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Pain and Beauty Standards: Chinese Foot Binding
Karissa Aguilar
History 101: The Founding Fathers Vs. Slavery
Roberto Tijerina
Civil Rights Activist: Rosa Parks
Aurora Torres
Our Lady of Paris
Soki Salazar
America Loves Lucy
Celina Resendez
Into the Comic World: Superman and American Anxieties in the Great Depression
Amanda Cantu
The War of the Worlds: An Attack on the Fragility of American Life
Celina Resendez
The Roaring Twenties: Flappers
Aurora Torres
Sic Semper Tyrannis: The Conspirators of America’s First Assassination (Part II: On the Run and Trials)
Roberto Tijerina
Sic Semper Tyrannis: The Conspirators of America’s First Assassination (Part I: From Kidnapping to Assassination)
Roberto Tijerina
“She’s the Man”: The Reign of Queen Hatshepsut
Soki Salazar
To The One I Loathe: Chicago’s 1929 St.Valentine’s Day Massacre, Part I
Celina Resendez
To The One I Loathe: Chicago’s 1929 St.Valentine’s Day Massacre, Part II
Celina Resendez
La Malinche: Traitor or Survivor?
Mariana Sandoval
A Failed Gate: The Water of Scandal Flows Over Richard Nixon
Cameron Mays
Diego Rivera the Muralist: A Different Working Mexican
Gabriela Medrano
Game Six of the 2003 National League Championship Series: Who Is to Blame for The Cubs Loss?
Morgan Playle
Fastest Man Prevails Over Evil: James “Jesse” Owens vs. Adolf Hitler
Briana Bustamante
“The Most Dangerous Woman in America,” Emma Goldman
Gabriela Serrato
Bloody Mary in the Mirror
Nicolas McKay
The Lynching Era: The Tragic Hanging of Laura and L. D. Nelson
Gabriela Serrato
The Weapon that Changed War: U.S. Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Cameron Adelman
Chasing John Wayne Gacy
Jasmine Martinez
America in the 1980s: Obsession and Romanticism over The Night Stalker
Karina Nanez
From Montgomery to Detroit: Rosa Parks
Erik Shannon
Domesticating Victor of Aveyron: the French Mowgli
Thomas Fraire
Steve Jobs: “We’ll just name it Apple…”
Maria Callejas
The days leading up to John F. Kennedy’s Assassination
Jasmine Martinez
Twenty Years Later: JonBenet’s Unsolved Murder Case
Cherice Leach
Pleasure vs. Procreation: Egyptian Women Take Control of Their Sexuality
Mariah Cavanaugh
The Chronicle of Walt Disney and his famous sidekick Mickey Mouse
Christine Sackey
The Dream that Came True: The Story of the 1992 US Olympic Basketball “Dream Team”
Joshua Breard
Kumari: The Living Goddess of Nepal
Samman Tyata
Cleopatra and Antony: ‘Till Death Do Us Part
Alexandria Martinez
“This is the Zodiac Speaking:” The Serial Killer That May Never Be Found
Gabriela Serrato
Humble Beginnings: How Microsoft Created Windows from DOS
Nathan Hudson
Snow White: From Grimm Origins to Happily Ever After
Natalie Thamm
“The Boogey Man Took Him”: The Cannibalistic Serial Killer Albert Fish
Constancia Tijerina
The Generation War: A Teen’s Voice Heard Around the World
Hanadi Sonouper
The Spoils of War: Stolen Art in WWII
Natalia Flores
The Unrecognized Soldier of the Mexican Revolution: Petra Herrera and the Adelitas
Regina De La Parra
Heroes Raining Down: 555th Parachute Infantry
Hannah Wilson
Boston: The Band | Tom Scholz: The Rockman
Samuel Ruiz
The Massacre at Columbine: How Boys Can Become Murderers
Timothy ODekirk
She Sells Seashells by the Seashore: The Story of Mary Anning
Iris Henderson
Golden Problem: Who Won Puerto Rico’s First Olympic Gold Medal?
