Nathan Dinwiddie, a material handler at the Columbia Material Recovery Facility at 5700 Peabody Road, removes plastic material that doesn’t belong in #1 through #7 plastic recyclables. [Don Shrubshell/Tribune file photo]spell their names correctly
Seraphina Corbo and Iris Park
November 16, 2020
Amid the devastating wildfires in the West, the surging cases of COVID-19, and the boisterous quarreling of politicians, another issue has arisen in recent months. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a collapse of waste management chains and resulted in a dramatic increase in waste and pollution. Recycling systems across the world have begun to break down because of budget strains, which means thousands...
Scientist Shima Nikkhah works on a vaccine for the COVID-19 virus.
Shane LaGesse, News Section Editor
November 16, 2020
Masks, herd immunity, social distancing. None of these potential virus killers or preventers are as popular in the eyes of the American people and political leaders as an end-all be-all COVID-19 vaccine. Since the threat of the virus became evident and its effect on the globe began to take hold, a distributable and effective vaccine has become of utmost importance for the American government. The...
Luka Bassnett, Reporter
October 20, 2020
Since the ratification of the 26th Amendment in 1971, the US Constitution has provided the right to vote in local, state, and federal elections to citizens over the age of 18. This means that a significant fraction of Clayton High School’s seniors will be able to vote for the first time in this year’s general election. However, being able to vote and actually voting are not the same thing. It...
