Years after the Civil Rights Movement, there have been many strides to becoming an “anti-racist” America. One being, the...
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Holocaust and Antisemitic Education in the United States

Antisemitism has always been a major issue within the US, but lately, hate crimes and hateful acts towards Jewish...
“A Plan to Make Homelessness History”
The severity of homelessness in the United States is more intense than many people probably realize. 700,000 people every...
Philadelphia’s 24/7 Homeless Shelters

We all know how huge Philadelphia is, but did you know that they have one of the smallest homeless...
What do you think when people talk about race ?
When people talk about race sometimes it may not be a good idea because some people may get offended...
Cuisine may be essential to assimilation and acceptance for immigrants within American society, but what is its significance for...
“Go with your heart and you will make it through hard battles.”- Raniyah Lawrence My family and I have...
Decolonizing Research Video Portfolio


After reading Tommy Orange’s novel There There, these students researched issues that affect Native Americans. Tap on the right...
Substance Abuse In Native American Communities

An undying issue in the United States is the lack of support Native Americans recieve. From the birth of...
Struggles and Injustices

I chose to use this fact because of how surprising it was to hear for the first time. I...
I am choosing to address the topic of Indian related things on sports teams mascots and flags. The NFL...
Insensitive Sports Names and Mascots
Indians, Redskins, Braves, Chiefs, Blackhawks. A history of racially insensitive team names and mascots in professional sports has persisted...
Seeking Racial Justice

In the article, “Speaking Out About Race,” five teenagers wrote essays voicing the need to build an antiracist society. ...
We live in a world, with Americans of different ethnicity, race, culture, etc. The past year, people and society...
What Is the American Dream?

What is the American Dream? The American Dream is the prospect of freedom, choices and endless opportunity for all...
The Power of Empathy in Building Relationships

Empathy is a powerful trait that can tear down stereotypes and build relationships that are seemingly impossible to form...
Equality For Any Condition

In the text “Declaration of Equality” from Joe Bubar talks about over the centuries laws and rights have changed...
Should America Still Welcome Immigrants?
In the article “Should America Still Welcome Immigrants?” by Wendy Feliz and Congressman Paul Gosar inform others if immigrants...
America; All Unique But All One
In American culture, there are many different values, cultures, and creeds that shape the way we all exist as...
Before we answer this question, we should know what the rich-poor gap is and why is that so important....
Challenging America
We are repetitively being told by schools and politicians to have pride in our country and its values. Values...
A White Man’s World
In order to talk about American beliefs and values we must look at all of American history and our...
The Flaws of the American Dream

The American Dream, having a great job and a perfect family in an admirable house with a white picket...
Should Immigrants be Separated from their Families?
Pediatrician Dolly Lucia Sevier was a suspect to the treatment of children found at border detention facilities in McAllen...
The World is Diverse

How is it that the world can be filled with so much ignorance? How can it be that a...
Hasta ahora el tema es como me vine a los estados unidos yo tenía como 9 o 10 años...
Hasta ahora, los personajes de el libro que estoy leyendo, llamado Ana Frank, me recuerda a algo que experimenté...
Dear Grandma

It was the summer of 2015 remember? You got the news that two of your grandkids were coming to...
Abolish immigration detention centers

One of so many reasons to abolish immigration detention centers is because the people that are held don’t get...
Another factor that is affecting education in the United States is economic inequality. Economic inequality places low-income children out...
The problem I am researching is about how seperating immigrants from their children, make their children become more aggressive...
In my English class we chose three stories based on our thinking, these stories connect in some way. The...
Homosexual Discrimination in the Modern Era
These are a few articles I have found in a search for a research, and there is a summary...
The main question in the article I read was, ” Do the geographic concentrations of race and poverty observed today...
Three Life Lesson

I’m going to compare and contrast three stories we chose to study in my English class. “Everyday Use,” by Alice...
Education Is The Key To The World
In our English class we decided to read three short stories. The first one is “Everyday Use” by the...
Society and its Inequalities

