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Plastic flames warm bodies while inequality poisons vulnerable communities’ lungs

The Kramar Lens: Inhaling Inequality, The Human Cost of Microplastics

Microplastics are not just an environmental issue, but also a demonstration of whose health is prioritized and whose livelihood is devalued.
Hailey Kramar, Opinion Reporter
February 4, 2026

As she looked at her whimpering child in the cold, brisk air, a mother used a plastic bag as fire starter without a second thought. The flimsy, liquified plastic poison dropped into the deep reds of the...

Saving ourselves

Tessa Augsberger
March 25, 2021

Every morning before I went to school, I announced the daily weather forecast and the number of days until it would rain to my siblings. Of course, I started this tradition in elementary school in the...

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