As Virginians, it is likely that when you step outside your door, you've encountered various pamphlets either saying ‘vote yes’ or ‘vote no.’ These pamphlets are responses to Virginia’s upcoming special election on the redistricting referendum....
Earlier this year, FCPS updated its policies surrounding student expression, adding a new section to the Regulations and Procedures Governing Freedom of Expression by Students to establish clear procedures for “advocacy activities,” which are broadly...
Abigail Spanberger, throughout her campaign, frequently referenced the “chaos out of Washington” to refer to an endlessly growing list of Bad Stuff by the Trump administration. Many actions harmed Virginia as a state; mass layoffs of federal workers,...
Two American citizens have been shot and killed by federal officers. Thousands of innocent people are being ripped away from their families and homes by an agency that seems to face no legal repercussions for whatever harm they inflict. The Department...
Journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort were arrested on Jan. 30 for allegedly disrupting a religious service, thereby obstructing congregants’ right to religious freedom in a place of worship, while reporting on an anti-ICE protest in a Minnesota church....
In the United States, 13 of the 14 states considered to be the country’s “southern” states currently have some form of an abortion ban. The only state that does not currently have a form of abortion ban in the South is Virginia. However, that may...
According to the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, FCPS has violated the sex-based, Title IX right to equivalent accommodations by letting students use gendered facilities according to the students’ gender identity. The Office for...
Earlier this month, President Donald Trump sent nine universities, including University of Virginia (UVA), a Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education. Under this agreement, universities would get preferential access to federal research funding;...
As a senior, I’ve watched students, myself included, dream about graduation day, itching for the freedom that comes after high school. After years of tests, homework, and early mornings, it’s natural to count down the days until we throw our caps...
Censorship has been rearing its ugly head across the nation. For instance, earlier in the year, The Washington Post editorial writers were instructed to focus the paper's opinion page only on stories in defense of free market principles and personal liberties...
Do you know what’s going on in Afghanistan right now? Let’s talk about women in the United States and Afghanistan.
In the United States women have rights, many gained since the suffrage movement in the 1920’s and the civil rights movement in...
Our school system has devolved into young, impressionable students staring with dead eyes at a glowing screen. Students are forced by law to sit down for seven hours, and now, due to the one-roof policy, West Potomac students aren’t allowed to get a...
