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Two empty voting booths set up and waiting for voters inside a library.

Opinion

What Is Politics?

That was a question I kept asking myself during the midterm elections. So many kids across the United States don't know the answer, and honestly, I'm not sure I do either. I barely know where to…

Two men hold green signs reading "Northeastern State University, A Purple Heart University" in front of NSU's veterans monument, flanked by veterans holding an American flag and a purple Combat Wounded flag.

Education

NSU honored as a Purple Heart University on Veterans Day

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Northeastern State University was proclaimed a Purple Heart University by the Military Order of the Purple Heart on Nov. 11, recognizing the university's longstanding commitment to…

Bronze statue of six Marines raising an American flag atop a rocky hill at the Marine Corps War Memorial.

Opinion

What Veterans Day Means When You're Fifteen

Today is Veterans Day, and school is off. For most kids I know, that mostly means sleeping in and catching up on whatever we didn't get to over the weekend, and I'm not going to pretend I'm any…

A Leeds family scrapbook page titled "Off to War," with black-and-white photos of the brothers in uniform alongside their parents and loved ones.

Opinion

Five Brothers Answered the Call

As Veterans Day approaches, I find myself looking through family photographs and remembering the men in my family who answered the call to serve this country. Some of their stories have been…