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• Largest high school newspaper in the country for 2015-2016 school year. (source: SNOsites.com & Columbia Journalism Review)

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1.25 million visits in last 12 months

“They are sending their homework to everyone they

know.”

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The average visitor looks at 12 articles.

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Nina Rabin is Director of Border Research for the Southwest Institute for Research on

Women. She also has a joint affiliation with the James E. Rogers College of law, where she is Director of the Bacon Immigration

Law and Policy Program. Her work focuses on the impact of immigration and border policies on women’s rights. She directs

projects that provide direct legal services to low-wage immigrant women workers and

women in immigration detention facilities. At the same time, her projects undertake policy

research and advocacy that grow out of these direct services.

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ArticleCybelle Fox received a B.A. in history and economics from UC San Diego in 1997 and a Ph.D. in sociology and social policy from Harvard University in 2007.

Her most recent book, Three Worlds of Relief (Princeton University Press, 2012), compares the incorporation of blacks, Mexicans, and European

immigrants in the American welfare system from the Progressive Era to the New Deal.

Her next book project focuses on the rise of citizenship and legal status restrictions in American social welfare

policy from the New Deal to the present. Her work has appeared in the American Behavioral

Scientist, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Sociology of Education, Political Science Quarterly, and

Sociological Methods and Research. She is also co-author of Rampage: The Social Roots of School

Shootings (Basic Books, 2004).

Washington State Regent to the National Congress of the

Daughters of the American Revolution

EngagementReceived feedback from outside the building,

while still in class.

Fairfax County Student Peace Award

“An effective medium for student dialogue, helping to build empathy in the world at large.”

Fairfax County School Board Commendation

“Your experiences as a diverse student body have shed light on issues and a new perspectives for others to ponder.”

“We commend your efforts to reach others with your powerful messages and insight.”

Gold Medal from Columbia University Scholastic Press

Association

“This newspaper has so much energy and talent. It is totally unique in its emphasis on blog style writing and use of interpretations and commentary.”

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