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The Garfield Messenger

The student news source of Garfield High School

The Garfield Messenger

The student news source of Garfield High School

The Garfield Messenger

Mayoral Madness

Seán Kelleher (He/Him) May 23, 2025

Bruce Harrell The current mayor usually sets the tone for the mayoral race and has the greatest advantage. Bruce Harrell, however, is at risk of replacement this November. In January, a poll came out...

Trump Makes Life Harder Again

Trump Makes Life Harder Again

Annabelle Wall (she/her), staff May 23, 2025

Since being sworn into office, President Donald Trump has made good on his promise to attack immigrants in the United States. Foreign exchange students have begun to face the brunt of this attack, with...

Never Again Is Now.

Never Again Is Now.

Kelan Sato (he/him) May 23, 2025

Tsuru for Solidarity is a Japanese American organization working to end detention centers in the United States. Through this, they honor the legacy of their ancestors by fighting to ensure that Japanese...

Help for Homeless Students

Silas Collins (he/him) May 23, 2025

The McKenny Vento Homeless Program at Seattle Public Schools aims to support homeless students so they can continue to pursue an education through the difficult circumstances that accompany homelessness....

NIH On the Brink

Arush Talasila (He/Him) May 2, 2025

  Within the last few months, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), America’s medical research agency, has begun a mass termination of research grants in an effort to comply with orders from...

Holy Shift

Keegan Averill May 2, 2025

In the first months of his 2013 papacy, Francis was asked his thoughts on Gay priests, he famously responded, “Who am I to judge?” shocking Catholics worldwide. This became a defining moment for Francis’...

Two Community Passageways Workers

Preventing Violence at Garfield

Ibrahim Coker (He/Him) May 2, 2025

Many Bulldogs have probably seen the men and women, clad in neon green, who stand at the intersection of 23rd and Jefferson during lunchtime and the end of school. While they serve a very visible role...

A Rise in Anti-Transgender Politics

Nor Luloff (she/her) May 2, 2025

On April 16, 2025, the UK Supreme Court unanimously ruled that the word “woman” in equality legislation refers only to the biological female sex, not gender identity. The case was brought to the...

Universities Undone

Kian Naeemi (he/him), Social Media Editor May 2, 2025

In the first hundred days of his presidency, US President Donald Trump’s administration has commanded a crusade on American universities. He has obliterated the Department of Education, coerced Columbia...

Will SPS Bus Drivers Strike?

Ibrahim Coker (He/Him) April 28, 2025

School bus drivers serving Seattle Public Schools and represented by the Seattle chapter of the Teamsters Union, Teamsters 147, were authorized to go on strike on March 29th. The drivers, employed by First...

Crack Down in the Cafeteria

Seán Kelleher (He/Him) April 4, 2025

After months of pushing, shoving, and shouting, in the lunch lines, Admin is cracking down. Students will now be required to create an account on the MySchoolLunch app where they can customize their lunch...

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