin Ludwig...

Feb 21, 20193 min read

The Government Shutdown

February 21st, 2019 Written by - Katherine Cassese '21 So, when are they going to turn off the electricity at the White House? That, and...

Feb 21, 20193 min read

Midterm Elections

February 21st, 2019 Written by - Margot Luria '20 Whether you didn’t catch the November 6th midterm election results, you’re looking for...

Feb 21, 20192 min read

The N Word

February 21st, 2019 Written by - Black Student Union (BSU) N***er. N***a. Both versions of the slur are used to demean, disrespect, and...

Feb 21, 20192 min read

Why Your Children Need Vaccines

February 21st, 2019 Written by - Rebecca Bogusz '22 Imagine for a minute that you have a beautiful child, you love them and only want to...

Feb 21, 20194 min read

Presidential Candidates

February 21st, 2019 Maeve Cassidy '22 Democrats Kamala Harris Current Senator of California; Harris represents solutions to prominent...

Feb 21, 20193 min read

The Pro-Choice Opinion

February 21st, 2018 Written by - Sophia Colford '22 Abortion has never and will never be an easy subject to write and share opinions...

Oct 1, 20182 min read

Juliana v US

October 1st, 2018 Written by - Margot Luria '20 On Monday, October 28, the trial for a lawsuit between environmental activists and the...