The Urban Legend

‘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...

Riots at the Capitol mark the end of the Trump era

Maya Campbell, Arts and Culture Editor • January 7, 2021

For the President of the United States, several right-wing politicians and the President’s supporters, January 6, 2021 has long been a crucial day since news sources including Associated Press, CNN and...

Voices of the Climate March

Kyra Nagle, Arts & Culture Editor, Design Managing Editor • October 29, 2019

Mackensie Park: “I went to the climate march because as people, we share this planet with a larger ecosystem of nature and animals; despite this, we have developed the idea that our luxuries are a right...

Walking Out for Change

Phoebe Grandi, Staff Writer • June 6, 2018

[slideshow_deploy id='10367'] It was 10 a.m. on a foggy Wednesday morning. At this time on a regular Wednesday, Urban students would be halfway done with their B period...

Protest Is Patriotism

Jack Cogen, Staff Writer • December 8, 2016

Urban recognizes that democracy does not start and end in the voting booth. On November 9, 2016, 159 Urban students walked out of school to peacefully protest the election of Donald Trump as President...

Students at the Urban School of San Francisco walk out

Emma Draisin, Staff Writer, Features Editor • November 9, 2016

"At 12:45 p.m. today, 159 of our 417 Urban students organized a walk-out and march down Market Street to the Ferry Plaza to express how disturbed they were by the outcome of the presidential...