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DC High Schools Prepare for Virtual Admissions Season
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted almost every part of life for DC Public Schools students. The challenges of distance learning have...
Feb 8, 20213 min read


World Leaders Unite in Criticism of Capitol Storming
On Wednesday, January 6, less than a week into the New Year, the world watched in horror as hundreds of pro-Trump rioters swarmed...
Feb 7, 20212 min read


What Does it All Mean? Rookery Writers Tackle the Trump Presidency
Liya Johnson, 10th grade People have found different meanings in Trump’s presidency. For one, we have seen how far the Republican Party...
Jan 20, 20217 min read
Buttigieg as Transportation Secretary: A Review
On December 16, President-elect Joe Biden nominated Pete Buttigieg to be Secretary of Transportation. “I got to know Pete on the campaign...
Jan 11, 20212 min read
Mysterious Monolith Appears in Utah
On November 18, a 10-foot-tall, metal monolith was spotted from a helicopter in a canyon in San Juan County, Utah. It attracted...
Dec 28, 20202 min read
Major Asian Trade Deal Marks Growing Chinese Clout
On Sunday November 15, China and fourteen other countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), a free-trade...
Dec 8, 20202 min read


Earning Hours from Your Desk
All DCPS high schools require that graduating students complete at least 100 hours of community service. Split over four years of high...
Dec 1, 20202 min read


"No Justice, No Peace”: Are Police Abolitionists Losing the Public Debate?
On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was asphyxiated by Derek Chauvin, then a Minneapolis police officer. As a result, protests erupted across...
Oct 28, 20203 min read


Barrett's Judicial Philosophy
Amy Coney Barrett is the Trump administration’s replacement for the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court of the United...
Oct 26, 20204 min read
Nigerians Protest Police Brutality
When Nigeria created the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, known as SARS, in 1984, it was supposed to solve rampant crime, robbery, and...
Oct 26, 20202 min read


When the News Goes Out of Business
In an age dominated by electronic media, print newspapers are finding themselves in jeopardy of financial troubles and, in the...
Oct 7, 20203 min read


China Pledges Carbon-Neutrality
President Xi Jinping of China announced at an annual United Nations General Assembly meeting that the country would be carbon-neutral by...
Oct 5, 20203 min read
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