Since early 2018, China has banned 24 types of trash and has slowly been increasing. This is a change because China had imported 45% of the world's plastic waste since 1992 and now, an estimated 111 million metric tons of plastic waste will be displaced because of China's new law that will take effect...

In the festive atmosphere of the NCAA's March Madness, the PEN (Peers Enriching the News) peer leaders wrote fictional stories that were capped at 100 words and had to include a random element: A poster of a celebrity. 6th graders voted on the first two rounds and have narrowed the field down to...

If you were to ask Peter Fleischmann, he would chuckle and tell you about his life story. Peter is a Holocaust survivor who left a part of Czechoslovakia now known as the Czech Republic and immigrated to New York to escape the Nazi Occupation when he was a mere teen. Today, he travels to schools and...

“I am in love with the moon!”   “‘Goody-licious’? Who talks like that?”   “Sprinkle a little of this on his toast and an hour later he’ll be in a padded room screaming ‘I AM SPARTACUS!’” Sound interesting? Then the Addams Family musical is one that you...

Every year, almost 100 million people tune in for March Madness. It is so popular among sports fans because of the interaction: when you think of March Madness, you think of brackets. Another reason people love this annual event is the competitive aspect. Even people who don't watch basketball love...