The Urban Legend

Eden Knight: The attempted erasure of trans people

Eliot Solomon, Features and Multimedia Editor • May 3, 2023

Content Warning: This article strongly mentions suicide and transphobia. If you need help, please contact 988 (suicide hotline), (877) 565-8860 (Trans Lifeline) or (212) 695-8650 (The Trevor Project). On...

A rundown of anti-drag legislation in the United States

Simon Hereford, News Editor • May 3, 2023

Sweeping anti-drag legislation has been introduced across the United States banning or restricting drag performances. For example, Tennessee and Arkansas both successfully passed laws restricting...

Golden rice, scuba rice and Bt corn: Can GMOs help mitigate climate change?

Viva Wertz, Editor in Chief, Creative • March 14, 2023

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) have long been a point of contention. But recent research and innovation points towards GMOs as a means of mitigating the effects and progression of climate change...

Spread: Four important SCOTUS cases you should know about

Zoe Sokatch and Sofia Arango • November 17, 2022

The 2021-2022 Supreme Court term rattled the nation. With controversial and historical rulings such as the overturning of Roe v. Wade, the term demonstrated a shift in power with conservative-leaning justices...

A deep dive into Urban’s unique school spirit

Zoe Sokatch, Editor in Chief, Print • October 23, 2022

Urban was founded as an unconventional and boundary-breaking school meant to foster creativity and passion in high school students. With MultiCulti getting more student engagement than spirit squads and...

‘Say gay’: students speak out on anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

Ella Chen, Staff Writer • April 26, 2022

Over recent months, countless bills across the United States have been enacted that discriminate against the LGBTQ+ community. From Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act, deemed the “Don’t Say...