CONTENTS EXPOSE’ 6 #FINDOURGIRLS, BY FATIMAH SKEETS, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY 7 CULTURAL APPROPRIATION OR RACIAL PROFILING? BY T’SHANA MCMILLIAN, FREDERICK DOUGLASS, ATLANTA 8 THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK BY MAKAYLA IDELBURG, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY 9 ATHEISM Q&A BY KEVIN ALLEN, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY
TALKIN’ NERDY 10 VIDEO GAMES DON'T ROT BRAINS, BY JESSICA GARCIA, KELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL 11 THE IMPORTANCE OF SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN ADOLESCENCE, ASATTAH CYRENE YOUNG, KENWOOD ACADEMY 12 THE NEW AGE OF MOVIES, BY SOPHIA OVALLE, KELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL 13 IS STARBUCKS WORTH THE EXTRA BUCKS? MADISON RAMIREZ, KELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL 14 YOUNG BOSS: MICHAEL BROCK BY ALISHA BUTLER, KELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL 15 YOUNG BOSS: SIDNEY KEYS BY ALISHA BUTLER, KELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL
4EVER YOUNG 16 DON’T JUDGE A BOOK BY IT’S COVER, BY BRANDI OCHOA, KELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL 17 NEVER TO YOUNG TO START YOUR BUSINESS, BY DARYA NELSON, KELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL
HOT OFF THE PRESS 18 YOUNG BOSS: KE$HUN, BY RHANIYA DAWSON, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY 19 YOUNG BOSS: DJ FLY TY, BY RHANIYA DAWSON & KEVIN ALLEN, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY 20 DISNEY'S DARLING TRINTEE STOKES, BY MAKAYLA IDELBURG, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY 22 YOUNG BOSS: LIL’ DEE DEE BY MAKAYLA IDELBURG, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY 23 YOUNG BOSS: ALYSSIA DUDA BY RHANIYA DAWSON, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY 24 SOSO SUMMER 17 TOUR BY KAYLA HOLLOWAY, MORGAN PARK
26 DISNEY STRAYS FROM THE NORM WITH "ANDI MACK” BY RHANIYA DAWSON, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY
FASHION 27 SUMMER FITS
KEEPIN’ SCORE 32 JUNIOR GREAT DEBATERS, BY KEVIN ALLEN & NIA HOWARD, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY
DEEPER THAN SKIN 34 NATURAL HAIR, DON’T CARE, BY NIA HOWARD, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY 35 YOUNG BOSS: JAYDEN HAMMOND BY KAYLA HOLLOWAY, MORGAN PARK
CREATIVE & CULTURE CORNER 36 DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS? BY JERMALE DABNEY, POE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 37 THE GUEST, BY SOPHIA OVALLE, KELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL 38 OH WELL, BY KEVIN ALLEN, LINDBLOM MATH & SCIENCE ACADEMY 39 ART, JESSICA GARCIA, KELLAR MIDDLE SCHOOL
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