In my English class we discussed and chose three stories that are “Everyday Use(Text 1),” “The Lesson(Text 2),” and...
Stories about Equality

Everyone knows that the community is the one that is most affected by the issues of society. Through those...
America Inequality in Different Ways
It occurred to me that these three have one strong connection in between and that is how the social...
Racial Wealth Gap and Education

“The Lesson” by Bambara, “Everyday Use,” by Alice, “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie,” by Juno...
In my class, we read three story which is Every day use, The Lesson and How to date a...
The three stories surely have similarities and differences. Although the characters in the three texts have different cognitive traits, they...
The Brightness of Education
I am thinking about managing my time before every due date. Being responsible is important because you will not have...
Sometimes virtual life has no difference between real life

We are still young learners so it is a full right to know what is going on in our...
My Life in La Troncal, Ecuator

I am made of yellow and orange house On a quiet street in La Troncal, EcuadorLiving with my grandmother, my...
The Trauma of Separation

I chose to study immigration detention centers. It is important because this has been a huge problem with today...
Was President Trump’s reaction to Iran justified?

As you all have heard, on December 31, 2019, a U.S. Embassy in Baghdad was attacked and under siege...
Capitalism vs Democratic Socialism.

A common idea that is spread among the youth of America is a move from a capitalist economy to...
We Have A Problem With Voting And I Might Have A Solution

Voting is a vital part of our democracy and I truly believe that everyone should have their own opinions...
Immigration

Donald Trump’s Presidency has brought many people aware of immigration and illegal immigrants. Some people view this as Our...
The Fight Towards Equality

Unequal pay between men and women is sports has been an ongoing issue. Women have been fighting for a...
IMMIGRATION IN AMERICA

In recent years the topic of immigration has become one of great importance in both political and personal ideas....
IS School Necessary?

I ask this because there are a lot of smart and wealthy people that didn’t even finish high school....
History Not Left Behind

Racial profiling in the United States has become really serious, not just now but back in history. No small...
Diverse Immigrant Communities Unite to Preserve TPS

The USA’s impact on El Salvador. The economy is not doing well and gang violence throughout the country is...
Justice For Immigrants

“Since 1996, more than 75,000 migrant deaths have been recorded globally,” (MIGRATION DATA PORTAL) That means that 75,000 people...
Immigrants

I was 11 years old when I came into the United States to have a better education. I’m an...
Finland’s social climbers: How they’re fighting inequality with education and winning
An article written by Dough Saunders were he tells the story of the struggles faced by a young girl...
Migration

“I was 32 when I came to the US the first time, in 1998. The violence and crime in...
Union v.s Non-Union

Do you think that construction teams that are in unions are treated the same as construction teams in non-unions? ...
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,...
Gender Discrimination

Gender discrimination may encompass sexism and is discrimination toward people based on their gender identity or their gender or...
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 Negative Effects of the Death Penalty

There is a lot of statistical evidence as to why abolishing the death penalty can be good for society....
What is social polarization and how can we prevent it?

What is social polarization? The process of segregation within a society emerging from poverty, social exclusion and income inequality...
Oprah Winfrey said, “Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.” So gender equality is an important issue...
Woman Rights

While looking at the image there’s a lot of message behind it. For example Woman power. All Woman look...
Maggie’s Mournful life
The yard of my house is so beautiful. It makes me feel that I am sitting in my living room...
To Leave or Not to Leave

Immigration and refuge have always been part of America’s history. There is not a person in the US that...
Immigrants in the U.S.

New York is a very multicultural state. You got Chinatown, Little Italy, etc. One thing that you might wonder...
“English is our language no exceptions learn it”

By observing the imagine and examine the quote i can say that the message is; If you’re an immigrant...
How Does School Funding Work?

