As of June 24, 2022, Roe v. Wade, a landmark case that legalized abortion nationally, has fallen. In a 6-3 decision, the US Supreme Court ruled that the right to obtain an abortion upheld by Roe v. Wade was unconstitutional, and that it is up to the states to deal with the matter of abortion how they see fit. The high court issued its majority opinion, authored by Justice Samuel Alito, arguing that “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the...

“I was just looking around for skittles and the convenient store manager kept staring at me. This wasn’t the first time though, so I didn’t really react,” my friend said. He realized there weren’t any skittles in stock, so he decided to leave. He was held back as the store manager called the police. Upon the police’s arrival, he was shoved forward by the store manager who assumed he had stolen goods in his possession. The police flipped him around and pushed him against the police car, urging...

G. Holmes Braddock Senior High School Trigger Warning: Transphobia Recently, popular media platforms amongst young teens, such as TikTok and Twitter, have seen the birth of a “new” sexuality labelled “super straight.” Those who identify as “super straight” express their sexuality in a harmful manner that directly affects the transgender community. These young boys identify as such because they prefer only dating women who are assigned female at birth, and yet, refuse to date transgender...