Marium Zahra is a student and a 16-year-old independent journalist working from the Frontera in El Paso, Texas, covering education and politics. Her work has been seen in The Nation, Business Insider, The Progressive, Yes! Magazine and more.
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El Paso sunsets are unbeatable. Bright shades of orange, yellow, and sometimes pink and purple paint my hometown sky every evening as the sun slips under the horizon. I live right on the sweeping Southwestern border, or as we refer to it here the “Frontera,” which is Spanish for the
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“But not everybody is Christian,” my 10-year-old sister said. “Who allowed this?” We learned last month that Bible lessons could become part of her elementary school curriculum starting in 2025. For 10 minutes, she sat in disbelief, voicing the same questions on a loop. “Who allowed this?” “Why