Flag football was only recently considered a professional sport because it was seen as girlier than regular football. Flag football was created as a recreational sport for soldiers who enjoyed the game but didn’t want to threaten violence in already dangerous times. Removing the tackling and replacing it with flags changed the game’s culture and […]
Month: February 2025
Anti-Trans Agenda of Trump Could Be The Start Of More Discrimination
Donald Trump was re-elected as the President of the United States and officially stepped into office on January 20, 2025. His first agenda was signing an executive order against transgender, nonbinary, and intersex people, which discriminates against their entire identity. The executive order is titled “Defending Women From Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth […]
DOGE Demands Justification From All Federal Workers
On Saturday evening, Elon Musk sent a mass email to all federal workers in the United States, directing them to respond with a list of five bullet points explaining what they had done in their jobs the previous week. In a post to X, Musk added that any federal workers who did not respond to […]
Venus Williams Denies Wild Card Invitation
The legendary tennis player Venus Williams has declined a wild-card invitation to the upcoming BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells. Williams revealed she was unaware of the invitation until it went public. The BNP Paribas Open account on X reported that tournament director Tommy Haas said, “Our team has been informed that Venus is not […]
Is Gen Z More or Less Politically Involved?
We as a nation constantly hear about Generation Z being the future of politics. But how politically active are they really? Popular media typically defines Gen Z as those whose birth years fall between 1997 and 2012. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gen Z makes up one-quarter of the U.S. population. Let’s look at […]
Why is Everyone So Obsessed with Severance?
Severance is the latest hit television show sweeping the nation. The dark comedy, sci-fi, thriller series from Apple TV has become a critical success through awards season, with fans of all ages raving about the mysterious show. What about Dan Erikson’s debut project that has everyone so obsessed? Severance was picked up by executive producer […]
Three Dead, One Missing After Boat Sinks Off Staten Island, Coast Guard Confirms
Three people are dead, and one remains missing after a boat sank off of Staten Island, New York, on Sunday, Feb. 23, officials say. The U.S. Coast Guard and multiple local agencies responded to the emergency distress call. The U.S. Coast Guard reported that they received a call around noon on Sunday that a boat […]
The Rising Popularity of Pickleball
The name pickleball comes from the term “pickle boat,” which refers to a crew of leftover rowers. This makes sense, considering the game uses leftover equipment and shares rules with many different sports, making it a quick and easy game to learn if you have minimal experience with a number of different sports. The game […]
Can Marvel Keep The Interest Alive After Killing Off The Characters Who Built The Movie Franchise?
The beloved Marvel film “Endgame” had a dramatic ending signifying the end of an era for Marvel movie lovers. For those who loved the movies from the beginning, watching Iron Man die and seeing Captain America age was the end of an era. There’s a separation between Marvel comic lovers and Marvel movie lovers; even […]
When Did Elon Musk Become a Republican Politician?
Just one year ago, most knew Elon Musk as an eccentric billionaire, the man who bought (and ruined) Twitter, and the estranged father of over a dozen children. Today, Musk has quickly become one of the most influential people in American politics – despite not even being American. So, how did the wealthiest man in […]
Is Social Media Increasing Depression Rates?
There’s a lot of talk about how people are increasingly depressed because of social media, and it is true. According to the Child Mind Institute, teenage and young adult users who spend the most time on social media apps such as Instagram and Facebook were shown to have a 53% higher rate of reported depression […]
Hawaiian Explosion Injures Seven
Just as the sun dipped below the horizon on Thursday, February 20, an explosion rocked the picturesque Whaler resort. First responders rushed to a scene clouded in grey and black smoke. They later confirmed seven people with serious injuries, including one who was flown to Maui Memorial Medical Hospital and two additional people in critical […]
