by Abby Walden Time and time again, this country forgets that it is a nation of immigrants who happen to be born on a different side of these borders we’ve created. The United States does not need any more help spreading this virus. We are all scared of this pandemic and what it means for…
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History Repeats Itself
by Inara Jain *This article is meant to display an individual opinion and covers the issue accordingly. Rather, it is meant to provide a historical warning and spark meaningful thought and conversation* The genocide of the Jewish people in Nazi concentration camps during World War II is looked back on as the single most fateful…
Unlawful Detention of Legal Citizens
by Stephanie Moon ICE(Immigration and Customs Enforcement) was created in 2003 after the 9/11 attacks in 2001. ICE includes three divisions. The most-known division is the Enforcement and Removal Operations, which arrests, detains, and deports any undocumented immigrants residing in the United States. ICE has a history of detaining legal citizens and attempting to deport…
How to Organize a Protest
Organizing a protest is a big task to take on but when you are passionate about a cause they are essential in raising awareness and creating change. At first planning a protest can seem overwhelming with all the steps that come along with it. When my family moved to Princeton 12 years ago, we began…
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Is Change Coming?
On Monday, May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd had the police called on him when he had allegedly forged a $20 bill, and although he didn’t resist arrest or assault an officer, Floyd was thrown onto the pavement and Chauvin put his knee on Floyd’s neck in an unlawful…
Black Lives Matter from a White Perspective
I am a white, privileged student at Princeton High School, but I am also an ally and supporter of Black Lives Matter. This movement and even just the phrase “black lives matter” holds so much depth; it carries the weight of centuries of systemic oppression and racism that black people have faced in the so-called…
The Movement and Me
As an African American 16 year old girl growing up in a predominately white town during the Black Lives Matter movement I can say it’s exhausting and emotional. Since George Floyd and Breonna Taylors deaths, BLM has recently been “in trend”. I watch as my white peers post their black screens, show up to protests,…
Is Progress Patriotic?
In today’s America as deep systematic racism is coming to light and the debate over black lives matter rages on, many of us find ourselves asking the same basic question: Is it patriotic to want change. If we take a close look at American History, the same answer seems to come up again and again,…
Black Lives Matter by the Numbers
The recent BLM movement that has created a national uproar on June 6th, when half a million people turned out in about 550 places across America. This was only one day in a one month of protests that are still ongoing. Polls, including one released this week by Civis Analytics, inform us that about 15…
At a Glance 