School funding is a massive mix of Federal, local, and state dollars. The most influential of the mentioned is...
The Choice to Leave

In the last couple of years, there has been an increase in deportation and voluntary departure. “Voluntary departure allows...
Immigrants in America

The United States is known as a melting pot – a country with different people, “Mexico is the top...
The Oppression of Freedom
The land of the free and opportunity, the United States of America. It was established on the ideal of freedom...
Sports Inequality

In the book Proud, Ibtihaj Muhammad describes the discrimination she faced because she was a woman, because she was...
American literature often reflects issues that were present during the time of writing. While Ralph Ellison was writing The...
Eviction and the Evicted
The promise of housing for all is one of the essential values we hold as Americans. In Evicted, by...
How The Green Mile Exposes What’s Wrong With the Death Penalty in America
The Green Mile by Stephen King is a book about death, both in life and on death row in...
Power of middle class

The middle class is the most important part of the economy. The middle class need to succeed so that...
Homework is done by kids all over the world and everyday some type of homework must be done, but...
Is Equality A Real Thing?

Equality of opportunity is “ the idea that people ought to be able to compete on equal terms, or...
Institutionalized discrimination harms the equality of opportunity

Discrimination gives people unequal opportunities to success in eduaction, work place, etc. Moreover, it also hurt institution or people...
Discrimination Surrounding Us

Prejudice and discrimination exist everywhere, and most of the people have experienced these before, or even in the current....
The problem of widening the wealth gap between the rich people and the poor people

The widening gap between the rich people and the poor people in the United States is now the most...
The idea of the American Dream has been around even before america was started. The Europeans had many plans...
Gene Editing

Gene editing is highly controversial, this process would take place in babies and would remove all unwanted genes from...
Compulsory Voting- Opposing Viewpoints
This first article was written by Nicholas Stephanopoulos in his efforts to address the voting crisis in America. Though...
Why do people move to the United States from the Dominican Republic?

The world is changing fast just like people and that is interesting. People have changed this world in different...
Social Change in the United States

Social change, specifically the change in the public opinion and the laws of a given society, has always been...
Hispanic Equality or Inequality?

For the purpose of this argument, Hispanics and Latinos are used interchangeably. One of the monumental American values that...
Equality In America

Being American is viewed differently by every person. I view it as being accepting and giving everyone an equal...
Contraction and Corruption in Our American Beliefs

American beliefs and values are what this country is built on and how we unite ourselves as a nation....
End Goal: Equality

Accepting others, embracing differences, and learning about new cultures in our melting pot of a country are all parts...
Exploring Equality in America

Throughout history, Americans have changed and become different in their values and beliefs. Equality, as an example, started out...
Martin Luther King’s Dream

Martin Lurther King Jr once said, “I have a dream that one day little black boys and girls will...
Land of the Free

American culture, values, and creeds are all have different meanings to Americans. They are what makes you different from...
The American Dream and Social Equality

The U.S. has long been known as a country with a perfect constitution providing liberty, equality, and the pursuit...
Are our American Values lost?

American values most important to the continued development of our culture are Social Equality and Equal Opportunity to obtain...
To be American is to fight

To be American is to be able to fight for both your freedom and the freedom of others that...
Is Money Over Valued?

What do Americans value the most? Money, of course. They still value their rights and their freedom but money...
Martin Brave, Confident, Bold Dad of Bernice, Dexter, Yolanda, and MLK III, Son of MLK Sr. and Alberta Williams...
I Stayed Strong

I celebrate who I am every second, Every minute, Of every day for the rest of my life. I...
Why Do Colleges Still Look At Standardized Testing Scores?

