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Georgia election board members are now obligated to certify election results, and cannot delay or refuse certification due to suspected fraud. This defends elections from rogue board members seeking to further their party's political beliefs.

Georgia election board ruling protects elections, democracy

Editorial Board
November 4, 2024
Former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear at a rally for his 2024 presidential campaign in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.

Political violence poses serious threat to American democracy, security

Editorial Board
October 23, 2024
Starting in the 2024-2025 school year, Midtown students will no longer be able to access personal electronic devices, including personal laptops. Due to this policy's implications, the Southerner staff believes this policy will hinder both our ability as a program and our journalistic freedom.

Announced device policy has potential to restrict, censor journalism program

Editorial Board
May 22, 2024
The Supreme Court should not allow former President Donald Trump to claim immunity. Doing so would give the president far too much power and would jeopardize the U.S.'s checks and balances system.

Trump should not be allowed to claim immunity

Editorial Board
March 13, 2024
After almost three weeks of a stalled House of Representatives, Mike Johnson was elected as the new speaker of the House. Johnson follows previous speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

House speakership divide reflects damaging effects of polarization

Editorial Board
November 13, 2023
Courses like AP Psychology and AP African American Studies should never be banned just because politicians disagree with certain aspects of these topics.

Florida ban of AP classes censors valuable race, gender teachings

Editorial Board
September 5, 2023
Milestone testing at Midtown comes second to AP tests and Finals, so why are students even taking them?

Milestones testing redundant, unnecessary

Editorial Board
May 1, 2023
There has been increasingly more support for the nationwide popular vote among voters in recent decades. The nationwide popular vote allows for a more united and representative nation.

Nationwide popular vote more accurately displays US democracy

Editorial Board
April 17, 2023
On Nov. 26, two APS students were killed in a shooting at Atlantic Station. The event prompted Atlanta City Councilwoman Keisha Waites to propose a 7 p.m. curfew for kids under the age of 16. While the policy is aimed at preventing such events from happening again, it only encourages more misconduct instead of good behavior.

Proposed 7 p.m. curfew encourages misconduct, not good behavior

Editorial Board
December 16, 2022
In April 2020, Cornell University became the first Ivy-League school to become test-optional in a mission to make the admissions process more equitable. However, instead of providing colleges with the solution to this problem, the policy has only created more issues than it has solved.

Test-optional policy detrimental to students, colleges must reconsider

Editorial Board
November 18, 2022
The situation at Howard Middle School with former principal Janet McDowell leaving the school, and Kari Schrock being recommended to take her place has highlighted the need for more transparency in APS' hiring practices.

District’s hiring process flawed, needs accountability, transparency

Editorial Board
October 25, 2022
The Tops Supermarket in Buffalo, NY was the target of a mass shooting by an 18 year old gunman who killed 10 people. A minimum age limit to buy guns of 21 is needed to help prevent such incidents in the future.

Increase in minimum age to buy guns necessary for safety

Editorial Board
September 16, 2022
Senior Hannah Doherty (right) participates in COVID-19 surveillance testing.

School-wide surveillance testing in need of reform

Editorial Board
February 9, 2022
Online learning has led to an eruption of student cheating and academic misconduct and Midtown is no exception. The norm of cheating from virtual education has continued into in-person learning, leading to teacher and administrator concern.

Cheating creates temporary solutions with lasting problems

Editorial Board
January 12, 2022
A student's ability to attend a higher performing school such as Midtown hinges on whether they live on the right side of the arbitrary attendance zone boundaries, creating an increasingly exclusive community.

More out-of-zone students should be allowed to attend Midtown

Editorial Board
December 3, 2021
While Atlanta Public Schools has made efforts to support widespread Covid-19 vaccination, many eligible students still remain unvaccinated. A student vaccination mandate is the only way to ensure a safe in-person schooling environment.

Student Covid-19 vaccine mandate necessary for school safety

Editorial Board
October 13, 2021
The new SEL curriculum and its lackluster implementation restrict any meaningful discussions around social and emotional health.

New social and emotional learning format limits its effectiveness

Editorial Board
September 1, 2021
The signing of legislation widely criticized for working to suppress voters as well as Representative Park Cannon's arrest on the night of March 25th signify structural oppression that runs deep in Georgia policies and politics.

Georgia voting bill, Rep. Cannon’s arrest use suppression tactics to partisan ends

Editorial Board
April 2, 2021
If colleges’ rationale for becoming test-optional or test-blind is that there is unequal access to taking and doing well on the ACT/SAT, that same logic should be applied post-pandemic because these problems are not new.

Colleges should permanently amend their dependence on SAT/ACT scores for admissions

Editorial Board
January 31, 2021
The coronavirus pandemic has made the digital divide more apparent than ever. The Southerner Editorial Board believes broadband internet connectivity should be considered a right, rather than a luxury, and the federal government should take action to ensure that connectivity is accessible and affordable.

The FCC should do more to improve broadband internet access and affordability

Editorial Board
December 30, 2020
A mural on Krog Street commemorates the late U.S. Representative John Lewis, for whom APS launched the "Good Trouble" voter registration campaign to honor.

District voter registration efforts are commendable

Editorial Board
October 9, 2020
Grady should unite all sports teams under the sole mascot, the Knights, and eliminate "Lady" from team titles.

“Lady” labels on sports teams are sexist, must be removed

Editorial Board
February 13, 2020
The reliability of the emergency buttons located in every classroom is questionable.

School-wide panic buttons useless

Editorial Board
December 12, 2019
North Atlanta High School senior, Chase Brathwaite, tells his story of how he began to believe in climate change.

Different voting method necessary for fair democracy

Editorial Board
November 21, 2019
APS Superintendent, Dr. Meria Carstarphen, led a meeting on the proposed rezoning of approximately 100 students from the Grady cluster to the North Atlanta cluster to alleviate overcrowding at Morningside Elementary on Tuesday Nov. 28.

Carstarphen dismissal surprises, remains vague

Editorial Board
September 18, 2019

Security concerns surface after student brings gun

Editorial Board
September 18, 2019

Georgia’s ‘Heartbeat Bill’ threatens women’s health

Editorial Board
May 24, 2019

School should offer service-learning time

Editorial Board
May 3, 2019
News outlets covered stories about Grady High School without having the full picture.

News media needs more facts before covering Grady

Editorial Board
February 11, 2019

Sexual assault education necessary in schools

editorial board
December 19, 2018
Voting age should be lowered, politically active teens need voice

Voting age should be lowered, politically active teens need voice

Editorial Board
November 28, 2018
A first-period tardy pass from Oct. 1, 2018 for a student one-minute pass the 8:30 a.m. start time for class.

Tardy process is flawed and needs change

Editorial Board
October 1, 2018
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.

The Southerner’s response to attacks on the news media

Editorial Board, Editorial Board
August 15, 2018
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