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2008-2009 Grade 10"The Greatest Innovations of All Time" by Larry Keeley for Business Week
"1in 100 Americans Jailed" The Associated Press
"Do Cell Phones Cause Cancer?" The Week
"Making America Stupid" by Thomas Friedman for The New York Times
"Green the Bailout" by Thomas Friedman for The New York Times
"Undecideds Think It Over" by Douglas Belkin for the Wall Street Journal
"Remediation Nation" by Justin Pope for Newsday
"Obama vs. McCain" Los Angeles Times
"Handing Over the Keys to the White House" The Week
"An Inconvenient Bag" by Ellen Gamerman for Wall Street Journal
"New President Will Face Test on Detainees" by William Glaberson and Margot Williams for The New York Times
"Terrorism That's Personal" The New York Times
"Students Lie, Cheat, Steal, but Say They're Good" by David Crary for the Associated Press
"Los Angeles Times 2009 Wish List"
"Hen in Cage" Cartoon by Tom Toles for The Washington Post
"Obama Rides Through History on Pennsylvania Avenue" by Faye Fiore for Los Angeles Times
"The Graying of America" Newsweek
"Actions Americans Need" by Barack Obama
"Why We Watch" by Bob Greene for CNN.com
"Social Websites Hurt Children's Brains" by David Durbyshire for The Daily Mall
"A Forgotten Contribution" by Eliza Gray for Newsweek
"Can Marijuana Help Rescue California's Economy?" by Alison Stateman for Time
"Ten Reasons to Be Thankful" by John Tierney for Readers Digest
"Say 'Cheese!' And Now Say 'Airbrush!'" by Jessica Bennett for Newsweek
"Cupcakes and Cattle Breeding: Teens Turn to Summer Start-Ups" by Sue Shellenbarger for the Wall Street Journal
"Michelle Hits Her Stride: The First Lady's Diverse Approach to Diversity" by Allison Samuels for Newsweek
"Be Careful Online: Not Everyone Is a True 'Friend'" by Michelle Singletary for The Washington Post
"When Basic Survival Trumps Civil Liberties" by Warren Kozak for the Wall Street Journal
2008-2009 Grade 12
"Briefing: The Iraq Money Pit" The Week
"Giving the Poor Their Rights" by Madeleine Albright and Hernando Soto for Time
"The Sinking Dollar" The Week
"As Oil Giants Lose Influence, Supply Drops" The New York Times
"A Letter to My Generation" by Jonathon Darman for Newsweek
"The Leadership Lid" by Anna Quindlen for Newsweek
"Stand Against Prop. 8 Costs Priest Dearly" by Duke Helfand and Catherine Salliant for Los Angeles Times
"Obama vs. McCain" Los Angeles Times
"The Retail DNA Test" by Anita Hamilton for Time
"Prop. 8 Opponents Rally Across California to Protest Gay-Marriage Ban" by Jessica Garrison and Corina Knoll for Los Angeles Times
"The Lawless Horn" The Economist
"Which Thanksgiving?" by Karl Jacoby for Los Angeles Times
"Students Lie, Cheat, Steal, but Say They're Good" by David Crary for the Associated Press
"George W. Bush's Legacy" Los Angeles Times
"Unruly Fans at Games Not Just Faces in Crowd" by Joe Lapointe for The New York Times
"Obama Rides Through History on Pennsylvania Avenue" by Faye Fiore for Los Angeles Times
"Scientific Climate is Changing as Obama Takes Office" by Dan Vergano for USA Today
"Actions Americans Need" by Barack Obama
"War on Words" Newsweek
"Start Up the Risk-Takers" by Thomas Friedman for The New York Times
"Social Websites Hurt Children's Brains" by David Durbyshire for The Daily Mall
"The Lessons of 9/11" by Amir Taheri for New York Post
"On Campus, Vampires Are Besting the Beats" by Ron Charles for The Washington Post
"The 9/11 Commission and Torture" by Philip Shenon for Newsweek
"Owner Drops Freedom Tower Name for New WTC Skyscraper" by Chris Kokenes for CNN
"California Faces Shortage of College Graduates for Workforce, Study Finds" by Gale Holland for Los Angeles Times
"Drugs in Portugal: Did Decriminalization Work?" by Maia Szalavitz for Time
"The Twitter Revolution" The Week
"'Sexting': Self-Destructive or Simple Rebellion?" by Jaimee Lynn Fletcher for The Orange County Register
"Financial Wisdom for a New Graduate" by Ron Lieber for The New York Times
