def remove_articles(text):
    """Takes a string and removes any articles in it."""
    text = text.lower()
    articles = ['and', 'a', '&', 'issue', 'the']
    new_text = ''
    for word in text.split(' '):
        if word not in articles:
            new_text += word + ' '
    new_text = new_text[:-1]
    new_text = new_text.replace(':', '')
    new_text = new_text.replace(',', '')
    new_text = new_text.replace('-', ' ')
    return new_text
