Amazon Under Fire
Angela Xiao, Reporter
May 8, 2020
It’s the day before Christmas, and suddenly, you realize you forgot to buy your mom a gift! Frantically, you pick up your phone, open the Amazon app, and scroll through hundreds of products: shampoos, bikes, jewelry, books and more. You end up picking a book, which is much cheaper on Amazon than at Barnes and Noble. With all of y...
The “Chinese Virus”- How the Coronavirus Pandemic is affecting Asian Americans across the United States
Tiancheng Fan and Seraphina Corbo
May 2, 2020
A cold glare, being spat on, or even being violently attacked. This is the reality that thousands of people of Asian descent are experiencing amid the Coronavirus pandemic. While not many people were concerned for their safety, in the beginning, millions are now out of school or unemployed, not leaving...
A Creative Quarantine
Chloe Creighton, Reporter
April 30, 2020
Seeing the barren shelves in the toilet paper aisle and shoppers wearing face masks at grocery stores can make it seem like we are living in a dystopia. And though our situation may not look quite like “The Hunger Games,” life has drastically changed. Schools have switched to online, businesses have shut down, friends can no longer spend time together in person. But whi...
Masks or Not: the Cultural Differences Between the West and East
Tiancheng Fan, Reporter
April 12, 2020
COVID-19 put a mask on everyone in China soon after the outbreak in Wuhan. A focus for many people is whether they should wear masks amid the spread of COVID, and if so, what kind. People could get confused by all kinds of directions given by the government from different parts of the world -- some...
When Incompetence Becomes Deadly: The Trump Administration’s Coronavirus Response
Ivy Reed, Reporter
April 8, 2020
We all need some fun right now, so here’s a little game: match each statement to the person who said it -- President Trump or Dr. Fredrick Echols, Director of the City of St. Louis Department of Health. “I like this stuff. I really get it. People are surprised that I understand it. Every one of...
Becoming A Vegetarian
Tiancheng Fan, Reporter
April 1, 2020
Protein deficient or pallid weaklings might come to mind when talking about vegetarians. The new United Nations report predicted that by 2050, well in our lifetimes, in fact, 30 from now, there will be 2 billion more people on this planet. In the U.S., 36% of the corn crops and 70% of grains are used to feed livestock-- not human beings. On acres and acres of land. "I would say that climate ch...
Coronavirus Controversy
Yiyun Xu and Kaitlyn Tran
March 9, 2020
“[People] try to come up with reasons to psychologically protect themselves. In this case, I think they’re trying to blame the virus on China for Chinese people.” -- Lauren Sucher-O'Grady
Staying Safe in Clayton
Ryan Kerr, Reporter
March 3, 2020
On July 29, 2019 at 1:03 a.m., Clayton resident Larry Wolff was asleep in his home. He had two vehicles in his driveway. Security video from that night shows multiple people peering inside Mr. Wolff’s truck with flashlights, gaining entry into the truck, and then stealing the vehicle. The truck was late...
Climate Change and the 2020 Elections
February 13, 2020
Only 18 months. In July 2019, Dr. Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, climatologist and director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Change stated that there would be 18 months until climate change damage is irreversible, 18 months until the Earth changes forever. Now there are only 11. These are t...
Why does Clayton Still Support College Board?
Richard Cheng, Chief Digital Editor
February 5, 2020
In light of recent cheating scandals with celebrities like Laurie Loughlin, the world was shocked to see the college admissions process contorted to serve the agendas of America’s most elite families. But why was everyone so surprised? The College Board has a pedigree of administering tests that cater...
A Reaction to the NY Times’ Endorsement of Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren
Dheera Rathikindi, Reporter
January 23, 2020
Since the founding of the New York Times in 1851, it has traditionally endorsed a single candidate for presidency. Breaking convention, the New York Times editorial committee has decided to endorse two separate candidates for the Democratic nomination. This year, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren have both been endorsed...
Classic vs Modern Literature
Chloe Creighton and Daphne Kraushaar
January 14, 2020
If any teenager were to ask their parents what books they read in high school, the answers would be alarmingly consistent. They might reminisce over a foggy memory of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers or fume about Holden Caulfield. Some may recall the valiant Odysseus or the virtuous Piggy. And decades...
Michael Melinger, Chief Multimedia Editor
April 18, 2019
(Want to get this briefing by email? Sign up here: https://tinyurl.com/y3lwfrgv) Good morning, In the inaugural Globe newsletter, we are covering the landslide board...
