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The Student News Site of North Allegheny Intermediate High School

NA Eye

The Student News Site of North Allegheny Intermediate High School

NA Eye

Police spray mace at protestors in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

ACAB Explained: Part One

Samantha Podnar, Guest Writer June 1, 2020

In the wake of George Floyd’s death and during a time when stories of police brutality are plastering headlines and social media pages, it is important to understand the complex ways the current law...

Hypocrisy in America is fueled by division.

Hypocrisy in America

Robby Kushon, Guest Writer June 1, 2020

Horrified. When I woke up and saw the video of George Floyd being violently mistreated while being arrested, I was horrified. I was horrified that a man could have his knee on the back of someone's...

White protesters march in solidarity with their black community in Minneapolis, Minnesota to bring justice to the death of George Floyd.

Understanding Privilege

Jess Daninhirsch, Coeditor in Chief May 30, 2020

“I don’t care about white privilege because it doesn’t affect me in my daily life.” A quote from a white person. I hope that person now understands that just by saying that, they are exhibiting...

CNN reporter, Omar Jimenez, being arrested.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/29/us/minneapolis-cnn-crew-arrested/index.html

What Freedom?

Emma Scott, Staff Writer May 30, 2020

It seems that our society is becoming increasingly more dystopian. We demand change, but see no progress. We are failing to maintain the very ideals that our country was built upon.  There are few...

In Minneaplis, protestors stand by the burning Minneapolis Third Police Precinct on Thursday.

When Will It End?

Quinn Volpe, Opinion Editor May 29, 2020

I am sick and tired of living in an America where there are people who are more outraged by a Black man kneeling to peacefully protest for his rights than they are by George Floyd, a Black man, dying because...

Still fighting.

Still fighting.

Zoe Sage Tracey, Multi-Media Editor May 27, 2020
It seems we prioritize haircuts over lives. 
Where we are heading.

Where we are heading.

Zoe Sage Tracey, Multi-Media Editor May 26, 2020

As our town slowly begins the shift to the yellow zone of quarantine the questions and curiosities of the future begin to poke at us. Frustrations of the inability to control the actions of others along...

When the Obama administration legalized gay marriage in 2015, the White House was lit up with rainbow colors to celebrate the achievement for LGBTQ Americans.

Pride.

Quinn Volpe, Opinion Editor May 26, 2020

In the midst of a global pandemic, an issue that Donald Trump’s administration has made a priority is stripping necessary rights away from Americans who identify as something within the LGBTQ community. Instead...

A lot more expectations and a whole lot more work.

Productivity During a Global Pandemic

Sally Cho, Staff Writer May 22, 2020

If you told me on March 13th that I’d be crying every morning in front of my laptop trying to understand stoichiometry, I would have laughed in your face.  When Mrs. Ewing’s voice came over the...

Its important to embrace the little things we do have and to no longer take for granted the little things that we cannot experience right now.

This Too Shall Pass

Jess Daninhirsch, Coeditor in Chief May 21, 2020

On a stop light, green means go. Red means stop. Yellow means slow, caution. Yellow does not mean speed up to make it before the light turns red. Yellow is not the same as green. Recently, Pennsylvania...

Joe Biden and Donald Trump are similar in many ways, but whether or not they respect women is how they differ.

I Thought We Could Do Better

Quinn Volpe, Opinion Editor May 8, 2020

When I saw that #BelieveBiden was trending on Twitter, my heart sank. The party that I have generally supported on many different fronts changed their standpoint from #BelieveAllWomen to #BelieveBiden...

Selena Gomez wearing a bindi and Indian garments in a performance at the MTV Movie Awards.

Cultural Appropriation Defined

Dani Benavides, Opinion Editor May 6, 2020

I was nine years old walking through my local mall when I caught a glimpse of an award show performance playing on a TV. It was of Selena Gomez’s new song “Come & Get It”, and she was dressed...

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