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Southwest Shadow

Southwest Shadow

Southwest Shadow

Dean Carrasco, Editorial Cartoonist

Greetings and Salutations, I’m Dean, the editorial cartoonist, for the Southwest Shadow this year. This is my third year in journalism and I’m excited to be able to put my artistic skills to use!

All content by Dean Carrasco
Ready Player One?

Ready Player One?

Dean Carrasco
March 29, 2022
Young adults are going into the military with the idea that it’s going to be just like the video games they’ve played.
All Eyes On You

All Eyes On You

Dean Carrasco
March 9, 2022
Teachers are now being monitored with cameras in their classrooms that parents have access to watch a live feed of. This is to make sure they’re being taught the proper “values” and making sure they aren’t exposed to anything they don’t want their kids exposed to.
Too Big For Fashion

Too Big For Fashion

Dean Carrasco
September 17, 2021
In the fashion industry the standard fashion sizes are small, medium, and large, sometimes extra large, meaning there isn’t a big variety for plus size people to dress the way they want to dress. It forces them to dress more comfortably and to cover up more than people who tend to be slimmer.
Pandemic Sale

Pandemic Sale

Dean Carrasco
May 21, 2021
With places slowly starting to open up, people have been selling or returning their quarantine purchases for space that they need.
Virus Stops For No One

Virus Stops For No One

Dean Carrasco
March 19, 2021
CCSD give students the option to return to school for two periods of the day for two days out of the week, while others have the option to stay hone and not catch the virus.
Publicity freezes Ted

Publicity freezes Ted

Dean Carrasco
March 4, 2021
United States Senator Ted Cruz left his home-state of Texas in a snow storm crisis to go to Cancun with his family. Cruz’s cowardice may not be surprising, but it is disgusting.
Cleaning up Trump's mess

Cleaning up Trump’s mess

Dean Carrasco
February 11, 2021
Joe Biden’s executive orders are a flurry of policies designed to repair the damage his predecessor caused, including his ban on trans people in the military.
How 2020 Put Us Through the Wringer

How 2020 Put Us Through the Wringer

Dean Carrasco
January 12, 2021
2020 was a year when many abrupt things popped up, like the virus, the defeat of President Donald Trump, the deaths of celebrities and school being put at a distance. In these cases you could say we’ve been put though the wringer with how the year turned out.
A deadly double standard

A deadly double standard

Dean Carrasco
December 10, 2020
Kyle Rittenhouse gets released from jail with friends and families, with people paying his bail of 2 million dollars after allegedly shooting multiple racial justice protesters.
All Shapes, All Sizes

All Shapes, All Sizes

Dean Carrasco
October 2, 2020
Danish children's show demonstrates how kids should "not be shielded from the realities of life," and how bodies are nothing to be ashamed of.
Color-blind

Color-blind

Dean Carrasco
September 25, 2020
Professor Jessica Krug said a “mental illness” is why she, a white woman, pretended to be Black.
Tackling the coronavirus

Tackling the coronavirus

Dean Carrasco
April 23, 2020
WWE wrestlers consider themselves to be an essential business and want to open for the public to watch and to view on television for pleasure.
The only cure

The only cure

Dean Carrasco
March 10, 2020
"Wash your hands" has become one of the most popular phrases with COVID-19 spreading across the world.
Shots fired

Shots fired

Dean Carrasco
January 10, 2020
The U.S. is on thin ice with Iran and President Donald Trump is doing nothing to help with the situation.
Makeup does not define gender

Makeup does not define gender

Dean Carrasco
October 17, 2019
Makeup is no way in any form meant to be just for women, or just for men. It's an art of expression, but YouTuber Trisha Paytas uses makeup to brand themselves as a gay trans male.
It's time for a change

It’s time for a change

Dean Carrasco
September 11, 2019

Since the Clark County School District budget is constantly fluctuating, an alternative solution would be to put a penny in a jar for every complaint made towards the district.

"Aliens" aren't only at Area 51

“Aliens” aren’t only at Area 51

Dean Carrasco
August 28, 2019

People all over the country are getting ready to raid Area 51, but are ignoring the way Americans "aliens" are being treated. Immigrants are being held in camps and being mistreated–they are the ones...