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The Student News Site of Ida B. Wells-Barnett High School

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A Four Billion Dollar Pass: The Trail Blazers Are For Sale

Josephine Varon (she/her), Intro Writer | May 31, 2025

The Portland Trail Blazers, the only National Basketball Association (NBA) team in the Pacific Northwest, is being sold. The last time the Blazers were sold was to Paul Allen in 1988. Allen was the co-founder of Microsoft and the owner of the National Football League team, the Seattle Seahawks, who unfortunately passed away of lymphoma at 65-years-old, in 2018. After his death, the ownership of the...

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Is the NBA draft rigged?

Harper Wicker-Lenseigne (he/him), Managing Editor | May 27, 2025

The NBA draft lottery has just been decided and the Dallas Mavericks have, against all odds (literally; they had a 1.8% chance), earned the first overall pick in the 2025 NBA draft.  This means that the Mavericks will have the option to pick up Duke freshman and college basketball superstar, Cooper Flagg in the draft. It’s very likely that they do, considering Flagg is one of the most attention-grabbing...

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Wholeheartedly Wells – Season 2 – Episode 5: The Case of Identity
Maryam Luqman (she/her) and Anna Stiffler (she/they) March 13, 2024

In this episode, Maryam and Anna talk about self-expression and how it is uniquely expressed through individuals' phone cases.

Photo by The Foundation for WWU & Alumni via Flickr
A Four Billion Dollar Pass: The Trail Blazers Are For Sale
Josephine Varon (she/her), Intro Writer • May 31, 2025

The Portland Trail Blazers, the only National Basketball Association (NBA) team in the Pacific Northwest, is being sold. The last time the Blazers were sold was to Paul Allen in 1988. Allen was the co-founder...

India-Pakistan Conflict: Events and History
India-Pakistan Conflict: Events and History
Miles Baron (he/him), Intro Writer • June 11, 2025

On May 7, 2025, India launched a wave of missiles into Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, striking at least six cities and killing at least 31 people. India claimed that those strikes were a measured...

Photo by Tai Ball
The Basement Hallway’s Nickname Normalizes Violence. It’s Time IBW Speaks Up.
JJ Reynolds (he/him), Staff Writer • June 11, 2025

For more than a decade now, the basement hallway at Ida B. Wells High School, where the woods and metals, computer sciences and journalism classrooms...

Photo by Robbie Want
2024 College Application Season at a Glance
Quinlyn Black (she/her), Section Editor • March 9, 2025

As the curtain falls on 2024, thus marks the end of college application season. A senior myself, I can attest to the hectic nature of this period...

IBW Twins, Beckett and Jacoby Lungren
Ida B. Twinning
January 23, 2025
GNN – Episode 40 – Bloopers
GNN June 11, 2025

It's the last day of school, so let's take a look back with our best bloopers from season 2!