January
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...
by Alix Langone As strange as it may seem, there have been many incidents of police misconduct at Wafflehouses...
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...
We think of the flu as a common seasonal illness that everyone is bound to get, right? Wrong, during...
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...
To Whom it Should Concern: Why do people have to have so many expectations for women? We are told...
The new type of coronavirus 2019 refers to the first outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome in Wuhan, China...
Opening my eyes up every day once again another one of my loved ones getting killed. Listening to the news,...
One of so many reasons to abolish immigration detention centers is because the people that are held don’t get...
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...
Dear Gamers, If you like first-person shooters you should definitely check out Tom Clancy’s rainbow six sieges. You should...
Greta Thunberg is a sixteen-year-old activist fighting for climate change. Recently, a few months ago, CNN released a video...
Dear Representative Ocasio-Cortez, I feel proud of your Instagram video because I know that there is someone in the...
Researchers say that COVID-19 has been rapidly spreading due to the movements of people with no or very mild...
In the article, “Which is a better alternative: Online School vs. Traditional School?” I learned about the pros and...
April
I’m sure you all know of everything that is happening in the world. I’m sure a lot of people...
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...
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
Dear Victims of Domestic Violence and the City of Oakland, First, I am writing to Victims to let you...
Hello community, As we all know there is a big global outbreak of the Corona Virus and we have...
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 was an ordinary boy until he became a tornado. It happened so quick and Tim was hurt ever...
My friends are one of the important things in my life, which means Kensuse is one of the important...
My story with my grandmother is very beautiful because I and she have shared many things since I was...
My first Memory of ZhuangZhi is that he played games on his phone during the gym class. When we...
Characters: Stephanie, an 18-year-old, is a student who supports the protest “Black Lives Matter.” She believes it is finally...
July
Dear Oakland community, “At any given time in 2016, an estimated 40.3 million people are in modern slavery, including...
Last night, just before bed, I read James Baldwin’s “Letter to My Nephew” for the first time. It was...
The image on the top left is my laptop. I use it when I am extremely bored or have...
August
Characters: John Williams, father of Joshua, Black male Joshua Williams, son of John, Black male Mrs. Miller, principal at...
Dear Oakland Community I personally agree with you that Human trafficking is a tremendously serious matter because it can...
I come from a Fulani tribe in West Africa, which is a herding and nomadic culture so my ancestors...
Vaping is starting to become a big worldwide issue many teens are starting to get involved with this little...
Going to Mars is a serious topic. Space experts are debating all over the world whether we humans should...
It has been about 7 months that many of us have gone into quarantine mandated by the government, due...
September
In the article “How Our World Changed”, Joe Bubar talks about the changes our country needs in order to...
In the article, “George Floyd’s Death Sparks Massive Nationwide Protests” by Patricia Smith, I learned that the upsetting of...
In the beginning of the year 2020, wildfires have burned over 3.2 million acres in California. Since the early...
In the article, “The Race For A Vaccine” many scientists are focusing on creating a vaccine for coronavirus which...
With Covid-19, the overall mental health of students has drastically decreased. The lack of meaningful social connections follows directly...
October
Going back to school…is it worth the risk? Following a summer characterized by uncertainty and fear concerning the reopening...
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...
The lack of empathy plays a role in the behavior of both scientists and people in the United States...
There is much danger in only understanding a single story. You can miss the most crucial information from multiple...
November
When you ask a teenager what they spend most of their time on, most likely they’ll tell you social...
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...
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...
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....
More often than not, today’s students have fallen into a continuous cycle of late nights, artificial deadlines, and grade...
“The great aim of education is not knowledge but action.” – Herbert Spencer (“Herbert Spencer Quotes”) It is a...
Mental health is an integral part of everyone’s life and character, and its awareness has become more prevalent in...
According to NBC News the “National Popular Vote Interstate Compact” is an agreement that 15 states and the District...
