What does it mean to be a woman? Google provides “member of the fair or gentle sex” as a synonym for “woman,” but simply “human being” for “man.” Yet, female leaders have proven time and...
A shiny silver blade catches the viewer’s eyes as he sees the metal weapon drenched in crimson liquid. The liquid now spills everywhere, staining everything with a distinct dark red hue. A thrill of...
Although Lynbrook boasts an 84 percent rate of students who attend four-year colleges after graduating high school, according to its 2018 school profile, students take many other paths after they toss...
For her seventh grade biology classes in rural Mississippi, science teacher Bobbie R. Byrd showed her students a video of a life birth. They saw blood from the birth splattered on the doctor and the floor....
Grandchildren are not always close with their grandparents. But junior Faizah Asif’s grandmother is her best friend.
“I'm the closest with my grandma, my mom's mom,” Asif said. “We do a lot...
Being accepted into a dream college requires hard work, but so does figuring out how to pay for it. In fact, according to EDVestinU, 72 percent of those aged 46 and older continue to stress over their...
On social media and websites like YouTube, numerous influencers promote vegan products, post their picture-perfect avocado toast or rave about smoothie bowls. The depiction of veganism on social media...
A century and a half ago, rumors of gold in the uncharted western wilderness of California took the world by storm. Within a span of months, ships began docking in the state’s ports by the hundreds —...
When people think of global warming, rapidly melting glaciers may come to mind. What does not come to mind is the polar vortex that hit the Midwest and East Coast of the U.S. with subzero temperatures...
In the days following 9/11, many Americans were quick to blame Al Qaeda and affiliated terrorist groups for carrying out suicide attacks that devastated the nation. Others censured the Bush administration....
At first glance, Lynbrook’s political climate may seem to skew politically left, with no Lynbrook Republicans Club, but a Democrats Club. If you walk around the campus on any given school day, passing...
35 days. Nine government agencies. 800,000 workers. 78 percent of whom live paycheck to paycheck. Zero pay. These points are just some of the effects of the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
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