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Updates on the COVID-19 Vaccine in Ithaca
As of December 21, 2020, the Cayuga Health Department began to administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Starting January 11, 2021, New York entered stage 1b, which…
Agricultural Reform in India Leads to Historic Protests
In September of last year, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi supported the passage of three new laws with the intent to deregulate Indian agriculture by…
Finalmente: Argentina Legalizes Abortion
On December 30, 2020, the Argentinian senate voted to legalize abortion, joining Cuba, Guyana, and Uruguay as the only Latin American nations to do so.…
Teachers and Students Share Opinions On IHS Learning
As IHS reopens its doors to students, the eccentric schedule has sparked many diverse perspectives. Whether they attend school online or go in-person, students and…
Anti-Semitism Persists In Ithaca
Throughout the last week of October, anti-Semitic vandalism and hate speech have spread over Ithaca, remaining mostly underreported and barely mentioned on social media. The…
Yemen Conflict: An Overview and Current Effects of COVID-19
Over the past year, the COVID-19 outbreak has been a devastating force to nations all over the world, narrowly sparing only countries that took swift…
Recap of the Vice Presidential Debate and Town Halls
Disclaimer: at the time of writing, the results of the 2020 Presidential Election were unknown. On October 7, Americans saw Senator Kamala Harris and Vice…
Cluster of COVID Cases At The White House
Disclaimer: at the time of writing, the results of the 2020 Presidential Election are unknown. As COVID-19’s presence has become common fare for the…
QAnon: Extreme-Right Conspiracy Theory Goes Global
Few conspiracy theories have scaled to the global size that QAnon has achieved within the past few months. Beginning in 2017, an individual under the…
Leaked Tapes Show New Side of Melania Trump
Disclaimer: at the time of writing, the results of the 2020 Presidential Election are unknown. Throughout Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign and his near four-year…
Armenia and Azerbaijan Reignite Conflict
In late September, a longstanding conflict between the nations of Armenia and Azerbaijan was reignited. The dispute revolves around the territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, a region…
Recapping the 9/29 Presidential Debate
On September 29, Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Trump faced off in a ninety-minute debate which gave viewers dark flashbacks to 2016. The…
Ithaca Community Confronts Police Violence
Backlash against police has a historical precedent, most notably in the cases of young Black men who were unarmed at the times of their deaths.…
COVID in Cornell: Troubleshooting the Reopening
COVID-19 has wreaked havoc across the United States, forcing closures everywhere it touches, from supermarkets to college campuses. However, unlike many other universities, Cornell is…
A Short Tribute: Remembering Ruth Bader Ginsburg
When asked if she had any advice for young women in 2015, Ruth Bader Ginsburg responded, “Fight for the things that you care about, but…
Islamophobia inside Chinese Concentration Camps
An estimated one to two million Uighurs, a Chinese minority located in Northwest China, are in incarceration in secretive internment camps along with Kazakh and…
ICE Reportedly Sterilizing Detainees Without Their Consent
On Monday, September 14, a disturbing report was filed to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) inspector by Dawn Wooten, a licensed nurse who was…
Teaching Sex Ed in the Age of Virtual Learning
Sex education in the public school system has long been a topic of much controversy. Some feel that it is not comprehensive enough, while others…
TikTok: A Unique Medium for Political Discourse
Due to the upcoming presidential election, the ever-so-tense political climate, and the housebound nature of life in the pandemic, social media has become a principal…
America’s Election Tampering Problem
On August 18, 2020, a bipartisan Senate committee released a report detailing Russian interference in the 2016 election. This came as a shock to Americans…
Meet AOC: Gen Z’s Political Hero
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, also known simply as AOC, is many things: the US representative serving the 14th district of New York, a former waitress and bartender,…
Israel, Palestine, and the Controversies
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been in the headlines frequently throughout the last few months, following the potential annexation of the West Bank, the claims that…
Students Gather to Voice Experiences With Racism at IHS
Black Lives Matter has erupted as a global movement in the weeks following the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed by…
Citizen’s Arrest and Racial Profiling’s Role in the Shooting of Ahmaud Arbery
Recent events have sparked outrage over the concept of citizen’s arrest and its often racist connotation. A citizen’s arrest is when a non-law enforcement individual…
Distance Learning at Ithaca High School
As of April 13, ICSD students have been receiving their education through Distance Learning 2.0. Students at IHS have expressed varied opinions about this system…
The 4/28 and 5/12 Board of Education Meetings
As the coronavirus situation continues to develop, the Board of Education (BoE) is still holding regular bi-weekly meetings, fully open to the public. As is…