What follows is a dialogue between two parties representing typical arguments for and against affirmative action. Blue text will represent an argument against race-based affirmative action, and the regular black text will represent advocating for. Race-based...
Audrey Chen
Audrey Chen is a senior at La Cañada High School who writes deep dives on complex topics and articles on undercovered current events.
Pro / Con: Should we have gun control?
What follows is a dialogue between two parties representing typical arguments for and against gun control. The regular black font represents someone advocating for gun control, while the blue text will represent one arguing against. Limitations on arms is a violation...
Pro / Con: Should abortions be legal?
For most topics, we create very straightforward discussions between two opposing “sides,” each with their own points of view. Abortion, however, is different in that it cannot be dealt with linearly. In truth, the abortion debate can be so complex it can be unwieldy....
Pro / Con: Should we keep the death penalty?
What follows is a dialogue between two parties representing typical arguments for and against capital punishment. This activity is not intended to be representative of any particular person's point of view, only demonstrate the different arguments typically put forth...
Opinion: Should assisted suicide be legal?
What follows is a dialogue between two parties representing typical arguments for and against assisted suicide. The black text represents someone advocating for the legalization of assisted suicide, while the blue text will represent an argument against it. Life is...
Opinion: Transgender athletes challenge our understanding of competitive sports
As long as transgender and intersex athletes have been around, they have received pushback from others who claim that they should not be able to compete with their gender due to biological differences caused by their sex. In acknowledgment of the biological...
Opinion: The U.S. maternal mortality crisis and how we can fix it
As we go into the 2020 election season, many issues are on every voter’s mind, but there is one which — although much less controversial — deserves a little more spotlight. In the United States, women face an elevated risk of dying during pregnancy. The United States...
Antibiotic resistance poses a major threat to global health, studies show
Although hardly a flashy headline, a new public health crisis is on its way. Slowly but surely, we are rendering our own medications useless, creating superbugs which are resistant to our antibiotics. According to Vox, “Without antimicrobials that work, common...
Charges dropped for officials involved in Flint, Michigan water crisis
More than three years after the first charges were filed against officials involved in the Flint, Mich. water crisis, prosecutors have dropped all criminal charges against eight people involved, including a state health director charged with involuntary manslaughter,...
Brunei laws target LGBT individuals
Earlier this month, the Sultan of Brunei announced that his country would not enforce part of its newly implemented penal code which called for death by stoning to adulterers and LGBT people. This new law, which came into effect in April, came as a part of the...