By: Peter Oles Guns have shaped America more than almost anything. They have been present in nearly all of the cases where history was made. These cases include: The revolutionary war, the assassination of President Lincoln, and the attack on pearl harbor. Weapons have completely shaped our country and our founding fathers knew it would happen...
By: Amaya Holiday Since August 18th, 1920, women have had the right to vote. Women were finally created equal on paper. Since then, American women have finally become more equal, but comments made by Donald Trump reverse women progressing...
By: Carter McQuinn When Colorado legalized the use of recreational marijuana in 2014, the bill promised that a great amount of tax revenue would go to building better schools and providing better education to our children...
By: Evan Glogowski 5.8 million children younger than 19 have taken up skateboarding, far more than participate in sports like tackle football and ice hockey. Skateboarding is more mainstream than you think, it's no longer the outcast sport that it used to be...
By: Lucius Anthony Every day I have to wake up a good 10 minutes earlier just so that I have time to walk up to school from the lower lot. Today it was 28 degrees fahrenheit and the walk up seemed never...
By: Soma Smith When I was nine years old my parents told me we were going to take a year off of school and travel the world! As you can imagine as a curly haired young woman I was ecstatic!...
By: Brooklyn Yates The 13th Amendment of the constitution states "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction."...
By: Finn Stowers I believe that Durango has a large community of skateboarders and that community continues to grow. I’ve seen a wide variety of skateboarders when I go to the park every week. Each time, I encounter new people that also skate...
By: Acacia Bryson Kim Kardashian is a strong, smart, entrepreneur who has created a business that we all could take a few notes from. Not only has she created an empire with her name, but she is also a...
By: Sierra McCall We eat a lot of meat. Not only the United States, but the world in general. As a species we consume a great deal of animal flesh. Which makes sense, it’s filling and a good source of...
By:Larrea Horner The health of the ecosystem in our community is essential and recycling plays a big part in that. Animas High School cares a lot about the environment so it is necessary for Animas students to...
By: Sadie Vance Do you know where your meat comes from? If you’re a farm butcher, then you would know, but if you buy your meat from a store, you don’t know the truth...
By: Ella Brown Today's medical technologies can prolong someone's life, keep someone alive even when their brain is no longer functioning, and increase the likelihood of life for those with heart failures by...