Environment
Grade 6

Global Warming

Actor Mark Ruffalo once said, “Climate change is the greatest threat to our existence in our short history on this planet. Nobody’s going to buy their way out of its effects.” Picture this: a world where summers are hotter than usual, winters are uncertain, and the animals you love are losing their home. These are […]

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Mental Health
Grade 8

Check Your Microaggressions

Picture being told, “You talk really well for someone like you,” or getting ignored in a meeting just because of your gender or ethnicity. It can be hard trying to be yourself and express yourself in society while facing everyday microaggressions. These little comments are often brushed off as nothing, but they can seriously affect […]

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Mental Health
Grade 8

The Stigma of Teen Poverty

Could you imagine having to go to school day in and day out while wearing the same outfit for the third time that same week, all because you lived in poverty? What if I told you that that’s what more than half of teens living in poverty today go through? Take me, for example. I […]

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Government
Grade 6

Global Inflation

Visualize this: you go into a Starbucks and take out five dollars to buy a coffee, but that five-dollar bill is not enough to cover this normal expense. Inflation is a huge hardship, causing the cost of your daily needs to escalate very high and quickly. These rising prices are negatively impacting many families and […]

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Education
Grade 8

The Damage of Chat GPT

An AI website called Chat GPT is wreaking havoc throughout colleges in America. The University of Minnesota expelled a third-year health economics Ph.D. student in November after faculty accused him of using artificial intelligence on an exam. He later denied the claims, but what it does prove is that colleges are scared of Chat GPT. […]

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Family
Grade 8

A Child’s Treatment in Foster Care: It Matters

Imagine you are a minor, you have just escaped an abusive home, and you are put in the system. You are scared and confused with numerous health issues. You have no one to talk to, and you’re being moved from home to home. The scenario above has happened to an astonishing number of children. Children […]

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Environment
Grade 5

Coral Reef Bleaching

According to the World Wildlife Fund, there are some big concerns and facts about coral bleaching that everyone should know. Coral bleaching is when the temperatures get too hot, and the coral expels the algae it needs to survive. This process causes the coral to become white. In 2019, a major coral bleaching event happened […]

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Government
Grade 7

Say No to Gentrification

Have you ever wondered why people in your area get kicked out of their homes? I see my neighbors being kicked out of their homes and replaced with people who seem like they have more money. This is called gentrification: the phenomenon that occurs when people of a lower socioeconomic level are priced out of […]

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Justice System
Grade 7

A Just Mercy for Death-Row Criminals

I have grown up wondering what I could do to help innocent people get off death row without being a lawyer. After I watched “Just Mercy” I felt more inspired to do some research on this topic. The film is about Walter McMillan who was unjustly put on death row, and a new lawyer, Brian […]

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