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The Line: A problematic city of the future?
By Giorgia Toti | Sept. 19, 2023, 9:01 a.m. | In Opinions »
The Saudi Arabian Line City might not be as groundbreaking and beneficial as NEOM claims
Why “All Honors” benefits MCPS students
By Bethel Ameha | Sept. 16, 2023, 2:03 p.m. | In Opinions »
Opinion on the influence of the "all honors" program.
Should the US Ban TikTok?
By Sudhish Swain | May 8, 2023, 2:15 p.m. | In Opinions »
A ban is not the way to go - instead, the US must address the lack of data privacy and security legislation for its citizens
MCPS’s budget is failing its students
By Alexander Liu | Feb. 1, 2023, 1:11 p.m. | In Opinions »
The county continues to squander money in all the wrong places
True crime has gone too far
By Lillian Paterson | Dec. 28, 2022, 1:30 p.m. | In Opinions »
Is it right to depict people’s trauma?
The glamorization of toxicity is poisonous
By Isabelle Yang | Dec. 20, 2022, 2:10 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
The romanticism of toxic relationships in media needs to stop
Booktok is not the welcoming community it’s claimed to be
By Srijani Chakraborty | Dec. 6, 2022, 1:57 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
A critique of the bookworm-centric subculture on TikTok
Don’t judge a movie by its genre
By Lillian Paterson | Dec. 4, 2022, 7:04 p.m. | In Opinions »
From black and white silent films to superhero flicks, all movies have something to bring to the table.
The impacts of Brazil’s new president will reach far beyond the border
By Alex Feingold-Black | Dec. 2, 2022, 2:15 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
The shift in power from Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is exactly what Brazil (and the world) needs
Race-based affirmative action’s time has come
By Alexander Liu | Nov. 23, 2022, 11:38 a.m. | In Opinions »
The Supreme Court is ending race-based affirmative action, and that’s a good thing
MCPS has put its foot down on sports games – and fans are losing out
By Gabe Prevots | Nov. 3, 2022, 1:08 p.m. | In Opinions »
The rule changes for sports games are too strict on students
A Symbol of Silence: Queen Elizabeth’s legacy
By Lillian Paterson | Oct. 26, 2022, 3:38 p.m. | In Opinions »
A look back at the British monarchy’s history of complicity
Artificial intelligence has no place in art competitions
By Alexander Liu | Oct. 13, 2022, 6:24 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
AI provides unfair advantages to its users, undermining the spirit of competition.
Now is exactly the wrong time to drastically cut defense spending
By Alexander Liu | July 28, 2022, 9:11 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
If anything, it’s time to focus more on national security
MCPS's latest school safety blunder
By Myles Feingold-Black | May 28, 2022, 8:23 p.m. | In Opinions »
By limiting the amount of time that police spend at schools, MCPS pays lip service to school safety.
"Don't Say Gay" will take away a safe environment from LGBTQ students
By Kathereen Yang | April 26, 2022, 2:23 p.m. | In Opinions »
Florida’s new law claims to protect parents’ rights in education, but its true purpose discriminates against LGBTQ students
Secularism cannot stay out of schools: A look into Karnataka’s hijab ban
By Maya Britto | April 26, 2022, 1:47 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
The hijab ban in the state of Karnataka is a disturbing reminder of the BJP’s subversion of Indian democracy
It's high time for Maryland to legalize recreational marijuana
By Samuale Asefa | March 18, 2022, 5:49 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
Maryland’s house of delegates is slowly but surely moving towards decriminalization
Make Standard Time permanent
By Sophia Zeng | March 2, 2022, 2:26 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
Daylight Saving Time should be eliminated to protect the health and safety of Americans.
Title 42 expulsions need to come to an end immediately
By Maya Britto | Dec. 18, 2021, 10:55 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
Under the pretext of health safety measures, the United States is endangering thousands of immigrants and refugees
Student athletes don't need more exercise
By Celine Wu | Dec. 14, 2021, 1:33 p.m. | In Opinions »
Student athletes who play school sports shouldn't be required to take P.E. — they need a chance to take another elective.
Is there a hard line between virtual and physical work?
By Sachin Parikh | Oct. 28, 2021, 1:28 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
School can be a lot easier if teachers make conscious decisions on how to assign work say students and teachers
It's Showtime
By Katalina Li | June 14, 2021, 9:59 p.m. | In Op/Ed »
Why you should consider going back to the movie theater this summer
The dialogue we need to fix MCPS' police problem
By Myles Feingold-Black | May 7, 2021, 1:04 p.m. | In Opinions »
The SRO work group needs to amplify student voices and encourage healthy discussion between them and the SROs themselves.
Knowledge is Power
By Myles Feingold-Black | Jan. 26, 2021, 11:58 a.m. | In Opinions »
MCPS, it's time to make African American Studies a graduate requirement
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