A young, left-leaning crowd clashes with an overmilitarized police department. Videos of police brutality and arrests flood the news. A moderate Democratic politician is up against a “law and order” Republican politician in a nail-biter of an election season. A beloved civil rights movement figurehead...
On May 25, George Floyd was pinned to the ground and suffocated by a police officer. As a result of a video taken at the time and news coverage, thousands of people flocked to social media to voice their outrage. Since the release of the video onto Instagram, many users, accustomed to the traditional...
Maybe you’ve seen his organization, Political Youth Co., officially known as Institution for Youth in Policy, on your Tik-Tok’s “For You” page. Perhaps you’ve attended one of his club meetings, or maybe you’re just now learning who he is. Either way, sophomore Paul Kramer shows the many...
It all began in 8th grade, when my friends and I organized the March 14 walkout for gun violence at our middle school.
When we heard about the nationwide walkouts students were planning, we knew we had to join in. Together, our we went to a few student council meetings, bargained with admin...
It’s the second week of the 2019 to 2020 school year. You open the Instagram app and begin to flip through stories but only see one type of post: “Repost on your story and we’ll donate one dollar to stop the fires.”
Chile, Hong Kong, Lebanon, single-use plastic, Amazon...
On April 11, 2018, educator and filmmaker Dr. Jackson Katz spoke during an assembly on how gender roles impact sexual harassment. In the first of his two sessions, he also showed the trailers for the movies “Miss Representation” and “The Mask You Live in,” which address the harmful stereotypes...
Written by Deiana Hristov
Recently in the Gunn and greater Palo Alto community, efforts have been growing to raise awareness about one of the worst diseases known to man: cancer. Students and staff members have been banding together to plan events and to open up the discussion about the effects and...
