The Urban Legend

Opinion: We cannot skip teaching the Civil War

Josie Meade, Editor in Chief, Creative • Apr 30, 2026

The Remaking America curriculum should include Civil War education as it provides essential context for understanding systemic racism in the U.S. and deepens students’ understanding of the Civil Rights...

The last of the flower children

Josie Meade, Staff Writer • Mar 13, 2026

In 1966 and 1967, while Urban was opening its doors on Washington Street for its first year, San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood was blooming with peace and love. Music floated from record shops...

White people need to learn their own history

Tulin Chang-Maltepe, Editor in Chief, Print • Feb 6, 2023

I get that you’re a white American, but where are you really from? Before unpacking this complex subject, it is important to note that while the concept of whiteness was invented to uphold economic...

The Urban rubric

Mira Chandriani, Editor in Chief, Print • Feb 3, 2022

Urban’s grading system sets the school apart from almost all high schools across the country. Giving students detailed rubrics and narrative feedback on all assignments rather than a single letter grade...

Eliot’s Urban Crossword

Eliot Solomon, Staff Writer • Feb 3, 2022

CLUES: ACROSS 3. Spiderman 7. Worse than Newspaper 8. Ice Cream 9. Nicki Minaj Stans 10. Mascot 13. Hates society 16. Above…At…Below 19. Danny Cardoza, for example 20. Invasive in Australia 21....

Worms, soil toxins, and the Navy: Grace ‘22 and Caroline ‘22 on their environmental racism research

Zadie Winthrop, Editor in Chief, Print • Nov 30, 2021

Two Urban seniors, Grace Nesmith ‘22 and Caroline Wu ‘22, are wrapping up a research project where they looked at differences in the prevalence of toxins in the soil of the Bayview Naval Shipyard and...

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