Democrats and Republicans clash over mail-in ballots amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Zadie Winthrop, Managing Editor
June 10, 2020
On the first Tuesday of November in 2008, 2012, and 2016, I was late to school. This morning is reserved for a family trip to the polls, and my parents’ every-election-year speech about the value of democracy. To my family, and many other Americans, voting is a privilege and right which we hold d...
Seniors consider gap years amidst coronavirus pandemic
Eli Gordon, Editor-in-Chief, Print
May 22, 2020
For current seniors at Urban, the year 2020 was meant to be a relatively scripted experience: celebrate in the spring, graduate in June, and move away to college in August or September. But just as the coronavirus pandemic has done away with traditional end-of-high-school rituals, it has introduced uncertainty...
Is coronavirus good for the environment?
Ellie Lerner, News and Opinions Editor
May 21, 2020
Images of blue skies and waterways, reports of goats taking to the streets in Wales, endangered sea turtles returning to empty beaches in Eastern India, macaque monkeys traversing through Lopburi, Thailand, and coyotes venturing into new areas of San Francisco have attracted media attention across the...
Looking to the future: California’s plans to reopen after Coronavirus
Sydney Riemer, Editor-in-Chief, Online
May 18, 2020
It has been nearly sixteen weeks since the first case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) was diagnosed in the United States and more than two months since California’s stay-at-home order began on Tuesday, March 17th. Though not hit as hard as many other states, California was one of the first states...
Democrats and republicans clash over mail-in ballots amidst COVID-19 pandemic
Zadie Winthrop, Managing Editor
May 17, 2020
2020-05-15 10.48.01 On the first Tuesday of November in 2008, 2012, and 2016, I was late to school. This morning is reserved for a family trip to the polls, and my parents’ every-election-year speech about the value of democracy. To my family, and many other Americans, voting is a privilege and ri...
The Economic Effects of the Coronavirus
Wes Peters, Sports Editor
April 24, 2020
In the week of March 28, 6.9 million Americans filed for unemployment, a record number in that time span. The short term effects of COVID-19 have already been devastating, but an economic breakdown around the world that’s centered around the United States is coming. The COVID-19 pandemic shut down...
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