By Daniela Morales, 10th Grade On Monday, January 30, the Police Lines Mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, suffered from a suicide bombing attack that plummeted its whole structure while taking the lives of over a hundred people and leaving more than two-hundred injured survivors (Saifi, 2023). A suicide bombing is “an act in which an individual personally delivers explosives and detonates them to inflict the greatest … Continue reading The bombing of a Pakistan mosque

By Daniela Morales, 10th Grade Our next-door neighbor, Haiti, has dealt with gang violence for a long time, but especially after the assassination of former president Jovenel Moïse, on July 7, 2021. The turmoil in the Latin American country escalated on January 26, when police officers took the streets of Port-au-Prince by storm, protesting due to the murders conducted by some Haitian gangs which took … Continue reading Police in Haiti protest due to assassinations orchestrated by gangs

By Sofia Rojas, 10th Grade Since taking office in 2016, former Filipino president, Rodrigo Duterte,  has carried out a massive “war on drugs”, which has spiked major discontent among the inhabitants, leading to an outbreak of protests. Let’s break down a few issues. What exactly is the war on drugs? And how is it killing the Filipino population? The former president oversaw an anti-drug campaign … Continue reading Duterte’s War on Drugs: The Mortal Fight Against Narcotics

By Sofia Rojas, 10th Grade Emory Andrew Tate III also known as Andrew Tate is a social media personality and retired kickboxer. Tate gained acknowledgment after making sexist and misogynistic statements on social media. After his instant fame, Tate started offering courses and virtual gatherings, teaching men how to become “hustlers” and increase their “masculinity”. This led Tate to found the Hustlers University, where staff … Continue reading Andrew Tate: The Internet’s Controversial Masculine Inspiration

By Ricardo He, 12th Grade Artists Sarah Andersen, Kelly McKernan, and Karla Ortiz have filed a class-action lawsuit against the companies behind the programming of AI-generated art software, Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, and Deviant Art, for copying and processing billions of copyrighted images without obtaining the consent of or compensating the artists the images were taken from. They claim that these companies benefit commercially from the … Continue reading Artists Sue A.I. Generated Art Claiming it Violated Copyright Laws of Artwork