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Gun Control in The United Kingdom

The United Kingdom has some of the most extreme gun control in the world. According to Gun control and...
The twin
Ivy, the protagonist in The Twin, has a few traits that influence her relationships with others. One, she is...
Someone We Know

Rayleigh is a dynamic character. His archetype changes over the course of the book. At the beginning of the...
Does the death penalty stop the crimes happen?

There is a controversial issue in our current society, “Does the death penalty stop the crimes happen?” There are...
Lack of Education Inside the Juvenile Justice System Creates an Endless Cycle

In some schools, counties, or even states, there is a direct school-to-prison pipeline. Students who, more times than not,...
China’s Big Secret
For a while now, I’ve always noticed that countries with totalitarian Governments like the Soviet Union and North Korea,...
The CIA Wanted To Kill American Innocents, And May Have Killed The Man Who Stopped Them

More conspiracies have been confirmed than you might think. Take examples such as Watergate and MK-Ultra. Today’s conspiracy is...
Underage drinking is a severe issue in our society. Besides the lack of knowledge about alcohol, there are plenty...
Are Drones a National Security Threat?
People and their drones in the past few years there have been more threats and more than the less...
Why are so many Police Brutality Cases?

Police brutality goes way back to 1872, that’s when it all started. When the Chicago Tribune reported on the...
Corruption in the United States
Corruption has plagued the United States, as well as other nations, for many years. The novel All the King’s...
The Media and its Effects on the Societal Glorification of Serial Killers

Media coverage of serial killers can lead to an obsession with, or glorification of, serial killers. It is often...
Many of us would consider ourselves to be quite unlike a serial killer, for good reason. However, there is...
John Wayne Gacy, the Killer Clown, once said, “ A clown can get away with murder.” Gacy is saying...
Bias, Racism, and Death in U.S. Communities
Bias, Racism, and Death in U.S. Communities Why is Police Brutality causing death? “It could have a lot to...
Justice for Emely Peguero

When I first heard about this case on the television (in the news), my hearts broke into millions of...
Recently, Washington State abolished the death penalty under the pretense that it is unconstitutional due to racial bias. With...
Policing Immigration

Immigration may well be the hottest issue in the United States today. Some people want to build physical walls...
Everyone should be EQUAL: The message of “This Is America”

I believe the video “This Is America,” by Childish Gambino represents how America is today in 2018. This...
Feedback request on Human Trafficking thesis :)

Dear Youth Voices Community, My name is Bladimir Gallegos and I am a Junior at Fremont high-school. I feel...
How can gun violence be avoided?

The question i have is why is gun violence still playing a big role in the number of deaths...
Human trafficking: Modern Slavery

My issue that I decided to make a video on was human trafficking. Human trafficking is a form of...
Black lives matter

The issue I am focusing on is police violence toward blacks especially when the victim was unarmed. What’s worse...
Today: SEXtrade

I decided to make an informative video about sex trafficking because I felt that the issue needed to...
Is the Death Penalty Fair?

I am passionate about this issue because it is a life or death situation and in most cases involving...
Mental health and gun violence

Following the Parkland shooting, the President of the United States claimed that the mental health contirbuted to the mass...
The Price of Being a Woman in Prison

In the United States of America, even the toughest criminals have basic rights protected by our country’s Constitution. The...
How Would You Feel?

This is my poem based on the novel “The Hate U Give” for McGeehan’s class. Khalil’s spirit is talking...
what should the goverment do about drugs?

“Drugs, an estimated 24.6 million Americans aged 12 or older—(9.4 percent of the population)— used an illicit drug in...
The community of Oakland How has the community and Oakland changed in general? Where is Oakland? Oakland is...
Oakland’s Police Department Untold Story

Oakland’s Police Department Untold Side “Did you know that African-Americans are 2.5 times more likely to be...
There’s nothing wrong with private prisons

Seems like a good idea at first glance. Too many prisoners, no money to build prisons. Let private companies...
The death penalty and when it is appropriate.

