By Naetra Joshi
Social media can be a great way for kids and teens to connect with friends and interact with other people who share common interests and hobbies with them. However, when unmonitored, social media use can be a clear path to potential problems. Social media can be a kids’ favorite activity– connecting with friends, scrolling through videos, playing games– and they can be doing this for hours and hours.
Read MoreBy Kavya Tulsiani
Healthcare costs in the United States are crippling, and they have remained like that for a very long time. Although the US offers insurance through programs such as Medicare and the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to many qualifying people, it is the only developed country without universal health care, causing most people to rely on private health insurance, often provided by employers.
Read MoreAmerica has always been about people getting involved in democracy, you know, understanding it, and actually doing stuff with it. But lately, in schools everywhere, this civics thing is kind of fading away without much noise. Kids spend all this time on math tests and science stuff, which matters, I guess, but a lot of them finish high school not really getting how the government runs or what the Constitution says about rights. It makes me wonder what that means for the whole democracy thing down the line.
Read MoreCollege is often portrayed as a bridge to adulthood. It is known to be the place where one can find their true self. College is shown as the place where your dreams can finally start to take place but are they really what they seem? In recent articles, it is shown that total U.S student loan debt has had a huge increase in federal debt. Many students who want to attend college to have a better future can not because the debt they will rack up could be more than they could ever pay off.
Read MoreBy Rimzim Bhaskarwar
AI has become one of the most common tools used in everyday life. This is also true in schools. Teachers use AI to explain or create worksheets that kids do not understand and in that case AI is helpful and can be a teaching buddy for kids. Though nowadays AI has turned into a cheating platform for kids. Kids use it to cheat on homeworks and even tests. All it takes is one button to take a picture and send it to your favorite chat bot for all the answers. This leads to an overreliance on AI, this reduces learning, weakens critical thinking and encourages academic dishonesty.
Read MoreBy Pranav Kadam
Across the United States, millions of middle and high school students begin their school day before 8:00 a.m. While early start times have long been recognized as a necessity, growing research suggests that they may be harming students more than helping them. The issue of school start times is often overlooked in national education debates, yet it has serious implications for student health, academic performance, and educational equity.
Read MoreBy Haasini Sanisetty
What can clothes tell us about the new people in charge of New York City? The answer is a surprisingly large amount.
On January 1st, the Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani was officially sworn in under the lights of one of New York’s original subway stations. His wife, Rama Duwaji, was right there with him, making a statement in a Balenciaga coat, wide leg shorts, low-heeled boots, and vintage earrings. Her outfit was stylish in a quiet way, but it challenged convention loudly.
Read MoreBy Ayushi Gon
The team of scientists at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) has developed a novel cell-based immunotherapy capable of effectively tracking down and eliminating pancreatic cancer cells, even after they have spread to other parts of the body. It is an off-the-shelf treatment, which is supposed to be given to any patient without any special adjustment.
Read MoreBy Emma Wurster, Carlos Calderon, Katie Yin, and Jayden Luse
When discussing the school policies, many teachers decide not to allow food in class. But students do not tend to follow this rule, and many start asking the question, why is food not allowed in class? The truth is, there are many arguments for and against snacking in class. Many claim that eating disturbs class time and makes a mess, while others argue that it helps to overcome the boring moments and hunger during that period. But is eating in class more beneficial or an issue for high school classes?
Read MoreBy Zainab Alvi, Cameron Day, Rares Rus, and Sarah Taimoory
After many hours learning in the classroom, the bell finally rings. Students fill the halls, rushing down the stairs, only thinking about the melty cheese on their pizzas and the crispy chicken nuggets. Yet when they finally arrive at the dining hall, the lunch line is already out the door. Approximately 63% of public-school students eat school lunch. So we sought to find out what these schools offer, and how it compares to private school lunches.
