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The Navy hired Gladys West in 1956. She was a mathematician who did computer programming and coding at Naval Proving Ground in Dahlgren, Virginia. (U.S Department of Defense)

Gladys West: Pioneer Who Helped Created the GPS System

Isabella Dimopoulos May 14, 2024

The average citizen has used a GPS navigation system, however, most people don't know that an African-American Pioneer named Gladys West was a major contributor to the futuristic device in the 1960s. Gladys...

Biden administration approves oil drilling in Alaska’s Willow Project

Brooke Preputnick, Social Media Editor March 24, 2023

On Monday, March 13th, the US government gave the final approval to follow through with the Willow project in Alaska. The area nearly 600 million barrels of oil. This controversial project has led...

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