By Leela Uppaluri and Emma Birdsong At a September 22 White House press conference, President Trump, alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, stated that “taking Tylenol during pregnancy can be associated with a very increased risk of autism” for babies. Trump added that pregnant women should “tough it out” and “fight …
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Reflection on the New Schedule
By Hamna Chowdhry and Iris Shen Jumping into the school year, students were faced with many new changes. One of the most notable being our new schedule. Our new schedule is one that many students feared, not only because of preconceived ideas of what it will be like but also because of a fear of …
Hot Take of the Issue: Gen Z is Not the Woke Generation
By Bella Holt Over the summer, the Yale Youth Poll released data that subverted every stereotype about Gen Z’s political stances. The study, which polled the 2026 congressional elections, found that while those aged 22-29 (the older end of Gen Z) preferred Democratic candidates by 6.4%, those aged 18-21 (the younger end of Gen Z) …
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Are AP Courses Really Beneficial?
By Yara Kaafarani and Anaisha Mallik At Winsor, taking AP classes is often viewed, by both students and colleges, as a marker of ambition and academic rigor. The courses promise challenges and the potential to earn college credit or even skip introductory classes. Yet the reality is much more complicated. For many students, APs become …
Crisis or Controversy: The Current Question on Free Speech in America
By Aya Goldwasser Learning about American history as an eighth grader, I remember feeling without a doubt that as a citizen I must be guaranteed each and every right promised to me, including the First Amendment right to unabridged “freedom of speech.”However, today’s political landscape seems to defy the basic principles that our country was …
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