It’s that time of the year. Senior high school students are finalizing their journey at their current institution and...
The WPII

The WPIL is the Working Permit for Illegal Immigrants that allows immigrants without a legal status to work in...
School Funding For Low Income Schools

Money has been misplaced in communities that are high income. Schools in the mid/low-income community are suffering due to...
Hi! This is a reflection about this school project I have created with my fellow peers, Jana and Molly....
Living without Papers

“They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.” “Well, somebody’s doing the...
Hello, my name is Ruyi. My classmates and I started a digital activism project. The overall goal for this...
Escaping Immigration

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1VjiPNNusnqfTdy2KkNAgPylOFA9CZl_6JtMKWKOFPxU/edit?usp=sharing
Reflection of My Digital Activism Project

Hi, my name is Rachel. From the span of February to my group and I had to find a...
Trying to Make a Change

Hi, I’m Jana. My friends and I tried to make a change in this world. Molly, Vasha, and I...
Marijuana Project

Hello everyone! Me and my classmates recently created a project about Marijuana, that proved to be widely successful. Our...
Immigration

In order to build the U.S.-Mexico border wall, yes, it will take lots of time and money, but at...
Skin Color

Are colored people given a fair chance in our world? Or does their colored skin speak out for them?...
Why Do People Immigrate?

When the assignment of digital activism came up, I didn’t know what to pick. There are so many issue...
For tech class, we were required to chose digital activist topic, preferably one that we that we thought was...
Immigration

This video is about immigrants and how they all have different visa. There are student visa and work visa,...
The Meaning of American

To me the word American doesn’t mean just one thing, it means someone from the US, Mexico Canada, central...
Executive Powers

In the words of Tom Rice (who serves as a United States Representative) states, “Our Founding Fathers created the...
What does American Mean?

In reality, American means that you are part of a country with lots of different lifestyles and backgrounds. The...
What Being American Means

Although some might say that to be American you have to have been born here, or have citizenship here....
Is ICE really needed to control immigrants? ICE stands for immigration customs enforcement and they have over 20,000 agents...
Deportation
I have chosen to write about deportation because it has been an ongoing issue for a long time and it’s...
How Immigration Helps the Economy

Introduction I’ve chosen to study how immigration affects the United States economy. This issue is important because right now...
Police trust

After reading The Hate U Give, I’ve chosen to study trust in police. I chose this issue because last year...
The issue that I have chosen to study is child custody. My topic on child custody is important to...
Politics Brought My Family to America

I am becoming an American. I was born in Bangladesh and I have been living in New York City...
The Deportation Issue

Jennifer Duran-Salcedo Humanities 9th Ms. Portugal 12-21-18 THE DEPORTATION ISSUE With Trump as our President many U.S. citizens...
Immigration and Deportation affects Families

Immigration and Deportation affects Families What are the effects on families dealing with immigration?based on the research i’ve...
Immigration Separation

Immigration Separation There are a lot of people that have been impacted by immigration and often the...
Change your opinion of immigrants

No one is illegal because this is a free country and no one owns it in the first...
The path of Immigration

“My fellow Americans, we are and always will be a nation of immigrants. We were strangers once, too.”~ Barack...
Oakland

Oakland Oakland is a sanctuary city which means it helps protect immigrants from deportation. This is good because...
Immigration Reason and Causes

Kelly Iraheta Humanities 9 Ms. Portugal 12/21/18 ...
How Can We Better Our Attitudes Towards Foreigners?

In George Orwell’s book, 1984, he emphasizes the societal problem of people having a negative attitude towards foreigners, especially...
Xenophobia Is a Real Issue–Particularly in America

One of the many problems that society faces today is the rise of xenophobic and anti-refugee sentiment. This is...
What it Means to be American

Behold the Dreamers by Imbolo Mbue, tells the story of how a young African couple and their son move...
Chicano Pride

I believe people shouldn’t be judged or treated differently because of their skin color. You shouldn’t feel embarrassed because...
A Cricket Player in the Bronx

My name is Dust Eshan. I am 18 years old. I live in New York, USA, but I am...
Rags to Riches

My independent reading book, The Inspiring Story of One of Basketball’s Greatest Players by Clayton Geoffreys, talks about LeBron...
What Defines Us As American?

