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These are the top 10 most challenged books according to the American Library Association

The Rise of Censorship: Parents are pushing lawmakers and boards of education to ban books

by Anessa Davy and Marla Rowley February 24, 2022

Censorship is nothing unusual. The media, the films we watch, and the music we listen to are commonly restricted, especially for students. Have you ever noticed that the books you read are being regulated,...

Cover the Ghost Boys book

Book Review: Bestseller 𝘎𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘉𝘰𝘺𝘴 teaches valuable lessons about race

by Leila Gibril, Editor October 29, 2021

Everything I knew about race, life and the way I was treated really came to a halt in sixth and seventh grade. Around that time I read the book Ghost Boys by Jewell Parker Rhodes. First recommended...

Where are the Black excellence movies and television shows that reflect positive issues?

Horror series Them: When Black suffering becomes trauma fetish

by Maya Apau and Leila Gibril May 27, 2021

Our Trauma, Their Entertainment  The majority of Black film depicts the pain and suffering at the hands of racists that Blacks in America have endured.  Slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, Civil Rights.   While...

What are the Oppression Olympics? “Characterization of marginalization as a competition to determine the relative weight of the overall oppression of individuals or groups, often by comparing race, gender, socioeconomic status or disabilities, in order to determine who is the worst off, and the most oppressed.”

Oppression Olympics: Racism thrives in divided society

by Maya Apau, Editor-in-Chief March 23, 2021

Asian-Americans, Hispanics/LatinX, African-Americans. Race versus race. “Who has it harder in America?” During the month of February, a Netflix Original Ginny & Georgia began trending on social...

The totem under the stairway of LHS depicts a Native American warrior holding the Linganore shield.

Honoring our history, the right way

by Beau Cameron, Co-editor-in-chief September 29, 2017

When I went to my first Linganore football game, I loved The Tribe. I loved how excited the crowd got, the feeling of community and togetherness. However, that feeling didn’t come from the headdress....

Moana stands with the most iconic Disney princesses.

Moana: The beginning of an era

by Beau Cameron, Editor December 13, 2016

When I first heard of Moana, I was unsure of what to think. I was happy that Disney was finally having a more ethnically diverse princess, but I was nervous about if Disney would be able to portray the...

Book Review: All American Boys takes a close look at racial profiling

Book Review: All American Boys takes a close look at racial profiling

by Elizabeth Anderson, Reporter October 18, 2016

Eric Garner. Michael Brown Jr. Tamir Rice. Freddie Gray. Keith Lamar Scott. These are just a few of the many African American victims of police incidents reported and sensationalized in the news. And yet...

What are they waiting for? Change the Maryland state song

What are they waiting for? Change the Maryland state song

by Garrett Wiehler, Reporter October 23, 2015

Local and state officials all across the country are moving to change government-sponsored symbols that have ties to the Confederacy and, by implication, to racism. The catalyst for these changes was the shooting...

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