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The Monarch

When the Sky Failed: The Potomac River Mid-Air Tragedy

When the Sky Failed: The Potomac River Mid-Air Tragedy

Jina Han February 19, 2025
The fatal collision of an airplane and a military helicopter has been declared the deadliest plane-crash since 2001.
Plight of the President: South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol

Plight of the President: South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol

Kyomin Kwon, Staff Writer February 19, 2025
In July of 2024, more than 30,000 South Korean citizens anxiously sat in front of their screens, waiting for a crashed website to come back up. Their reason for waiting? An online petition in the National Assembly with almost a million signatures calling for the impeachment of the then-president of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol. 
LA in Flames: A City's Fight for Survival

LA in Flames: A City’s Fight for Survival

Isabel Carvalho, Grace Wang, and Hannah Tow February 19, 2025
The fires may be contained, but the scars remain. How does LA heal when the smoke clears?
Hope in the Middle East: A Ceasefire Agreement Reached in Gaza

Hope in the Middle East: A Ceasefire Agreement Reached in Gaza

Alexandra Nguyen and Shreya Anavangot February 19, 2025
After a strenuous 15-month war, Israel and Hamas have finally come to a ceasefire agreement. On January 15th, 2025, both parties agreed to no more bloodshed following a series of Israeli hostage exchanges with imprisoned Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Quality Over Quantity: A Bill-ion Reasons to Consider the Healthy Homework Act

Quality Over Quantity: A Bill-ion Reasons to Consider the Healthy Homework Act

Nimya Hegde, Melodie Lee, and Charlene Hsueh February 15, 2025
When the school day ends, a pile of homework follows students home, blurring the lines between learning and burnout. Is this really the best way to achieve success?

Rideshare drivers stuck at a stoplight: Gig Worker Classification

Keara Morrow December 13, 2024

The classification of gig workers, especially rideshare drivers for companies like Uber and Lyft, is a topic of debate in California. This summer, the issue resurfaced around Proposition 22, a landmark...

Small but Deadly: The Danger and Injustice of Microplastics

Small but Deadly: The Danger and Injustice of Microplastics

Amrith Chamarty and Grace Wang December 8, 2024
Despite biodegradable alternatives, plastics remain a staple of the American way of life. However, plastics in our enviornment inevitably break down into microplastics, which are proving to be detrimental to human health.
Stripped or Striped: Behind the Burden of Bondage

Stripped or Striped: Behind the Burden of Bondage

Melodie Lee, Charlene Hsueh, and Kyomin Kwon December 8, 2024

The Google search results for “California propositions” show that California’s Proposition 6, which prohibits slavery and involuntary servitude, was recently rejected. According to Constitution Annotated,...

Discrimination Against the Disabled

Discrimination Against the Disabled

Nimya Hegde, Lexia Sun, and Elizabeth Lai December 7, 2024
In recent years, millions of disabled people in California have faced high poverty rates, a lack of accommodations, and low employment rates, which prevent them from having equal access to certain opportunities in society.
Project 2025

Project 2025

Anoushka Kale, Staff Writer December 7, 2024

During the 2024 Presidential Election, a doctrine known as ‘Project 2025’ implicitly became the unofficial policy platform of the Republican campaign. Although the Republican candidate, and now President-Elect,...

Juvenile Detention Centers:  Safe Space or Scary Space?

Juvenile Detention Centers: Safe Space or Scary Space?

Jina Han December 7, 2024
People expect juveniles to be a place for rehabilitation, and discipline, but reports of the events happening inside the walls of these facilities say otherwise. Assault and violence inside affecting teens emotional and mental health.
"Harmless" Bacteria Might Not be so Harmless After All

“Harmless” Bacteria Might Not be so Harmless After All

Alice Lim December 4, 2024
From breakouts in the McDonald's Quarter Pounder to baby carrots, the sudden rise of the E. coli virus has lead to a sudden panic.
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