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The Mirror

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By Olamide Olumide, News/Features Editor • Apr 24, 2024
The N-word, a topic of contentious debate, has seen its use spiral upward among non-Black students, effectively devaluing the meaning of the word among the Black community.
Armenians have been wronged, and it’s time to talk about it
Armenians have been wronged, and it’s time to talk about it
By Diana Akopian Apr 23, 2024
Armenians have always had to fight for their right to live. Every year on April 24, American Armenians protest for recognition and to seek justice for the Armenian Genocide.
 DAZED & CONFUSED The i-Ready has been criticized for adjusting lesson plans for students based on their performance on the diagnostic test. Many never go back on the website to actually take those courses.
i-Ready or not, here it comes: LAUSD’s new standardized test kindles controversy
By Baron Kim, Staff • Apr 16, 2024
The i-Ready exam has frustrated many students and staff over its length and irrelevancy.

CANDIDATE CONUNDRUM With the presidential election coming up in November, new voters are presented with two choices: Donald Trump or Joe Biden. Unfortunately, due tot he issues that both candidates pose, many voters feel dissatisfied with the choice they are going to have to make and wish they had better options instead.
Lack of candidate choices concerns student voters
By Mia Ramirez, Staff • Apr 10, 2024
The 2024 election is driving young people to the polls, forcing them to choose between two candidates that aren't fully up to the task.
The nearby Saint Elizabeth Church has put up a sign prohibiting skaters and other solicitors from hanging out around the premises of the church.
Locked out: Exclusionary tactics in urban design
By Delmis Vaquerano, Staff • Apr 3, 2024
Hostile architecture is a design technique employed in urban environments to guide, discourage or outright exclude certain behaviors or individuals, resulting in detrimental social effects for the surrounding community.
In spite of the severity of the conflict, the Israel-Hamas War has been viewed by social media as just another trend to cycle through. Many are posting inaccurate information in an effort to keep up with the fad.
Trending: The Israel-Hamas War
By Mia Ramirez, Staff • Mar 30, 2024
The presence of the war in Gaza on social media has evolved into yet another trend that many throw aside despite its severity.
Bridget Biddy Mason was an enslaved African-American woman who pledged for her freedom in San Bernadino and received it in 1856. She would later move to Los Angeles and use her wealth to support the local Black community until her death in 1891.
HERSTORY: Biddy Mason’s Los Angeles legacy
By Abigail Kim, Staff • Mar 25, 2024
Born enslaved in Georgia in 1856, Bridget "Biddy" Mason was the first African-American woman to own property in Los Angeles. After receiving her freedom, she would go on to found one of the largest Black congregations in Los Angeles. 
Rain, rain go away
Rain, rain go away
By Mia Ramirez, Staff • Feb 5, 2024
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Tea time or flat white?
By Olamide Olumide, News/Features Editor • Feb 3, 2024
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