Rafael López-Rodírguez
“I’m No Hero”: The Life Saving Acts of Irena Sendler
Auroara-Juhl Nikkels
The United States turns its back on Human Rights.
Angel Torres
The U.S. Key To Victory: The Navajo Code Talkers Of WWII
Lorenzo Rivera
The Seven Liberal Arts – The Foundations of Modern Day Education
Martina Rodriguez
Like a Cat in Lombardy: Michelangelo Scavenges for Sanity While Painting the Sistine Chapel
Jonathan Arreola
China’s Plan to Shanghai Tibet
Robert Rees
The online Chauvinist Hog House
Dylan Coons
Freedom for Sale: For-Profit Bail System
Victoria Rodriguez
“This is the miracle of miracles”: The Holy Mass
Daniela Duran
All Tied Up: Hidden Message of Wonder Woman
Annissa Noblejas
The Pain Behind The Smile: The Robin Williams Story
Brianna Ford
The Unsolved Mystery of the Zodiac Killer
Nathalie Herrera
Craigslist and Backpage: The Websites Used for Sex Trafficking
Cynthia Rodriguez
ACT UP! Fight Back! Fight AIDS! The AIDS epidemic
Mariah Cavanaugh
Robert F. Kennedy Meets The Same Fate As His Older Brother
Luis Magana
Seeing Double: Cloning Dolly the Sheep
Pamela Callahan
The American Constitution and the Death of the “Great Experiment”
Greyson Addicott
Che Guevara: Road to Radical
Alexander Manibusan
Lincoln vs. Douglas: The Debates on Slavery
Luke Lopez
The Corpse Without Peace: Evita
Marina Castro
1968: A New Generation of Chicano Fighters
Ariana Melendez
The Duchess of Windsor—How the IRS Helped Create Same Gender Marriage
Christopher Metta Bexar
The Notorious RBG
Alicia Guzman
Sticks & Stones May Break My Bones, But My Words Will Build an Army Against Apartheid
Auroara-Juhl Nikkels
Why We Should Defend Human Gene Editing
Emily Velazquez
RuPaul’s Influence On Drag: You Better Work!
Nadia Carrasco
Murder or “Justifiable Homicide”?: The Death of the Revolutionary Fred Hampton
Natalie Thamm
From a Life of Luxury to a Life of Holy Poverty: St. Francis, Before the Franciscan Order
Dalton Moy
A Charlie Brown Debut: Introduction to the First ‘Peanuts’ Member of Color
Rebeca Escobar
Emmy Noether: Woman Contributor in Mathematics
Sarah Uhlig
Eunice Carter: The Unlikely Hero Who Brought Down the Mob
Mariah Cavanaugh
“I Have not Yet Begun to Fight”: John Paul Jones’ Greatest Victory
Christopher Hohman
From Teahouses to Trading Ports: The Scallywag Empress Ching Shih
Danielle Slaughter
The Man Who Would Not Be King: The Abdication of Edward VIII of Great Britain
Christopher Hohman
A Woman’s Shot at Making History: The First Female CEO of Mylan and the EpiPen
Courtney Peña
Sexual Violence as a Military Weapon in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Testimony of Victory
Wilzave Quiles Guzman
Behind The Tapes: The Actions Taken Towards Impeaching Nixon
Thalia Romo
Gun Violence in America: The Sandy Hook Story
Diamond Estrada
E-Cigarettes: An Incredible Invention or Complete Catastrophy? Adam Hergenreder Shares His Catastrophic Experience
Elizabeth Guardiola
America’s Greatest Escape: Alcatraz
Shea Slusser
A Dreaded Nightmare: Reinhard Heydrich and the Start of the Holocaust
Amelia Hew
The People vs. Angela Davis: The Black Intellect on Trial
Sydney Hardeman
Contemporary Corruption: The Evolution of a Social Disease in Peru Since 1985
Jose Chaman
The Central Park Five: How the Truth Set Them Free
Nicole Ortiz
There’s No Place Like Home, In Hollywood: The Story Behind Judy Garland
Audrey Uribe
Who Wants to Live Forever: Freddie Mercury’s Last Years and his Battle with AIDS
Michael Lazcano
Ted Kennedy: Reputation Drowns With Victim
Charli Delmonico
The Brutal Murder of The Black Dahlia
Saira Locke
The Consequences to Conquer Freedom: The Perilous Journey of Female Migrants across the U.S. Mexico Border
Rosa Robledo Martinez
“An Absurd Delusion”: Pride, Ignorance, and America’s Deadliest Natural Disaster
Kenneth Gilley
Diana Princess of Wales: A Fairy Tale Life that Quickly Became Grim
Vanessa Quetzeri
The Warren Commission Report: Conspiracy Theories Addressed on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
Samuel Vega
“Manu, that is why you do the voodoo that you do so well!”
