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Representation in Disney: the importance of Halle Bailey playing Ariel in the live-action “The Little Mermaid”
Representation in Disney: the importance of Halle Bailey playing Ariel in the live-action “The Little Mermaid”
Kennedy Nix, Staff Writer • November 10, 2022

Halle Bailey, 22-year-old African-American singer, will be playing Ariel in the new live-action “The Little Mermaid” in 2023. Along with her music career, Bailey has also...

Controversy in biopics
Controversy in biopics
Betelhem Alemu , Staff Writer • November 10, 2022

As the rise of biographical films made about prominent people in history increases, their transgressions become more apparent. The two major controversies with biopics being...

Lil Kim and colorism in hip hop
Lil Kim and colorism in hip hop
Isabella Dumenigo June 7, 2022

Art feeds our souls and cures us of our wounds. Art exposes the emotions and struggles of the society it lives within. Many use art to express what is in our bodies and not...

A shaved black sheep licking a shaved white sheep.
49th Annual Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival
Gillian Stingley, Staff Writer • May 20, 2022
Although the festival is not held in, or around, Sandy Spring, the Sandy Spring community is at the heart of this festival.
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How did covid drive China crazy?
Incumbent Marc Elrich elected Montgomery County Executive once again- but it wasn’t an easy race.
Cox vs. Moore: the race for Maryland’s governorship

Cox vs. Moore: the race for Maryland’s governorship

November 4, 2022

Disney and the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

Disney and the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

May 20, 2022

My Experience at the Bans Off Our Bodies Rally

My Experience at the Bans Off Our Bodies Rally

May 20, 2022

Gerrymandering struck down across Maryland during redistricting process

Gerrymandering struck down across Maryland during redistricting process

May 19, 2022

Gerrymandering is the manipulation of electoral districts in order to benefit one political party or candidate over others. Although gerrymandering is often considered to be a Republican issue, Maryland’s 2012 Congressional districts, which heavily favor Democratic candidates, gives it the honor of being tied for the most gerrymandered state in the country. In fact, Maryland’s 3rd Congressional District (Figure 1), which has been compared to a “blood splatter from a crime scene” and a “broken-winged pterodactyl, lying prostrate across the center of the state,” is considered by the Washington Post to be the second most gerrymandered district in the United States. 

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