January
Is the Green New Deal a reasonable solution to large scale problems?

Image credit: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/21/climate/green-new-deal-questions-answers.html Global climate change and economic disparities are becoming hot topic problems in American politics. While some...
A Young Black Man Was Choked By Police at a Waffle House After Prom — A Cell Phone Video Captured What Happened.
by Alix Langone As strange as it may seem, there have been many incidents of police misconduct at Wafflehouses...
Solutions to the Opioid Crisis

The opioid crisis is ravaging through communities, taking somewhere around 178 lives a day. The crisis has been charted...
I’ve chosen to study the Australian brush fires, and global warming. Global warming is going to affect me for...
Is a flu pandemic coming… or here?

We think of the flu as a common seasonal illness that everyone is bound to get, right? Wrong, during...
Tech Companies And Americans Distrust of Them
As we all know, we are getting closer to have some advances of technology. In which we get amazed...
February
The main question in the article I read was, ” Do the geographic concentrations of race and poverty observed today...
Open Letter for Women’s Rights

To Whom it Should Concern: Why do people have to have so many expectations for women? We are told...
Coronavirus Outbreak

The new type of coronavirus 2019 refers to the first outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan, China...
Stop the Violence

Opening my eyes up every day once again another one of my loved ones getting killed. Listening to the news,...
Abolish immigration detention centers

One of so many reasons to abolish immigration detention centers is because the people that are held don’t get...
What happens to children separated from their parents?

The articles I was reading were mostly about how separating children from their parents causes them to act out...
March
It’s no secret that the use of nicotine products has skyrocketed among teens in the past ten years. Although...
Open Letter To People Who Enjoy First Person Shooters

Dear Gamers, If you like first-person shooters you should definitely check out Tom Clancy’s rainbow six sieges. You should...
Mission: Save Planet Earth with Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg is a sixteen-year-old activist fighting for climate change. Recently, a few months ago, CNN released a video...
The Future Started Yesterday

Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I feel proud of your Instagram video because I know that there is someone in the...
Social Distancing Now
Researchers say that COVID-19 has been rapidly spreading due to the movements of people with no or very mild...
Response to “Which is a better alternative: Online School vs. Traditional School?”

In the article, “Which is a better alternative: Online School vs. Traditional School?” I learned about the pros and...
April
Effects of Home Schooling During a Pandemic
I’m sure you all know of everything that is happening in the world. I’m sure a lot of people...
Coronavirus will change the World

The coronavirus is going to permanently change the world. It already has, and will continue to do so until...
As a part of Generation Z, the class of 2020 is mislabeled as selfish and self-absorbed. Though this can...
Should we wear face masks?

As Coronavirus spreads in the world, people become more and more serious about it. How to protect ourselves and...
In the article “Defying the Odds in Afghanistan” I learned that people of Afghanistan live in a critical situation...
Dear Gavin Newsom: Did you know 1 in 4 immigrants live in California (XAVIER BECERRA Attorney General). Meaning that...
May
The unique class of 2020

2020 is a year quite like no other. I have been looking forward to this year ever since I...
I always expected this end of the school year to feel different, but this was because it’s the year...
Dear Oakland Newcomers, How often do you find yourself thinking about gangs? As someone new to Oakland, you may not...
Dear Oakland Adults I am choosing to write to you because you are the role model for young people...
June
Tim The Tornado
Tim was an ordinary boy until he became a tornado. It happened so quick and Tim was hurt ever...
Running
July 10th 2057, Screaming, yelling coming from behind me but I keep running. The wind howling like the banshees....
An Oral History with my friend Kensuze
My friends are one of the important things in my life, which means Kensuse is one of the important...
An Oral History with Rocio in Ecuador

My story with my grandmother is very beautiful because I and she have shared many things since I was...
An Oral History with ZhuangZhi Lin

My first Memory of ZhuangZhi is that he played games on his phone during the gym class. When we...
Why do people protest with looting & violence?

