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“He told me that he would lose his life if he got in trouble for this,” says Dawn Tyree of the child molester she was forced to marry.

Over the past few weeks, Haitian migrants have arrived at the US border by the thousands. Lured by promises of easy travel into the...

On Monday, May 10, the FDA expanded their Emergency Use Authorization, or EUA, of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine to include...

Recently, Russian bombers have been spotted flying worryingly close to American airspace. While this isn’t the first time something like...

On May 13th, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated their mask guidelines based on new studies on the vaccines. The...

In March of 2021, Joe Biden Released his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan. This piece of legislation consisted of a long list of...

After a long and draining year of being quarantined, Los Angeles County is finally on the path to open up. With people everywhere...

Our community has begun to reopen. Here’s how it’s going.

Since the very beginning of time, music has always surrounded us, enveloping us in its aura of emotions and mellifluous sound that twirl...

Mother Nature can be insane. Sometimes the unexpected happens and we don’t know why. As for the recent crazy climate in Texas, we might...

In the United States, education through the 12th grade is free and compulsory. But is this actually the case? For me and most other...

In the 1990s, millions of Americans went about their lives believing that they were truly changing the world.

When it was announed that school was to be canceled for two weeks last March, I, and many others thought, “Cool, no school.” I soon...

Covid-19 in prisons has been responsible for cases and deaths within.

If you are on social media you probably saw #EndSARS trending a couple of months ago and wondered what it was exactly. #EndSARS is a...

Although perhaps out of the spotlight, former President Trump’s impeachment is not quite over yet. To be precise, he has been impeached...

When one thinks about if a nuclear war could happen, it usually concerns some of the world's most prominent superpowers, like the United...

The issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women, also known as MMIW, has been brought to light in recent years thanks to awareness...

Since the start of this spring semester, there’s been a slew of questions on the minds of many people: “When are we going to return to...

The climate is changing. The land is dusty, empty and bare. Crops are failing and resources are becoming scarce, namely water. While here...

Xenophobia, the “dislike of or prejudice against people from other countries,” has been linked with massive outbreaks of diseases for...

Elections have always had a history of problems. From discrimination to voter suppression to technical issues, elections have never been...

With the horrific assault of Jacob Blake by police officers saturating peoples’ minds, Black Lives Matter (BLM) protests have escalated...

by Sabrina Hernandez, 16 years old A note from the editors We would like to thank Sabrina Hernandez, who is not a member of our staff,...

Since the beginning of quarantine, it seems like we’ve seen the worst in humanity, whether it be through the hoarding of necessary...

Coronavirus is seeing a larger impact on everyday life as time goes on and it sure seems like this virus is here for an extended stay...

What we are seeing in the news is quite shocking. We are living in a very catatonic, catastrophic calamity of a pandemic. COVID-19 is...

We are at war! It is a bold statement to make in these troubled times, but it is a statement that must be profoundly accepted by the...

In 2020, around 300 students will be graduating from Eagle Rock High School. They’ll be going off to college and entering the next...

In the morning hours of Sunday, January 26th, the world learned of the tragic news of the deaths of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old...

The idea of school starting later is not new to California or the education system of the United States. For years, a mix of suggestions...

A government of the people, by the people, for the people. These words from Abraham Lincoln are the very definition of a democracy,...

On September 20th, over 4 million people participated in a strike across the world, united in determination to spread awareness of...

Everyone knows the outcome of the 2016 presidential election. Even if you didn’t follow it, you know that Donald Trump has been president...

Illustration by Megan Alcaraz At this point, everyone is pretty much aware of climate change regardless of whether or not they “believe...