By Daniela Morales, 10th Grade Religion acts as a unifying force for many people, bringing people together despite their different backgrounds through a common faith. However, for some people, religion takes on a more extreme character, and they begin to use it as a force to unify people not to promote peace, but to destroy. This is the case of Paul Nthenge Mackenzie, leader of … Continue reading The Malindi Cult: A Religious Tragedy

By Daniela Morales, 10th Grade India is a country rich in diversity—something reflected in the massive amount of ethnic groups that live in the country. Taking into consideration many factors such as language and religion, there are more than 2,500 ethnic groups in India (Joshua Project, 2023). However, not all of these groups are recognized by the government, only 705 of them are officially recognized … Continue reading The Ethnic Conflict in India

Videos of a social and moral nature have become very popular on the YouTube and TikTok platforms, teaching life lessons with inspiring thumbnails. One of the most well-known creators of these types of videos is Dhar Mann, an American film producer and businessman who has his professional production company “Dhar Mann Studios”. He makes short videos that teach life lessons with different stories and scenarios. … Continue reading Dhar Mann Studios’ workers speak up about Mann’s hypocritical actions

By Ana Perez, 10th Grade The animosity between Japan and South Korea has been present ever since World War II. Despite having a common enemy – North Korea – the two countries never formally aligned with each other as South Korea had been reluctant to cooperate with Japan beyond humanitarian search-and-rescue missions. Yet, both countries have agreed to expand their military cooperation against North Korea. … Continue reading What To Know About the Seoul-Tokyo Détente

By Daniela Morales, 10th Grade Elon Musk, owner of Twitter, is also the owner of SpaceX, one of the largest space tech companies in the world. Valued at $137 billion and employing almost 10,000 people, the success of SpaceX speaks for its own, and the company is mostly known around the world because of its Starlink satellites. Starlink, is SpaceX’s satellite network, which consists of … Continue reading Elon Musk’s SpaceX has taken over space

By Jongyeop Jeong, 12th Grade South Koreans will soon become a year or two younger following an official change to the country’s age-counting system. South Korea is changing its counting age system to the international age-counting system, where age is based on birthdate. The country’s National Assembly passed a bill mandating the use of this system, which will come into effect this June. This change … Continue reading South Korea transitions to an international age-counting system

By Ana Perez, 10th Grade President Emmanuel Macron recently announced his plan to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64, sidestepping a vote from Parliament, and triggering an explosive set of protests from labor unions. While the French government survived a no-confidence vote triggered by Macron’s decision to make the change in the Lower House of Parliament without going through a full vote, opponents … Continue reading French Protests Against Pension Reform

By Daniela Morales, 10th Grade On March 14th, the Argentinian government said that inflation had skyrocketed over 100%, stationing itself at 102.5%, the highest it has been in more than three decades (The Guardian, 2023). This news came as a slap in the face to the many Argentinians who are already struggling to get by, as 43% of the population is living below the poverty … Continue reading Unimaginable inflation shocks Argentina

By Daniela Morales, 10th Grade On February 6, 2023, Turkey and its next-door neighbor Syria, suffered from a terrible earthquake with a 7.8 magnitude at around 4 a.m. After the initial tremor, more than 60 aftershocks, earthquakes that follow the principal one, were reported (Mogul, 2023 ). One of these aftershocks was especially detrimental, since it had a magnitude similar to the initial earthquake, 7.5, … Continue reading Turkey’s devastating earthquake

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