The Theories of Justice
Say you are walking around Nara Park and see a small child struggling to swim in the pond. You stop to process the scene and realize that the child is drowning. The...
Editorial Desk
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School Subject Colors
This debate has raged on for years, decades, even centuries. This debate has infected schools, toppled mainstream media, and broken friendships. This debate isn’t that of abortion, or race, or gender, or...
Firing Squad Returns
Picture this: A person is strapped into a chair, wrists bound, chest bare except for a small paper target pinned directly over the heart. A hood descends over the face. Across the...
Energy Drink Ranking
Walk into any high school in America right now, and you’ll see the same view of kids clutching...
Best Libraries in MA
There are many libraries in or near Acton and Boxborough, like the Acton Memorial Library, West Acton Citizens’ Library, Sargent Memorial Library, Concord Free Public Library, Reuben Hoar Library, Chelmsford Public Library,...
2026 Senior Speech: Anna Li
My favorite literary device is a chiasmus. Despite that most of us, myself formerly included, wouldn’t recognize its...
2026 Senior Speech: Solaina Chandra
Class of 2026, we did it! Today is a day we dreamed about for years, and if we’re...
Letter From the EICs
Hi everyone, Tina, Gyan, and Matthew here, your new—and returning— Editors-in-Chief! Vani’s been a huge part of the Spectrum since her freshman year and we’ll all be missing her as she moves...
Media Close-Up: Uyghur Oppression
Discussions about the treatment of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang, China, have become some of the most polarized in modern global politics, but what stands out most to me is not just the...
War in Sudan & Gaza
Today, many deeply dehumanizing events are unfolding across the world, yet they rarely receive sustained attention in the mainstream news. Even when these events are being covered, the focus is often shifted:...