Read MoreBy Riya Dasgupta
It started with a simple question: What is the theme of Macbeth? But when a high school sophomore got a five-paragraph essay within seconds, they realized they had stumbled onto something bigger than CliffsNotes ever dared dream. Artificial intelligence has officially entered the chat—literally—and it’s flipping the classroom upside down. “I just asked it for a thesis, but then it gave me an outline, then a whole essay,” one student shared in aReddit thread. “And like… it was better than what I would have written.” They laughed. “Is that bad?”
Read MoreBy Riya Dasgupta
On April 3, 2025, Wall Street was rocked by one of the most catastrophic single-day crashes in recent history. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted over 1,200 points within the first hour of trading, and by market close, the S&P 500 had dropped nearly 5.4%, while the NASDAQ cratered by a staggering 12.1%—its worst daily loss since the early 2000s dot-com collapse. Investors watched in disbelief as nearly $2.3 trillion in market value was wiped off the board in less than 24 hours.
Read MoreBy Riya Dasgupta
Across high schools nationwide, the culture of Advanced Placement (AP) classes is as deeply ingrained as Friday night football games. Students dive headfirst into a whirlwind of honors and AP courses, often stacking their schedules with more rigor than a caffeine-fueled all-nighter can handle. This academic arms race has become so normalized that taking multiple AP classes feels less like an achievement and more like a rite of passage. While this pursuit of excellence is admirable, it comes with a hefty price tag: stress and burnout.
Read MoreBy Kate Bevins
With glamorous advertisements for delicious burgers, or chicken nuggets, it is easy to see why 36.6% of Americans eat fast food on any given day. Some obvious issues that come to mind with these staggering numbers are obesity, and disease. However, one of the biggest ways American food systems are failing ethically and environmentally is through their means of production.
Read MoreBy Elizabeth Chen
With the growing popularity of AI, the 2024 election may be called the “AI election” as its popularity and developments are proliferating, but the effects are also worldwide.
Read MoreBy Kate Bevins
Many Americans form opinions and beliefs manipulated by the content they see on social media. But what does this mean when the information they are receiving is biased or completely incorrect? Social media has led to an explosion of misinformation on health, breaking news and, in extreme cases, the spread of viral conspiracy theories, offensive and extremist content. As America continues down a radical spiral of hatred and division, social media companies need to begin taking action and making changes within their sites, changing a system that rewards hatred and misinformation.
Read MoreBy: Sonya Malik
Girl Scout cookies are a tale as old as time in the United States and are considered a classic seasonal dessert when they are being sold since 1912 when founded in Savannah Georgia by Julliete Gordon Low. But some cookies are leaving the menu this year.
Read MoreBy: Sonya Malik
No one would’ve guessed that 2025 would’ve started with apocalyptic fires raging throughout southern California in LA. We all know about how wildfires are common throughout the state but wouldn’t have expected them to run through one of the biggest cities in the United States which is home to many celebrities. These fires have been catastrophic to the LA community and have made national headlines.
Read MoreSkye Warner
A president’s first official task, apart from accepting the victory, is nominating his cabinet members. It’s the nation’s first look at who the president thinks is qualified and who the president wants to greenlight their policies. It’s also a look at what a president values. Is their cabinet all-male? All-white? What’s their background? Are they loyalists, or will they be able to tell the president no? Finally, the people that the president chooses will display his own values. Are they choosing a war hawk or dove for the Secretary of Defense? Are they choosing a treehugger or Shell’s CEO for the Secretary of Energy? Is their UN Ambassador isolationist or multilateralist? All of these people will play an important role in carrying out the president’s policies, and it’s a look into what the president is likely to do down the road.
Read MoreBy: Sonya Malik
Typically when we think of oil we think of money, resources, cars, and the climate. Something behind the production of oil is the oil rig. An oil rig is used to extract oil and gas from beneath the earth’s surface. Oil rigs are typically in bodies of water far from coasts of lands. As people want to move towards a more sustainable future the oil rig industry is not as favorable. As a society we don’t necessarily want to eradicate all oil rigs, but find more positive things to see in them. But there may be more behind the scenes of these steel structures in the middle of our oceans than meets the eye.
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