Shriji Lalji
The Quest for Cuzco: A Look Into the Mythical Genesis of the Inca Empire
Jose Chaman
“I don’t understand what you are saying, speak English.”: Tener un acento extranjero afecta la percepción.
Lyzette Flores
The Cry of the American Negro: Northern vs. Southern Demands for Human Rights
Alexandria Garcia
Tulsa Massacre 1921: Buck Colbert Franklin in the Greenwood District
Alicia Martinez
Hatshepsut: The King Herself
Amanda Gutierrez
The Political Involvement of Twitter
Janie Cheverie
The Modern Gold Rush: Death by Greed
Rhys Kennedy
Claudette Colvin: The Woman Who Wasn’t Rosa Parks
Abilene Solano
The Nika Riots: A Day at the Races Turned Deadly
Aaron Sandoval
From Curiosity to an Obsession: The Sinister Evolution of the Milwaukee Cannibal
Justine Ruiz
Counting Sheep When You Can’t Sleep during COVID-19
Elizabeth Santos
Cupid Didn’t Kill Ingrid Escamilla, Femicide Did: Valentine’s Day Femicide Protest
Kayla Mendez
Aunt Jemima: Then and Now
Carly Bagley
A Lion in the Grass: Ethiopia’s Sovereignty and Fight for the Future
Danielle Slaughter
From Austrian Archduke to Mexican Emperor: How Maximilian I Lost the Mexican Empire
Paula Salinas Gonzalez
“You talk like a girl!” The Benefits and Consequences of ‘Female Speech’
Phoebe Dickinson-Land
How the Nahuatl Language Survived the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
Emilia Caballero Carmona
Kobe Bryant, “The Black Mamba”: 60 Point Farewell Game
Juan Asfura
Nobody wins: Child’s brutal death ended with more questions than justice
Kimberly Rubio
Argentina Dirty War: 30,000 Disappeared – the Fight for Remembrance
Aaron Sandoval
The Loch Ness Monster as We Know It, Debunked
Faith Chapman
Online Exam Proctoring: The Dark Side of Student Privacy and Health
Azariel Del Carmen
“For the Good of Belgium”: King Leopold II’s Blood-Drenched Reign over the Congo
Aneesa Zubair
She’s Made of Plastic, It’s Fantastic! How Barbie’s Maker Used “Imagination For Her Creation”
Eva Lizarraga
“I Will Always Love You”: The Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner Love Story
Carly Bagley
Mining: Poison to the Environment?
