Ever since Montgomery County Public Schools shut all its doors on March 13 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, students were forced to mo…
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“The purpose of a democratic government is to provide for the common good.” It is a sentence I begin with as an introduction to our government…
On January 28th, a new strain of the coronavirus, believed to have originated in South Africa, was identified in the U.S. in South Carolina. S…
The impact of the pandemic has highlighted inequities in access to community resources, telehealth, distance learning, and jobs. As dependenci…
The Prince George’s Forward Task Force was created to guide our county to a path forward while navigating the COVID-19 recovery environment. T…
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Feb 5 – Alarmed that MCPS is attempting to defy Governor Larry Hogan’s orders to reopen for live, in-person teacher instruction by March 1, To…
Science is under a frightening assault throughout the country. Here in Montgomery County, home to the NIH, FDA, Naval Medical Center, Walter R…
In sub-freezing temperatures, hundreds of Montgomery County parents and students came out for a rally on Saturday in front of the Montgomery C…
ROCKVILLE, MD - Frontline Montgomery County educators will hold a socially-distanced, collective action outside Montgomery County Public Schoo…
Montgomery County Public Schools recently announced that they will begin to install menstrual hygiene product dispensers in all middle and hig…
Montgomery County is known for its large and diverse student body and WJ is no exception, boasting a diverse population of students stemming f…
After Trump loyalists stormed the Capitol, President Donald Trump is being impeached for the second time. He was charged with “incitement of i…
In the wake of the violent riots at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, the Common Sense Editorial Board hopes to provide faculty, students and other …
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Every day, more and more people in Maryland are getting their COVID-19 vaccines. While perhaps not progressing as quickly as some would like, over 880,000 Marylanders have received their shots. The news that the Biden administration has increased orders for both the Pfizer and Moderna vacc…
A thirteen-year-old girl is raped, causing her to become pregnant. She’s scared, angry, and confused. She’s denied an abortion, with people claiming it’s the murder of an unborn child, but she is a child herself – a living, breathing child. Why must she have to suffer the consequences of som…
Ever since Montgomery County Public Schools shut all its doors on March 13 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, students were forced to move almost everything online — including their voices. When the Black Lives Matter movement took the United States by storm in early May 2020, students…
It has been two weeks since my second dose of the Moderna vaccine. It seems a bit surreal; I don’t feel any different. I was expecting this sense of calm or relief to sweep over me - I’m protected from getting seriously ill with Covid. But I don’t feel that sense of calm. Instead, I feel a s…
