Social Justice;

By Ava Wine

In a world where most teens are online, the amount of in person connection is also affected. Even small technological usages like online shopping can create negative effects on mental health. Not only is online shopping damaging to mental health, it is also economically damaging, socially damaging and can lead to addictive tendencies in teenagers. According to Addiction Center, “With 85 percent of Americans owning a smartphone, it has become even more favorable and convenient for people to shop online.” Cell phone usage has not only become an issue in our society and at school, but it is also becoming normalized to have large amounts of screen time usage on sites like Amazon or fast fashion brands.

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By: Kate Bevins

Famous for her family vlogging channel “8 Passengers” which amassed over 2.3 million followers, Ruby Franke shocked the internet when she pleaded guilty to 4 counts of child abuse. The popularity of this case exploded, largely due to their strong internet presence, and the recently released docuseries. This case has opened a pandoras box, forcing the public, and lawmakers, to consider the tremendous impacts of family vlogging on the children. Stricter laws must be implemented, protecting the children involved in family vlogging channels.

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by Riya Dasgupta

Let us face it: procrastination is the dark cloud that hangs over the lives of students everywhere. It whispers sweet promises of “plenty of time later” while quietly tightening the noose of stress and missed deadlines. For students around the world, this habit is both a source of humor and a serious obstacle to academic success. Procrastination takes a serious toll on schoolwork, creeping into every corner of a student's life, fueled by a mix of habits, distractions, and the pressure to perform.

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By Kavya Tulsiani 

Since the abolition of slavery, the southern U.S. states have enacted Jim Crow laws to discriminate against people of color. These included strict voting laws designed to silence people of color, especially black people. After the passage of the Voting Rights Act in 1965, these tactics became illegal, yet conservative politicians still found other ways to get around them. Until the 2013 Supreme Court case, Shelby County v. Holder, overturned the Voting Rights Act of 1965, people of color were given the right to vote without restrictions. After Shelby, southern states and many other Republican states enacted strict voting laws to deter people of color from voting, which continues today. The historical impact of discrimination on who gets to vote raises an important question: should there be national voting standards? 

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By: Riya Dasgupta

“Sometime, somewhere, someone will generate a cloned human being.”  — Ronald Green for Scientific American, 1999

Human cloning is the process of creating a genetically identical copy of a person. While the technology to clone animals has been around for decades, the possibility of cloning humans has only recently become a realistic possibility. As a result, the topic of human cloning has generated a great deal of controversy and debate, with valid arguments on both sides.

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By: Kate Bevins

Tensions are rising between the science community and animal lovers, and it's all because of one subject. Animal testing. It's a disputed concept that has been pushing both scientific and moral boundaries for years. Experiments on rats, rabbits, and in rarer cases monkeys and dogs have led to scientific discoveries in medicine that continue to save lives. Originally, animal testing never raised any concern about morality. However, animal rights organizations, and activists have begun speaking out for those without a voice - animals.

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By: Gowri Gopakumar

What if a single cell can change the entirety of humankind’s interaction with medicine? That’s the power a stem cell holds. According to MayoClinic, “Stem cells are the body's raw materials — cells from which all other cells with specialized functions are generated”.

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Language is a powerful tool. It’s what sets human beings apart from our animal counterparts. However, parts of our language are still fundamentally flawed: it also sets human beings apart from each other. The English language, in particular, exhibits built-in sexism. In recognizing and addressing these linguistic biases, we can contribute to a more inclusive language that reflects the diversities of the human experience.

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Sports at Hudson High School have always been an important part of extracurricular activities for students. The football team ended with a winning record of 9-3. The boy's basketball team boasts an impressive 3-1 start to their season –the first time they have had a winning record through their first four games since their 2018 season, where they went 15-9 throughout the season. The girl's basketball team has also seen impressive results, forcing two games into overtime in their first seven games, with one ending in a win and one loss. While these teams end up in the headlines of many articles and stories, there is one person always present and cheering on the team. His name is Thor –the school mascot– and he serves as the icon for the school.

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This last month was recorded as the hottest January ever, according to the European Union Climate Monitor.

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Do you lose to your siblings in a fight? Or do you feel like you don't know how to have an argument and win? Well, I can help you with only five psychological tricks to win an argument.

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Every year we use 5 trillion plastic bags. That is 160,000 bags per second. It takes around 1,000 years to decompose a single plastic bag. How can something as simple as a plastic bag cause so much harm? 

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By: Abby Gemechu

Though medical care has undoubtedly improved over the last few decades, there is no question that still existing economic, social, and racial disparities in healthcare not only cause thousands of preventable deaths each year, but continue to enforce inequity and 

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By: Margaret Chen

The “Dilbert” comic strips will no longer be printed by hundreds of newspapers after its creator’s racist rant during a YouTube livestream went viral.

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By Laila Kirkpatrick:

When the College Board announced its courses for the 2022-2023 school year many were excited at the addition of an AP African American studies class that would be piloted during the school year and become available in 2025 for schools across the country.

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By: Haasini Sanisetty 

The presence of small plastic fragments in the ocean was first reported in the 1970s but the phrase microplastics wasn’t coined until 2004 when it was used in a newspaper to describe the small plastic particles only micrometers in diameter.

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By Shrividya Regadamilli

Statistics show that low-income families are more likely to face premature death from noncommunicable diseases due to a lack of proper resources and facilities. Beyond affordability, many other reasons for inequality in access to healthcare exist, such as racial and social injustice, and it is vital to gain various perspectives on the social issue of healthcare inequality in order to attain a strong understanding of the current healthcare system.

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By Iris Qi

Environmentalism, defined by the Oxford dictionary as “concern about and action aimed at protecting the environment,” is a word that carries a lot of weight. As far as pressing issues go, it’s often ridiculed or ignored,

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