Characters: Stephanie, an 18-year-old, is a student who supports the protest “Black Lives Matter.” She believes it is finally...
July
Last night, just before bed, I read James Baldwin’s “Letter to My Nephew” for the first time. It was...
Jabril’s Space During Quarantine
Print Authors Jabril
Life in a four-wall room, 2020

Print Authors Leslie
Breathe

I’m suffocating , I can’t breatheThey on our necks with their knees,They shooting at us before they tell us to freeze,We tired of...
The image on the top left is my laptop. I use it when I am extremely bored or have...
August
Race vs. School

Characters: John Williams, father of Joshua, Black male Joshua Williams, son of John, Black male Mrs. Miller, principal at...
Watch out For Traffic!

Dear Oakland Community I personally agree with you that Human trafficking is a tremendously serious matter because it can...
A Dish from My Culture

I come from a Fulani tribe in West Africa, which is a herding and nomadic culture so my ancestors...
The Vaping Crisis – What can be done to stop it?

Vaping is starting to become a big worldwide issue many teens are starting to get involved with this little...
Could humans eventually live on Mars?

Going to Mars is a serious topic. Space experts are debating all over the world whether we humans should...
Could there be a cure soon?

It has been about 7 months that many of us have gone into quarantine mandated by the government, due...
September
With the start of a virtual school year, seniors like myself all have the same question: Will we be...
Desperate for Change
In the article “How Our World Changed”, Joe Bubar talks about the changes our country needs in order to...
The Impact of George Floyd

In the article, “George Floyd’s Death Sparks Massive Nationwide Protests” by Patricia Smith, I learned that the upsetting of...
The Dangers of California Wildfires

In the beginning of the year 2020, wildfires have burned over 3.2 million acres in California. Since the early...
Will there be a vaccine for COVID-19 soon?

In the article, “The Race For A Vaccine” many scientists are focusing on creating a vaccine for coronavirus which...
Youth Mental Health and COVID-19

With Covid-19, the overall mental health of students has drastically decreased. The lack of meaningful social connections follows directly...
October
Covid-19 cases rising among US children as schools reopen
Going back to school…is it worth the risk? Following a summer characterized by uncertainty and fear concerning the reopening...
No More Suicides!

Today, more and more people are facing the problem of depression and the pressure of work or school. Suicides...
Animal testing is an important issue because more than 100 million animals in the US suffer and die from...
In 1970, the president at the time Richard Nixon signed an extension of the voting rights act of 1965...
Empathy and the Coronavirus

The lack of empathy plays a role in the behavior of both scientists and people in the United States...
How Has Covid-19 Enhanced the Danger of a Single-Story?

There is much danger in only understanding a single story. You can miss the most crucial information from multiple...
November
How Social Media Affects our Language
When you ask a teenager what they spend most of their time on, most likely they’ll tell you social...
Be More Serious About Social Distancing

This is a podcast of me reading a letter I am writing to the management of Suria KLCC. They...
We live in a world, with Americans of different ethnicity, race, culture, etc. The past year, people and society...
Covid-19 Vaccine
The rise of Covid-19 has surged over the past 3 weeks. Many companies are rushing to get a vaccine...
For the coming presidential election, the younger generations are one group urged to vote. For this generation, the overall...
China Goes Back To School
In the article ¨China Goes Back To School” by Javier C Hernandez he talks about although China was the...
December
Majority of parents want their children to succeed and grow in other aspects of life, but for some that...
In today’s world, which is captivated by social media, people have a tendency to conform to those around them....
School Is No Longer About Learning. It’s About Passing.

More often than not, today’s students have fallen into a continuous cycle of late nights, artificial deadlines, and grade...
Social Media and Social Change

“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” – Herbert Spencer (“Herbert Spencer Quotes”) It is a...
The Mental Health of Student-Athletes

Mental health is an integral part of everyone’s life and character, and its awareness has become more prevalent in...
Could the Electoral College Be Reformed?

According to NBC News the “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact” is an agreement that 15 states and the District...
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