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The student news site of Birmingham Community Charter High School

The Patriot Post

The student news site of Birmingham Community Charter High School

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COVID-19 has now spread around the world.

Racism Spreads Along With the Coronavirus

Reign Cruz, Staff Writer March 31, 2020

The Coronavirus is known to be a family of pathogens that cause respiratory illness in birds and mammals that spread into other species, including humans. It broke out in the city of Wuhan and the virus...

suffragette in front of a crowd of supporters

100 Years of Women’s Suffrage

Debbie Lawhead, Creative Arts Editor March 28, 2020

On August 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment gave women their right to vote. For nearly a century, women had been protesting to receive universal suffrage. Over the last 100 years, disagreements between campaign...

Panic-Buying and Traveling During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Panic-Buying and Traveling During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Phillip Lemus, Opinion Editor March 27, 2020

Pandemics have always been common throughout our world's history, killing people left and right. What's so different about this Coronavirus pandemic? The level of greed throughout our global economy...

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McDonald’s Are Getting More Futuristic

Elizabeth Rivera, Staff Writer March 26, 2020

McDonald's has implemented new technology in a bid to further what the future of restaurants will look like. At the start of 2020, it was decided that all McDonald's in the U.S. were going to have kiosks. The...

Greta Gerwig behind the scenes of Ladybird.

Where Are All the Women Film Directors?

Lisset Saavedra, Editor in Chief March 26, 2020

Since 2007, Hollywood has been making progress with more women directing top-grossing movies. A dozen women directed 100 movies in 2019, representing 10.6% of all directors. This is up from 4.5% of directors...

BTS posing for 7 for their album Map of Soul: 7

BTS Drops New Album “Map Of Soul: 7”

Reign Cruz, Staff Writer March 25, 2020

History has been made when BTS released their new comeback Map of Soul: 7 on Febuary 21, 2020. It's another album that many fans have been anticipating for a long time.  If you don't know BTS, I can catch...

Two BCCHS water polo members making their way to the goal

BCCHS Girls Water Polo Wins LA City Championship

Stephanie Tran, Website Editor March 25, 2020

Blood, sweat, and tears - the three things that come from countless hours and sore work. Different kinds of people go through this all the time, but you really have to ask - why? Why is it that people...

Coronavirus Pandemic Becoming Chaotic

Coronavirus Pandemic Becoming Chaotic

Michelle Blas and Sofia Lemus March 24, 2020

A virus that seems to be rapidly infecting millions is getting out of hand. This coronavirus, now widely known as COVID-19, is a serious problem that has been spreading at a fast rate. This disease is...

Steven Spielberg and stars of the West Side Story remake. David Alvarez (far left), Ariana DeBose (left), Steven Spielberg (middle), Rachel Zegler (right), and Ansel ELgort (far right).

Steven Spielberg’s Take on ‘West Side Story’

Rosana Sanchez-Zorrilla, Staff Writer March 6, 2020

As a young boy, Steven Spielberg fell in love with the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story, but he isn't remaking it just because he loved it as a boy. According to Vanity Fair, Spielberg was determined...

Bong Joon Ho making his Oscars kiss.

Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite the Big Winner at Oscars 2020

Lisset Saavedra, Editor In Chief March 4, 2020

The first Oscars of the new decade are upon us and the Academy Awards went host-less for the second straight year after Kevin Hart's invitation to host in 2019 was revoked. The show opened up with Janelle...

Laker fans devastated after Kobes death

NBA World Mourning Kobe Bryant’s Death

Michael Ochoa, Staff Writer February 27, 2020

The NBA as a whole is still devastated over the death of the legend Kobe Bryant. Bryant was killed along with his daughter Gianna, and seven others in a helicopter crash in Calabasas while on their way...

Royal Rumble 2020 Astounds the WWE World

Royal Rumble 2020 Astounds the WWE World

Ruth Aguilar, Staff Writer February 27, 2020

WWE kicked off 2020 with an incredible Sunday night on January 26, by delivering its thirty-third annual Royal Rumble pay-per- view, that sent shockwaves through the crowd at Minute Maid Park in Houston,...

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