On Sept. 26, 2022, an Appeals court once again blocked California’s ban on for-profit private prisons and immigration detention facilities, with the first effort to pass this law taking place last year. Despite the court’s ruling, private prisons should be banned as they profit from the mass incarceration...

In a school emulating the academic rigor of a college environment, Oxford Academy students usually follow the unspoken rite of ceaseless work and constant stress. Oxford’s attempted fix for this falls short, glossing over the true cause of students’ ailments.    Mindfulness — a meditation...

Slick-back buns, gold hoops, brown lined lips with a glossy top coat. On a woman of color (WOC), this look is “gangster” or “trashy,” but on a White woman, this is the “clean-girl” aesthetic that has taken social media by storm.   Hailey Bieber caused a huge internet frenzy after...

The Anaheim Union High School District (AUHSD) recently mandated a capstone project for all grade levels. Introduced as a meaningful addition to the Oxford curriculum, the project has instead sparked controversy within the Oxford body—and for good reason. Although the capstone can serve as an elevated...

Quiet quitting, a new trend among the younger workforce, is challenging Americans’ long-held individualistic work mentality. Instead of following the American Dream, where working hard and aiming high is key to success, youth no longer succumb to the pressure to go above and beyond in their duties....

Advertised as the anti-social network, the popular app BeReal sends a notification randomly every day, prompting spontaneous posts and users to “BeReal” by taking a photo in the two following minutes. Although created as a platform of authenticity, users delaying BeReals and carefully curating them...

Since mid-June, catastrophic flooding caused by severe monsoons in Pakistan has resulted in a death toll of over 1,500, with a third of the country underwater. The flood affected 33 million people, displacing 7.6 million, with many living in temporary shelters and at risk for waterborne diseases.    Although...

In 2020, Oxford Academy decided to accept 32 additional students outside the Anaheim Unified High School District (AUHSD), raising the annually admitted class size from 200 to 232 students. Pre-2020, the school only had 1200 students, but due to increasing class sizes, this figure has multiplied, with...