Category: USA News
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Francis Scott Key Bridge and What It Reveals About US Infrastructure by Molly Castle ’25
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 26, seemed sudden and unbelievable. What is astonishing, however, is that experts have been warning for years that the bridge was not structurally sound and likely to collapse from a direct collision with a ship. As early as 1980, engineers warned that…
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2024-2025 FAFSA: Is It A Flop? by Maggie Chen ’24
On December 27, 2020, the FAFSA Simplification Act was passed. Plans to make the FAFSA application more accessible to students across the country were made. The new FAFSA would finally become available to students in 2023. The application went from about 118 questions to now, 36 questions. Though much shorter, the FAFSA has been far…
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“Florida Seeks to Restrict Education, Many Others Follow Suit” by Max Negbaur ’24
Since last year, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (whom Trump christened “Ron DeSanctimonious”) has been striving, with great success, to clamp down on Florida school curriculums, spearheading a national right-wing reactionary movement to control and limit public education. It started with the “Parental Rights in Education Bill”, or more commonly known as the “Don’t Say Gay…
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“Drive On, UAW, Drive On” by Max Negbaur ’24
The United Auto Workers, the labor union that represents car assembly workers for Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis, ended its strike barely a week ago, having finally reached a tentative agreement with General Motors on October 30. In the process, the UAW got something unions almost never get: exactly what it asked for. At the…
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“Lewiston Maine Shooting” by Molly Castle ’25
It is difficult to determine exactly how many mass shootings there have been in 2023 so far. Different sources have different standards for what exactly qualifies as a mass shooting, but the general consensus is that there have been over 500 in the 300 days since the year began. One of the most deadly so…
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“Ohio Issue 1 Abortion Rights… What Comes Next?” by Julia Robinson ’26
Abortion rights supporters celebrate their biggest victory since June of 2022, when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade, a moment in history that set the stage for states to decide whether or not an individual has the right to reproductive decisions- such as abortion. Now, in the month of November, Ohio stands as…
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“Republican National Debate” by Maisie Morrison ’25
The second Republican debate was held a couple of weeks ago, on Wednesday, November 8th. The qualified candidates included former Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie, Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis, former Governor of South Carolina and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and South Carolina senator Tim Scott. President Trump met the…
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“Walnut Grove High: America’s Unrealistic Education Dream” by John Dean ’26
Already considered by some to be “the most luxurious school in the world,” inside and out it resembles a first class resort. So what is it, exactly, that makes Walnut Grove High so special, and what can its extravagance tell us about the current state of education in America?