The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

The Beacon

The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

The Beacon

The Student Newspaper of Jackson-Reed High School

The Beacon

All content by Sydney Colella
Photo courtesy of the Riverfront Times

Black men are still being lynched and no one cares

Sarah Morgan and Sydney Colella December 7, 2018

Danye Jones was a young Black man living in Missouri. He was the son of Ferguson protester Melissa McKinnies, and he was only 24 when his mom found him hanging dead from a tree in St. Louis, Missouri....

“Metamorphoses” was a play to remember

“Metamorphoses” was a play to remember

Sydney Colella December 17, 2017

Breathtaking. Awinspiring. Beautiful. These are just a few words that came to my mind after experiencing this year's fall play Metamorphoses. Mary Zimmerman's rendition of the classic Ovid Poem, which...

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