The Minuteman

The Official Newark Academy Newspaper

Author: jtolpin17

  • The Right to Choose Your Own Life: Why We Cannot Defund Planned Parenthood

    The Right to Choose Your Own Life: Why We Cannot Defund Planned Parenthood

    By Julia Tarnow ’17  and Ellie Pitkowsky ’18, Staff Writers In 1972, the Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade gave women the rights that they have always deserved. The court ruled that no state can prohibit an abortion during the first trimester of pregnancy and that regulations on the second trimester can only be made when the…

  • The Impact of the Germanwings 9525

    The Impact of the Germanwings 9525

    By Jocelyn Tolpin ’17, Commentary Editor On March 24, 2015, 144 passengers and six crew members boarded flight 9525 in Barcelona, expecting to land in Düsseldorf in a little over two hours. However, their flight never arrived. At 10:29 AM, the airplane began to descend into the French Alps and at 10:40, the right wing…