The only job where you’re always wrong in someone’s eyes.
Trump’s immigration policy is violent and immoral
Increasing immigration enforcement and deportations under the Trump administration threaten to destroy communities, families, and lives.
PRO: Understanding the lure of BookTok
Booktok is where fandoms collide, readers unite, and literature finds new life—one recommendation at a time.
CON: Reading but at a cost
BookTok has outgrown its roots as a TikTok clique.
Economic education and its influence in the election
Story by Morgan Sun
Feature Editor
Illustration by Sunny (Sunhye) Choi
Staff Illustrator
The premature sexualization of tween girls
The hypersexualization of young girls online is the death of the tween era.
Problems with Paralympic press and pigeonholing profiles
The Paralympics, a paragon of equity and inclusivity, have a glaring disparity within its perimeter.
SPUSD misses opportunity with historic arts education bill, but there is still time to make it right
Prop 28 funds must supplement, not supplant.
Am I the walking dead?
A personal memoir about death and its pitfalls and privileges.
The perils of performative marginality
A commitment must be made to understanding and addressing systemic inequalities; not just when it is convenient or beneficial for individual advancement, but as a genuine effort with no terms and conditions.
Best of the worst: Nikki Haley gains “success”
Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley now takes the stand against Trump in the ongoing Republican primaries.
Oscillating between two worlds and two families
Story by Clementine Evans
Writers Guild of America: End the Strike
A union of writers went on strike on May 2. However, striking might not be their best option.
A look back at the healing power of June
Despite racking up criticism, symbols of intersectionality still allude to a better world.
Misogyny that manipulated witch hunts still persists today
Story by Clementine Evans Staff Writer Illustration by Isole Kim Staff Illustrator Women have been viewed as the subservient gender for centuries as a result of theurgic, religious, and patriarchal stereotypes. The fear and paranoia from the misogynistic society of the 15th–17th centuries drove the witch hunts, which ultimately led to a woman versus woman […]
Letters of recommendation: The Hunger Games of college admissions
Story by Jayden Tran Staff Writer Illustration by Ellie Nakamura Graphic Designer Required by a majority of prestigious universities during the application process, letters of recommendation have risen to prominence in the holistic evaluation of students. Teacher testimonials have proliferated in the overall application with studies showing that emotional quotient has become as significant for college acceptances […]