One thing that defines people as American is freedom of choice. America is built upon the idea that...
A Nation of Immigrants: Then and Now

Ragtime takes place during the biggest boost of immigration in American history. There were many polarizing opinions and laws...
Immigration in the United States

My parents are immigrants in the United States so I decided to learn more about immigration in the U.S....
Children: Why we want to take them away from their parents

I read three articles in which they all had to do with children and their parents, specifically undocumented parents....
According to Statistics…

According to statistics, 100% of all gun deaths in the US are due to firearms. I am so triggered...
America: Land of Immigrants

To be an American is to accept all Americans. America is “…The home of the free…” (You’re A Grand...
What can we do about the kids that have parents that are deported and left here in the United...
Policing Immigration

Immigration may well be the hottest issue in the United States today. Some people want to build physical walls...
Should immigrants in the United States be given citizenship?

Immigration has always been an interesting topic in the United States. There have been policies, laws, and regulations because...
Is minimum wage too minimum?

“Should the federal minimum wage be increased?”There are good arguments for both the pros and cons side of this...
Why do people feel insecure in their country?

I think that people feel insecure in their countries because of the problems they have on the part of...
Figuring It Out

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Let all immigrants free!!!!!!

My name is Oswaldo Falcon and I was born in Manhattan. I am 15 years old. I have lived...
Mamoun’s Immigration Story

I’m Mamoun Maflahi, The important things I want to know about me, are who I am, why I am...
My name is May Myint Zu. I was born in Burma (Myanmar). Now I have been here since 2017...
My Immigration

My name is Muyar Khant Naing.I’m from Myanmar(Burma). Now I live in New York. My family won the lottery....
My Immigration Story and Injustice Back in Peru

My name is Naiara, I’m seventeen years old and I was born in Lima, Peru. I came to America...
Immigration is the permanent settling in a foreign country. It can be done singularly but has mostly been done...
My Immigration Story

I am a very calm and trustworthy person because people these days like me you don’t get often I’m the...
The Fire In The Torch

United States has left a trace that is made of stone. She stands tall with a torch, that implies...
Born American: Stories of Immigrant Family Members

My name is Charmaine Banks. I’m originally from Virginia but moved to New York when I was two years...
The things that are important to know about me is that I am an independent young adult who goes...
Glimpse of a Trip

Oh how crazy she was, Just as risky as others Lookin for a better view She was only...
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...
Foster Care System (Can I get feedback on my thesis statement)

Dear Youth Voices Community, Hello, my name is Christy-Lynn Lagula. I am 16 years old and I am an...
Fight for DACA

Dear Undocumedia: We hope you are striving in your work like always! We are writing to you today because...
Has Gentrification Affected You?

Dear Mayor Libby Schaaf: Have you been affected by gentrification? Because we have been affected by gentrification and we...
What It Meant and Still Means To Be American; White

For the larger part of American History, to be an American meant to be white and to view those...
Hard Journey Hard Life

Bombing, Damaging, Smoking, Screaming, broking, Get a staff to the car Running away from the city One week there...
Because immigrants do not have the same privileges and advantages of US citizens, the Obama administration in June 2012,...
2 languages 2 cultures 2 countries

Where I’m From I am from video games From Playstation and Xbox I am from a cold household and...
Islamophobia: A Rising Problem

Islamophobia is a large issue in the United States. The term describes the prejudice that occurs against Muslims, a...
Immigration

The issue is based on the fact that immigrants are being blocked from entering the country by a border...
Should Illegal Immigration be allowed to stay in the US or be deported?

The issue is whether illegal immigrants be deported or be allowed to stay in the US. I am passionate...
DACA: Dreamers Path to a Clean Dream Act

The issue is about DACA- Deferred action for Childhood arrivals. It was a policy made for children who...
Poverty: A problem worldwide

Poverty is a major issue that exists within society. It is the state of being extremely poor and lacking...
Modern Slavery

Throughout the world many people experience unfair work conditions that are both torturous and inhumane. Shedding light upon this...
Defending DACA

I chose to do my video on DACA, also known as The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. This topic...
What Do We Deserve?

What do we deserve as people living here in the United States? Should people be treated unfairly because of...
“Legal Good, Illegal Bad”

Recently in the news, we have seen a lot about the arguments between parties and members in the same...