Youth Voices

By Sasha Rawlinson, 16, El Segundo My life got turned upside down when I was brought into the assistant principal’s office during my sophomore year. While I was taking a math test, a campus security guard burst into my classroom, grabbed my backpack, and said: “Let’s go.” Without any explanation, he led me to the […]

By William Pleasant, 17, Fresno I received over six hours of detention, served three in-school suspensions, and was constantly harassed at the end of my junior year of high school just for having my hair like this. My school district had a rule against boys having long hair. I knew the rule was unfair. My