Bianca Ramos
Peace Talks Breaking Down in San Antonio: the 1840 Shootout Between Comanches and Texas Rangers
Seth Roen
La Discriminación y su Efecto en el Idioma Nativo y la Identidad Cultural
Isabella Ramirez
The Life and Death of Edith Cavell: A War Heroine
Karla Fabian
Taking Down The Crown: Why People Believe The Crown is Accurate
Courtney Peña
Remilitarizing the Rhine: Adolf Hitler’s Reasoning for the Remilitarization of the Rhineland
Aaron Sandoval
American Scandal: The Hamilton-Reynolds Affair
Aidan Farrell
From Slave to Author: The Story of Harriet Jacobs
Ariette Aragon
Parents, Pills, and Princess Leia: Carrie Fisher’s Life on the Edge
Christopher Hohman
The Golden Age of Piracy: The Real Pirates of The Caribbean
Elliot Avigael
Athletes and their Mental and Physical Struggles
Elizabeth Saxon
The Smallest Warriors – The Creation of a Non-Profit for Childhood Cancer
Eva Garcia
Hilinski’s Hope: Spreading Mental Health Awareness In Athletes
Bailey Godwin
Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Horse of DNA
Sara Davila
Action Park, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth
Dylan Miller
Queen Elizabeth: Two Queens One Throne
Gisselle Baltazar-Salinas
E-Cigarette Usage Among the Youth
Midori Flores
Depression in Teens
Brianna Ford
The Mouse and the Maker: How Walt Disney Made Some Noise for the Animation Industry
Gabriella Parra
“Peace is a woman’s job…” Jeannette Rankin and her pursuit for Peace and Women’s Suffrage
Serenity Kamenski
Real News or Fake News?
Fatima Esparza
The Global Rise of K-Pop
Stephanie Sierra
Is There a “Place for Us”?: The Role of Aging Women in Hollywood
Sarah Guerrero
Listen To Your Doctor, Not Your Governor: The San Francisco Plague of 1900
Franchesca Tinacba
DNA Evidence: The Double-Edged Sword of Forensic Science
Alina Moreno
Mingling Religions: The Ancient Roots of Modern Judaism
Gabriella Parra
How Far is Too Far? Genetic Modification in Our Foods
Aryana Garcia
¡En un ratito! -El uso de los diminutivos en el español mexicano
Lilian Hernandez Peregrino
Lycophytes! The Giants of Yesterday & Our Hidden Little Heros of Today
Monabelle Elbayeh
Book Banning in Public Schools and Libraries
Sophia Phelan
The Ethics of Donating Unclaimed Bodies to Science
Vanessa Ortiz
Go Green: The Importance of Ecological Education
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The Ethics of Recruiting Teens into The U.S. Military
Stevie Guardiola
“We Must Rewild the World.” Rewilding: the Bold Conservation Concept
Tabitha Babcock
No Ordinary Year, 1947: Jackie Robinson Becomes a Legend
Jared Sherer
Margaret Chan: Tackling Ebola as an International Public Health Leader
Anna Steck
Pleasure at a Cost: The Effects of Pornography Addiction on Neural Networks in the Brain
Rita Estephan
Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Their impact on the Brain
Yesenia Montalvo Lopez
Are You Addicted To Social Media?
Yairy Mendez
The Russian Imposter: Franziska Anna Schanzkowska
Sofia Perez
Memory & Emotion: How it can be Affected Over Time
Maria Cossio
The Devoted Wife: Jackie Kennedy
Danielle Sanchez
Beyond the Smoke: The Real Impact of Vaping on Teens
Hector Membreno
Death Before Dishonor: The Last Stand of Takamori Saigō
Nikko Montenegro
The Black Death: A Pale Horse
Joseph Reed
Genetic Engineering: Can Genetically Modified Foods End World Hunger?
Sunyte Jordan
A Bioinformatic Approach to “Zombie Deer” Prion Disease
Sophia Torres-Vasquez
Overthrow of Liliʻuokalani: The Last Monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom
Liam Meza
The Road To Designer Babies: Ethical Concerns Regarding CRISPR-Cas9 Human Germline Editing
Mary Arden Guillory
De-Extinction: An analysis on the ethics of gene editing
Luis Barco
Help! I Can’t Stop Aging! – The Battle Between Time and Progeria
Franchesca Tinacba
The Untold Story of Salt of the Earth
Danielle Rangel
The Ethical Concerns: Gender Selection During The Embryotic Stage of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
Lia Messina
From Billboards to Tweets: A study of Traditional Marketing’s Shift to Social Media
Savannah Dupre