A few hundred years ago, all around the world, the penal system was absolutely. People would be sentenced to...
Can the Way You Were Raised Make You a Criminal?

Two of the largest factors of the human personality are nature and nurture. Some argue that the two are...
Injustices of United States’ War on Drugs.

The war on drugs, the supposed “public enemy number one”, established under the Nixon administration and intensified under Reagan...
What it Means to be American?

I believe what it means to be American is not to be so ignorant. We’ve been ignorant our...
Adultification of Black Babes

Are Black Children Forced to Grow Up Faster Than White Children YES Black kids are forced to grow up...
Hip-Hops Purple Reign

Warning: This article contains explicit content on the use of codeine in Hip-hop. Coarse Language involved. Nowadays drugs and rap practically...
Does poverty cause crime?

Did you know that a study in a jail in California showed that most young offenders resorted to crime...
Asian American Activism

High School textbooks don’t have anything on Asian Americans during the civil rights era. There were a lot of...
Neocolonialism in Africa

To Whomever Cares to Listen, “Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third power,”...
Reopen the Kurt Cobain Case

Dear Seattle Police Department, As a police department that prides itself on enhancing trust with the public, it would...
Conversion Therapy

In a country based on freedom and liberty, citizens should be able to craft, and accept their own identities...
Making a scratch animation, is harder than most may imagine. You need to have patience, to sit through all...
Blue Beard Remixed

My story includes a jealous wife who learns the hard way that curiosity definitely killed the cat… I created...
Safety Pins

There are lots of people around the world, who has started to wear safety pins. These safety pins represent...
Matthew Shepards’ case

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Fatal Attack on Immigrant, Patchogue, New York, 2008.

Stunned by the violence, diverse community stakeholders openly confront the crime and divisive atmosphere, committing to ongoing actions to...
The research topic that I am delving into is prostitution, specifically I am looking into the reasons that prostitution...
Gangs are important because they are damaging Oakland culture in a negative way to where people think Oakland...
Being a person of color is harder than you may think. Especially when it comes to the crimes that...
The research topic that I am delving into is prostitution, specifically I am looking into the reasons that prostitution...
Prison Life

In research to answer the question, does the prison experience cause psychological issues, I have found the following information...
Child Labor

Child labor in our world today incorporates 250 million children worldwide. Child labor occurs when “people under fifteen years...
Gangs in Oakland

Why do youth join gangs? Gangs are one of the main problems in California, but it is especially a...
Drug vs Teens

Is it true that drugs can influence teens to take, use, or sell drugs? These statistics show that marijuana...
Domestic Violence

When women or men suffer from domestic violence they usually don’t report it right away. One of the reasons...
The Fox and the Wolf (Remixed)

This project is based on a moral “The Fox and the Wolf” by the Brothers Grimm which was adapted...
Border Security… ISIS 8 Miles Away

In America, protecting the borders is essential to our homeland security. Freedom has been taken advantage of over the...
The issue of using the death penalty for criminals in the U.S. is a highly debated topic. On one...
The tale of the ice cream man

The Tale of the Ice Cream Man is a deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep deep and rich...
An Argument For Swear Words

Almost all words are equal. I believe that nearly every word should have equal usage, no matter their spelling...
Black Lives Matter

Dear Next President of the United States, An issue that I care about is Black Lives Matter is a...
Fight Against Racism

Dear Future President of the United States of America, First off, I would like to say congratulations with your...
People think that it is cool to smoke weed or snort cocaine on school grounds. It strikes me as...
My Mother lived in the West Indies when she was younger. I remember her telling me that, when someone...
Proving Them Wrong

I am from ghetto city Oakland Where it’s a very diverse place Where us Mexicans are a threat to...
It’s okay. They’re married.

Gone With The Wind is one of the best books in American literature–that’s something that’s pretty much undisputed among...
Blessings

I’m from Oakland where people do drugs and do not give a rat when they pop yo. I am...
Opinions of Abortion

Abortion is one of the most widely disputed topics in America today. People are either for it or against...
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