After one year from the 2024 election, the influence of podcasts in the current political landscape grows more different… One year ago, during the 2024 election, former President Donald J. Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris employed several tactics to appeal to voters in and outside of their respective voter bases. During that election, one of the strongest tactics in appealing to broader groups of audiences was wielding the influence of independent media and podcasters.

Child abuse has been an unseen, but continuous problem in society for a long time, but the COVID-19 pandemic intensified the problem.  With schools being closed, mandated child abuse reporters becoming unavailable, and families isolated, cases of abuse became more prevalent and significantly harder to detect. While COVID had an effect on nearly every aspect of life including public health, the economy, mental health, education, social relations, and more, one important but of

How abortion bans are shaping where these California seniors are applying to college. The University of Texas at Austin, with its amazing film program, offered everything Jagger Blue, a California high school senior who wants to study film, could want.  When Blue, 17, learned about Texas’s total ban on abortion, she had to pick what she valued more, the education UT Austin would provide, or her own rights. Ultimately, she decided to take this school off of her list, now looki

Settling into school days without phones, New Roads faculty and students share their thoughts on the updated policy.  With the new phone ban in place, New Roads students are adjusting to school without their usual screens. One student explains that the policy has made it easier to stay focused during class, a sentiment being echoed from the faculty’s perspectives, while some say it leaves them disconnected from the world.  In a previous Jaguardain article on the phone ban, pu

A story often overlooked is brought to the forefront.   For students, the first day of school is a busy one, with them being all caught up in trying to find their classes and reconnect with their friends. But, as people rarely ask, what is the first day of school like for the teachers? In late August, the highlighters and notebooks fly off the shelves in every store as students unenthusiastically prepare for their return to school. On the other hand are the teachers, reminisc

As Earth faces the dangers of anthropogenic climate change, researchers look to new strategies in conservation to protect our planet’s biodiversity. Earth is in danger of a “ sixth mass extinction ” according to the WWF.  Habitat destruction, climate change, pollution, overfishing and hunting, and the introduction of invasive species threaten our planet’s rich biodiversity, and we are desperately in need of effective solutions to defend it. While our wildlife can be protected