In the age of the novel coronavirus, which has wreaked havoc upon the economy, forced companies to lay off or furlough millions of employees, and killed hundreds of thousands, the closure of the world’s...

What else did you expect from a movie with the word ‘fantabulous’ in its title? “Birds of Prey: and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn” is not a great film by any means, but it’s...

Like everybody else on the planet who owns a TV, as soon as it came out, I got Disney+ and binged “The Mandalorian.” Yeah, it was pretty good. Maybe even great. But a nagging feeling in the back of...

By now, the scenario sounds alarmingly familiar: no actors of color nominated for acting awards and an all-male slate of Best Director nominees at the Academy Awards. But that scenario is a thing of the...

“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” is a mess of a movie that can be confounding at times and lacks a compelling aesthetic. Yet despite its flaws, if you ignore the red flags pulsating from your brain...

It’s Oscar season, and because The Academy nearly always gets it wrong, the Beacon’s top film critics (heh) are here to write about the movies that should win the industry’s top prizes. This year,...

Trembling knees, a weak stomach, a mild headache, stress, cold sweats, and tension as taut as a rope. These were the symptoms of watching the Washington Nationals compete in the postseason. We Nats fans...

On September 20, students and adults all over the world participated in the International Climate Strike. They walked out of class and work, and in DC, they ended up at the Capitol. The Beacon talked to...

Freshmen: "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding Sophia Ibrahim If William Golding’s novel “The Lord of the Flies” was a song from the early 2000s, it would be “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers....

Every generation believes the next is just a bunch of lazy hooligans who don’t know what they’re doing. There’s often a lot of finger-pointing and name-calling, because each generation thinks the...

The percentage of students who achieved a passing score of a three, four, or five on their AP exams at Wilson rose from 52 percent to 54 percent over the last school year.  While a two percent increase...

Wilson’s Tiger Cafe is being replaced by a brand new work facility for seniors. It will be located in the room right next to the College and Career Center. Twelfth grade Assistant Principal Gregory Bargeman...

Alex Helmer: Rating: 9.2/10 “Avengers: Endgame” is the culmination of 21 previous MCU (Marvel Comic Universe) films and lives up to the hype by delivering many hysterical and tear-inducing moments,...

Alex Helmer: Rating: 7.3/10 With the release of the newest and one of the most controversial MCU films Captain Marvel, and the anticipation for one of the decades most stirred about films, Avengers...

When I was a freshman, I wanted to be a lawyer. I took a tour of the Department of Justice with my lawyer neighbor, and I watched lawyer shows like “Suits.” So, of course, I just had to take the Law...

The Wilson Climate Committee celebrated Earth Day last week with a variety of environment-related activities every day at STEP. Spearheaded by science teacher Angela Benjamin and world languages teacher...

From jazz to R&B to rock to punk, throughout the decades Wilson students’ tastes have run the gamut of musical invention. But of all these musical funks, go-go is the most quintessentially DC. “Go-go...

This February, we’ve had the Super Bowl (too many touchdowns to count), and the Grammys. Now, it's time for my personal favorite TV event of the year (besides “Game of Thrones,” of course): the Oscars....

Wilson has many events that come and go, easily forgotten. The Holiday Splendor Concert is not one of those. The choir’s “Holiday Splendor Winter Choral Concert” took place on Tuesday, December 11,...

In a world where Hollywood is known more for reboots, sequels, and spinoffs than refreshing creativity, it is rare to see a remake of a film that offers a successful new take on the original. When the...

Have you seen “Avengers: Infinity War”? If not, you’ve at least heard people talking about it–specifically asking to avoid spoilers. What about “First Reformed”? Probably not. The reason I...