The Endangered Species Act faces extinction
By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
January 3, 2020
In August the Trump administration announced significant changes to the ways in which the Endangered Species Act is applied. These modifications were derided by environmentalists as a considerable weakening of the nation’s most critical conservation law. Environmental groups also allege that these ch...
December news update
By Theresa Van, Casey Carpenter, Natalie Doty, Nolan DeGarlais, and Nathaniel Reyes
December 20, 2019
International Nationalists triumph in British election The United Kingdom held a general election on Thursday, Dec. 12, two-and-a-half years after the country’s previous election in 2017. Prime Minister Boris Johnson called the vote at the end of October in an attempt to secure a parliamentary major...
FDA plans to restrict e-cigarettes
By Nathaniel Reyes, News Editor
October 10, 2019
The Trump administration is working to ban flavored e-cigarettes after at least six deaths occurred and hundreds reported a strange lung illness with links to e-cigarette usage. E-cigarette companies have been given 30 days to pull all of their non-tobacco flavored products off of store shelves. The flavo...
House launches impeachment inquiry
By Nolan DeGarlais, Editor-in-Chief
October 10, 2019
Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi authorized the launch of an impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on September 24. These proceedings began in light of revelations that Trump and several of his top officials had sought to pressure the government of Ukraine to receive damaging ...
Think before you speak
By Ritika Khanal, Op/Ed Editor
September 9, 2019
On Sunday, July 28, I woke up to headlines of a shooting at a garlic festival in California that had killed three people and injured at least 12 more. After the Garlic festival shooting, I was on edge, fearing that a similar situation would occur elsewhere. Sure enough, less than a week later, I unloc...
September news update
By Nolan DeGarlais, Amy Harris, and Nina Otebele
September 9, 2019
International Iran rejects further talks After President Donald Trump expressed hope after the G7 summit that Iran would be willing to meet with the United States to discuss an end to its nuclear program, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said that no meeting would take place until America repeals the economic sanctions it has placed on the count...
#ProtectMueller protest takes to Lynnwood Convention Center
By Annika Prom, Co-Editor-in-Chief
November 9, 2018
A crowd of protesters converged on the Lynnwood Convention center on Thursday night. These protesters, carrying signs with sayings such as “Honk for Justice” and “Trump is Not Above the Law”, called for President Donald Trump to refrain from intervening in the probe by Special Counsel Robe...
Trump to cut taxes, eliminate Obamacare
By Sam Johnson, Data and Online Manager
June 13, 2016
As a businessman who has thrown his hat into the presidential race, Donald Trump is now leading the Republican primaries with more delegates than the other two Republican remaining candidates combined. Because Trump is likely to get the Republican nomination, it is important to look at his positions on maj...
The future of Muslim Americans
By Sierra Clark, Graphics Editor
April 18, 2016
In the past five years, there has been an average of 150.8 hate crimes toward Muslim Americans yearly, according to FBI statistics from California State University professor Brian Levin. This equates to almost more than 12 attacks per month. These numbers appear to be rising as recent statistics ...