Summer plans during COVID-19
Mira Chandriani, Staff Writer
June 21, 2020
With COVID-19 wreaking havoc across the globe, shelter-in-place rules have been implemented in order to contain the outbreak. Despite restrictions being reduced, many people’s summer plans have drastically changed. “The coronavirus crisis has constant readjusting of expectations and a constant roller...
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...
Quarantining brings back old gender norms
Sophia Gibson, Features Editor
May 22, 2020
With the recent outbreak of COVID-19, much of the world’s population has had to restructure their daily lives. In the Bay Area, the shelter in place order has forced adults to work remotely from home, and children to learn online. As families are constantly forced together, change in family dynamics...
The US experiences a surge in social distancing protests
Maya Campbell, Arts and Culture Editor
May 22, 2020
The shutdown of many non-essential businesses and the implementation of social distancing protocols by local officials have left a number of citizens in distress. As a result, individuals worldwide have taken to the streets, protesting, together, the stay-at-home orders with the hopes of returning to...
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...
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