Meat is a crucial part of many diets and even lifestyles. But the controversy over its impact on the environment as well as human health is important to understand. Treatment of animals The obvious concern...

“If we nominate Trump, we will get destroyed...and we will deserve it." It was May of 2016 when Lindsay Graham, then Republican presidential candidate, tweeted this foreboding and prophetic warning....

To express his opposition to slavery and the Mexican-American war, Henry David Thoreau refused to pay state poll taxes. The essayist, poet, and philosopher was then thrown into jail, an experience during...

During our high school career, we inevitably struggle to find out who we are. It’s a time when, unlike middle school, we get to know more about ourselves and our personalities and find what makes us...

Let’s talk about sports. Unfortunately, with many athletic seasons being postponed or cancelled, it is heartbreaking for these athletes.  However, that does not mean that teams have cancelled practices....

With COVID-19 being such a prevalent and persistent issue in our minds, it’s no surprise that the pandemic is all we can think of; it’s all over the news and we're constantly reminding ourselves to...

Over the past few weeks, COVID cases have been skyrocketing, especially in Alameda County. Due to the outbreak in Alameda a majority of Fall and Winter sports at Amador have been postponed to later dates...

As COVID-19 cases erupt exponentially, many people fear that Christmas, a light in many people’s dull at-home lives, will go uncelebrated (or worse, unappreciated) this year. But humans are very cunning...

This holiday season, more and more people are realizing the negative effects of large corporations like Amazon and Walmart. They’re bad for the environment, and they take sales away from smaller businesses....

Democrat or Republican. Liberal or Conservative. In our polarized political climate it feels as if our political leanings precede our identity as Americans. Even amidst victory by a president elect who...

Following the recent win by the Democratic Party, people around America have been wondering how to pronounce the new VP-Elect, Kamala Harris’s name. This speculation is justified, but in some cases,...