For Teens, By Teens: A Study on Phone Usage and Its Effects

In 2007, the first iPhone became available. This hand-held atomic bomb of a device exploded over the next decade, offering social networking sites such as YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter on mobile. Since the invention of the iPhone, the amount of time spent on cell phones has skyrocketed worldwide and only continues to grow as more social media and entertainment applications become popular.

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The Rescinding of DACA

On Tuesday, Sept. 5, President Donald Trump formally ended Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), a policy protecting deported immigrant children who live in the United States illegally. This decision has been the subject of substantial controversy in past weeks. Furthermore, many of the implications of the termination of DACA on Dreamers (a term given to these immigrant children) remain unclear. 

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