A protest of a lifetime: searching for freedom
Ishaani Dayal and Rachel Jiang
June 8, 2020
irst arrested in 2006, lawyer and human rights activist Gao Zhisheng was released in 2014 after withstanding severe mistreatment and torture in solitary confinement at an underground facility in China, while his wife, son and daughter escaped to California. But two years later, he disappeared, leaving his...
Lehigh Cement Company’s pollution issue
Jefferson Le and Tina Low
November 24, 2019
MVHS students spoke against Lehigh Cement Company’s harmful emissions to nearby residents at a Youth In Action (YIA) Conference
In the shadows of power
Jasmine Lee, Brandon Ng, Claire Yang, Zara Iqbal, Sreya Kumar, Keshav Taneja, and Emily Xia
May 18, 2019
Exploring how the minority is kept in silence
Reinforcing feminism in MVHS
November 6, 2018
Girls’ Empowerment Project discusses gender equality at first meeting
A fight for nature
October 19, 2018
LIFESTYLE hen junior Trudie Ngo first stumbled upon environmental activist and entrepreneur Lauren Singer’s videos in early 2018, her reaction was one of disbelief. Through her blog and YouTube channel “Trash is for Tossers,” Singer — who Ngo now calls “the guru of zero waste living” — advocates for environmental...
Fight or flight: Being politically active and community-involved every day
Shriya Deshpande
March 10, 2017
lobal women’s rights marches, “A Day Without Immigrants” protests and Berkeley’s conflict with Milo Yiannopoulos: these are all events within the U.S. that have triggered national responses unlike many other causes, with thousands of people protesting against rights violations. But once a pr...
