The Mirador

Student Editorial: “Not White Like You”

June 30, 2020

I don't want to die and nothing has changed. I don't want to live in a country that refuses to address systemic racism and neg...

Clickbait News Generates More Chaos During Coronavirus Pandemic

May 29, 2020

We’ve never dealt with a pandemic quite like COVID-19, it is unprecedented. With social media becoming more and more prominen...

The College Board and High Schools Should Refund Money Spent on May 2020 AP Tests

May 24, 2020

The College Board claims they are a non-profit company even though they made $1,073,678,672 in 2018 according to totalregistration.net. The t...

States Should Start to Slowly Reopen to Ease the Pressure of Quarantine

May 21, 2020

Many states are preparing to transition out of shelter-in-place regulations. States will start to end quarantine at the end of May thr...

Pro vs Con: Is the New No Credit or Credit Grading Policy Beneficial?

May 9, 2020

Pro: Emma Leibowitz April 15 the Acalanes Union High School District (AUHSD) Governing Board decided that students in the d...

The Arts and Humanities Should Be Appreciated Equally to the Sciences

May 4, 2020

In a world where science is a fundamental part of our daily lives, the arts and humanities are falling further down the totem ...

Earth Day Should Be a Federal Holiday

April 22, 2020

Earth Day is an annual worldwide celebration held on April 22 that recognizes the inherent value of our planet and advocates for...

Stockpiling Supplies is Harmful

April 7, 2020

Over the last few months, the novel coronavirus has spread throughout the world, forcing school and business closures, social d...

This map represents the states that have New Voices Law in place, states with pending the New Voices Law, and states without the New Voices Law. Many West coast states already have New Voices legislation, but mid-western states and most southern states are still fighting against censorship to achieve full freedom of press.

New Voices Legislation Protects Student Voices

January 15, 2019

Out of ten Miramonte teachers polled regarding knowledge of the New Voices laws in California, four replied that they had no k...

Editorial: Logan Paul’s Apology is not Enough

March 2, 2018

December 31, 2017, Logan Paul, a now disgraced YouTuber, posted a video to the internet. The video contained footage of Logan Paul and members of his “#Logang” finding a body in Aokigahara, a Japanese forest and common destination for suicide attempts. The video zoomed in on the body of a man who had taken his life in the forest; the body was distended...