$2.30…$3.65…$4.23…$5.83. Have you ever been to the store and seen that the price of your favorite was higher than it was last month? For the last five years, companies such as Tysons Food and Pepsi C.O. have been raising their prices more than is considered fair. This is called price gouging, a prominent issue in […]
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Aarthi Muthukumar once wrote, “No matter how hard I work, the pressure of being successful by my parents’ standards is never going to disappear.” Aarthi Muthukumar is just one example of a kid who is afraid of letting her immigrant parents down. During Muthukumar’s high school life, she developed stress, anxiety, and panic attacks because […]
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Did you know that it’s impossible to replace displays and batteries in the iPhone 15 without losing features, all because of built-in software locks? Today, repairs of electronic devices are made artificially harder and more expensive by companies preventing the repair of devices by third parties. This is commonly done through proprietary screws to open […]
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When I grow up, I want to go to college, such as Harvard, Yale, or Cornell. I haven’t decided which one yet since I’ve got a long way to go, but I know that one day, I’ll be in college getting the best education I can. However, for minority students like me, that dream is […]
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Have you suffered from racism, or seen students facing racism? Racism occurs when someone is treated differently because of their skin color or culture. It has happened to many kids in school, including me. In 5th grade, some students would call me an animal, tell other students I ate cats and dogs even though I […]
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Have you ever lost something valuable to you? My friend’s aunt died due to overdosing on opioids. This has put their family in a tight situation since they had to pay a lot of money for all of the expenses of the funeral. A lot of people are losing lives due to overdosing on drugs, […]
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How many of you have lost someone due to gun violence? How many of you know someone who has lost someone to gun violence? If this is you, I want to know, have you ever felt angry? Have you ever wondered how people could do this? Gun violence is something that plagues this world. It […]
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According to StopBullying.gov, “more LGBTQ+ students (14%) than straight students (7%) reported not going to school because of safety concerns.” One of my closest friends in middle school told me about their experience when it came to bullying. They shared how it affected their mental health and how they had to resort to telling me […]
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You know those nightmares when you wake up and can’t speak? Or when you’re running from a clown and can’t scream? These dreams are terrible, and you wake up and have never been so happy to hear your own voice. This is a nightmare that DC has been living in since its birth. Washington, DC, […]
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Raise your hand if you have $40,000 to spare. College tuition is very expensive and is going to keep getting higher. Growing up, I have seen my mom working hard because she had to pay off her student loans since she didn’t get much money in scholarships. To alleviate the cost of tuition, the Federal […]
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Have you ever gone through a rough part of your life and felt like you couldn’t ask for help? Well, I’ve been through rough patches in my life. In the 6th grade, I was bullied, but I felt like I couldn’t tell the people I loved most in the world about it, not even my […]
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Have you ever been in a setting without pepper spray on you? How about a pocket knife? Have you ever been in a situation where you felt unsafe in a learning environment due to sexual innuendos? We live in a world where thousands of women must carry self-defense weapons in case a man tries to […]
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