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Angel Anjie Liang
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Dear Mother Earth
A letter addressing the earth detailing natural disasters of 2022, progress in sustainability, etc.
Emily Dissanayake
- Nov 9, 2022
- 2 min
Day-18
I held his ballot tightly. It was just us outside, but I gripped it so that no one could take it away.
The ballot was thumping in my hand...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
- Oct 10, 2022
- 4 min
Complacency under Queen Elizabeth's Rule
Today’s discussions declare that it is difficult to disentangle the Queen from colonialism and imperialism. The monarch serves as a...
Leila Wickliffe
- Sep 26, 2022
- 6 min
Adoption as an Alternative
People sometimes ask me, "Aren't you happy that you were adopted?" or they tell me I should be grateful that my birth mother in China...
Jiaying Zhang
- Sep 21, 2022
- 2 min
Floods in Pakistan
The floods have caused the country’s life to halt—more than 1 million homes, 2 million acres of crops, 17,566 schools, 3,000 miles of...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
- Aug 24, 2022
- 2 min
Protestors Storm Iraq’s Parliament
Other writers: Katie Truong
On July 22, Iraqi demonstrators stormed the Council Representatives of Iraq building in the Baghdad Green...
Chris Fong Chew
- Jul 19, 2022
- 6 min
The Supreme Court Overturns Roe v. Wade
In the morning of June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, retracting federal protection over the right to abortion.
Shruti Dubey
- Mar 11, 2022
- 6 min
International Responses to Myanmar’s Rohingya and Dictatorship Crises
The nation’s governments have repeatedly denied recognition of the Rohingya as one of Myanmar’s 135 official ethnic groups.
Sehar Mehmood
- Feb 2, 2022
- 5 min
Is My Citizenship A Right Or A Privilege?
In reading about this bill for the first time, I remember a conversation my grandfather had with my mother, nearly ten years ago.
Current Events Editorial Staff
- Jan 20, 2022
- 5 min
Protest Break out in Kazakhstan
As of last Sunday, Jan 9, 164 people were killed in a violent week of protesting in Kazakhstan sparked over raised gas prices. On January...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
- Jan 10, 2022
- 4 min
January 6th Retrospective: Extremism
On January 6th, 2021, two weeks before the inauguration of Joe Biden, Trump supporters attacked the Capitol Building in Washington D.C...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
- Dec 1, 2021
- 4 min
Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted on all Charges of Murder and Reckless Endangerment
Other writers: Chris Fong Chew, Jiaying Zhang
On August 25, 2020, then 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse made his way up from Antioch...
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
- Nov 22, 2021
- 4 min
Texas' Anti-Abortion Law: Reflecting on Civil Litigation
This bill greatly disadvantages individuals seeking an abortion, as many do not know they are pregnant before six weeks...
Eva Zhong
- Nov 15, 2021
- 4 min
China and Counterfeit: How and Why are we Here?
Dear Asian Youth, As much as I hate to admit it, the immediate association to counterfeit goods when the phrase “made in China” is...
Chris Fong Chew
- Nov 12, 2021
- 6 min
Michelle Wu, Boston’s First Asian American Mayor Breaks Barriers in Politics
At 8 p.m. EST on Tuesday November 2nd, 2021 the city of Boston anxiously awaited the results of a historic election that would define the...
Ian Sun
- Sep 28, 2021
- 10 min
How to Truly Stop Asian Hate
“Stop Asian Hate.” I take issue with merely saying that slogan. I do not believe that it is somehow a “radical” demand, or that it is...
Eva Zhong
- Sep 26, 2021
- 3 min
The Gate is Not Ours to Keep
Dear Asian Youth, The term gatekeeping isn’t exactly new to our vocabulary, especially now with social activism and cultural trends...
Erika Yan
- Sep 14, 2021
- 3 min
Restraining the Supreme Court
These people do not have the power or the means to advocate for themselves and initiate reform.
Isabelle “Billy” Agustin
- Sep 10, 2021
- 5 min
The State of Women's Rights in Afghanistan
Spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, at the Taliban’s first press conference following their acquisition of Afghanistan, added a pledge for the...
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