Tyler Okeke – student at the University of Chicago Processing the deaths of people who look like us and those we love has been difficult for Black people across the country, especially students with limited agency. But our power is growing. Young people across the country have taken to the streets demanding to live in […]
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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
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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
