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By Margarita Lino Since 2010, Venezuela has been in a serious social and economic crisis. People were thinking that with Maduro everything would get better than with Chavez. In reality, oil prices continued to go lower and oil production dropped, which caused the government to cut spending. This cut the spending of things people needed […]

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By Astrid Gonzalon We have been wearing the uniforms at PHS for a number of years now, so it might be time to look at the pros and cons of this policy. While if you asked the average student in the halls they would tell you they hate it, there are a few reasons for […]

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By a Stressed Student For our entire time here at PHS we have been told that all the work we are doing is so that we will be able to perform in college and beyond. It is a fact that as the years go by, the workload will never just ease up. Every year seems […]

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By Melissa Reyes ‘21 The minimum wage, an enticing economic notion to low-income workers is an absolute failure on the already weakened economy of New Jersey. Murphy plans on increasing the minimum wage to $15, and seems to be gradually increasing it as time passes. However, it will not affect poverty and will cause unemployment. […]

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By Juliana Disla In May and June, the air gets heavy and the school building gets more humid on especially scorching days. It doesn’t seem like it could get any worse, but after walking inside a class without a fan or air conditioning and sitting down after walking a couple flights of stairs, you are […]

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By Guadalupe Prado The end of the year has arrived! This year’s freshmen are becoming sophomores, sophomores to juniors, juniors to seniors, and we seniors? We’ll do it all over again as freshmen in college. It feels like it was just yesterday that we were here, nervous on the first day of school. And now, […]

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By Jaylene Canning There are bathrooms for females and another for males, but is that really enough? What about those who identify as neutral or trans-gender? There is currently a movement in the United States, that is gaining momentum, to provide bathroom facilities for those who identify themselves as gender neutral or trans-gender. (more…)

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By David Buonafina You wanna really know what grinds my gears…, when you’re watching a program on Youtube or Netflix and lots of notifications or commercials pop up. I mean seriously! We Americans want to watch our shows with no commercials and whaddya know the stupid ads that nobody likes to see, magically appear on […]

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