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Aran Sonnad-Joshi

Aran Sonnad-Joshi, Online News Section Editor

Aran Sonnad-Joshi is a sophomore and a News Online Editor. This is his first year on the Southerner staff. He is also a member of the Lincoln-Douglas debate team and competes in creative writing competitions. Aran hopes to make information more accessible and share his thoughts on Atlanta and the Grady community through the Southerner. 

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Weekly Activity: Week ending 2/26

Weekly Activity: Week ending 2/26

February 26, 2021
Robinhood has made investing accessible by offering commission-free trades. This has helped amateur investors and weakened Wall Street's control.

Anger against Robinhood shifts blame from Wall Street

February 16, 2021
Weekly Activity: Week ending 12/29

Weekly Activity: Week ending 12/29

January 29, 2021
President Joe Biden was inaugurated on Jan. 20, 2021. Though the inauguration took place amid the coronavirus pandemic and security threats, it encouraged unity across the country.

Biden inauguration promotes unity among pandemic, unrest

January 23, 2021
Weekly Activity: Week ending 1/8

Weekly Activity: Week ending 1/8

January 8, 2021
Like in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's, this summer protesters took to the streets to protest police brutality and racial injustices. However this time they marched under the flag of Black Lives Matter, instead of at the helms of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior (center). (Original image courtesy of public domain).

Lighting the torch: The future of civil rights

December 11, 2020
Weekly Activity: Week of 12/7

Weekly Activity: Week of 12/7

December 11, 2020

The Grady Foundation

December 1, 2020
The Atlanta Board of Education voted to finalize Midtown High School as the new name for Henry W. Grady High School.

Grady’s and Wells’s descendants excluded from Grady’s name change

November 16, 2020
The Atlanta Board of Education voted to postpone the Grady High School renaming process in order to let students vote.

School board postpones renaming process for student vote

November 2, 2020
President Abraham Lincoln (left) and Senator Stephen Douglas (right) are illustrated in a depiction of the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates. The debates were highly publicized and are regarded as one of the greatest American political debates.

The Deterioration of Political Discourse

October 29, 2020
DeKalb County Commission District 1

DeKalb County Commission District 1

October 29, 2020
District Superintendent Dr. Lisa Herring addresses stake holders at the virtual town hall meeting on Sept. 24.

Superintendent outlines phase two reopening options

October 2, 2020
The Jesters debate team show off its awards following success at the Isadore Newman Tournament in New Orleans in December just before the winter break.

Overcoming fear of public speaking has life benefits

January 16, 2020
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