The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc in the United States. Many American lives have been disrupted, not just because of the virus itself, but because of the U.S. government’s incompetence in handling…

Color. Noun. The property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object emits light. We are all captivated by the vibrant colors surrounding us,…

Everyone in the student body is somewhat up to date on vaping, stress, domestic politics, or essentially what the most common headlines are that we see day to day. However, in the digital age, there are…

Trigger warning: Mentions of sexual assault and those emotional effects on people.

It always seems impossible, until it happens to you. As only a sophomore in high school, I already have multiple friends…

We’ve all seen it. The videos circulating around the Internet of a small Syrian child whose face has been caked with grime and blood, being rejected by the borders of European nations. The refugee crisis…

The killer disease of 2020 has left the whole world on edge, leaving countries in fear of incoming visitors who might have the contagious and deadly virus. The Coronavirus, a disease also known as COVID-19,…

I was adopted on May 12, 2005. I was found on November 20, 2003, in Taizhou, China. I was adopted when I was about 1 and a half years old. I was said to have been left at a blood bank at birth.  Technically,…

As someone who believes that men and women should be equal, I am able to recognize how far the fight for women’s rights has come. In the last hundred years, women have been granted the right to vote,…

How easy is it to say: “I don’t care”? How easy is it to ignore rude, cruel, and harsh comments from others who in society’s viewpoint, are better than you?

One person who demonstrates this…

When someone says coconut, many think of the nut. Coconut can also be an offensive – term to refer to ‘brown’ people or any Indians in general. Being an American citizen who was born in India can be…

Valuing the lives of people who have experienced discrimination based on the color of their skin does not devalue the lives of people who do not have to deal with this. Saying that Black lives matter does…

Picture this. You’ve just moved from Utah, a state with a Latinx population of 14%, to Pennsylvania, a state with half the number; specifically 1.5% in Allegheny County.

You’re in Giant Eagle paying…

Maybe you’ve been recently sent or have seen the Change.org petition link to a trending story in our area. Nearby, Central Catholic High School has seen conflicting opinions as to what the student body…

Riding the wave of popularity from the 2018 documentary, “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”, Sony Pictures has created a tribute to the leader of the classic children’s television show that will warm…

A “banana” is a term used for Asian people who are considered to have abandoned their Asian cultural identity to adopt a Western cultural identity. 

When I was 7, my parents and I left our home…

I remember sitting in my room watching YouTube videos one day as any bored teenager would when a completely unrelated video popped up in my suggestions. I clicked on the video because I knew very little…

We’ve all been there: it’s six-thirty-something in the morning and you’re struggling to stay awake. Sitting at the bus stop, you lift an eyelid to see the school bus flying around the bend, lights…

Let yourself imagine that you’re on Instagram back in May of 2019. Alabama Governor Kay Ivey has just signed the Human Life Protection Act into law and it will put in place a near-total ban on abortion…

“Where do you get your protein from?”

“Isn’t being vegetarian and being vegan pretty much the same thing? Why would you follow that diet?” These are commonly asked questions that vegetarians and…

October 27th, 2018. A day that will forever live as a horrible memory in Pittsburgh, Jewish, and American lives.

It has been exactly one year since that day, but I remember it so vividly, as if it were…

The label “coconut” is typically used for 1st generation Indians — or really any ‘brown’ people — to showcase one’s home identity on the outside, while looking more culturally “white” on…

Why don’t we talk about how we feel for a second.

The silence fills the atmosphere of my class when the intercom beeps to notify the entire school of some message. 

Every time that announcement…

A little girl was born in a downtown hospital on December 26, 2003. She had about two days with her birth mother before she was handed over to the social worker. To this day, she is still not sure how…

A popular phrase in Holocaust education is “Never Again,” which means to use the tragedy of the Holocaust to try to prevent such an atrocity from ever happening again.  Volumes of books have been…

We don’t know how to talk to each other anymore. It’s as if the opposing arguments are standing on opposite cliffs, with an enormous valley separating the two. All we can do is yell; and even then, we…

Cultural appropriation. I’m sure that you’ve heard those words somewhere and sometime before. Whether it be from the “My culture isn’t your  d*mn prom dress” meme, some heavily opinionated…

Every time someone asks me to describe myself, one of the first words that come to mind is “smart.” It’s not a matter of arrogance or an attempt to brag. It simply feels like a fact– something I,…

Stunning silks, savory spices, and a rich history of deep-rooted culture and community. These are all India’s treasured allotropes, symbols for fascinating land and culture that date back hundreds of…

There’s something that’s kinda funny when you’re a sophomore in a school with kids you’ve pretty much known your whole life. It’s not necessarily a “ha-ha” kind of funny, but rather possesses…

It’s the last period of the school day. It’s obvious that every student is tired, bored, and ready to go home. They all slug into the room that’s lit by obnoxious, white fluorescent lights and trudge…

North Allegheny is known for giving its students stellar opportunities. We seem to have the best to offer in sports, arts, and especially academics. With so many honors and AP classes to choose from, students…

Every woman in America is furious. And if some are not, they will be. If Brett Kavanaugh is named a Supreme Court Justice, a judge on the highest court of the land, every woman will cry. And every husband,…