Despite Stella’s impact, DC Global Issues Network conference carries on
Among day one activities were dozens of presentations and breakout sessions by non-governmental organizations and students on global issues.
Proposed California law could allow schools to seize student journalists’ cell phones
AB 165 would allow school districts to access students’ electronics without search warrants — the school could tap into a student’s phone calls and web browsing without warning.
It’s a fashion statement: Designers use clothes to send political messages
"If I learned one thing as a teenager interested in the fashion industry, it’s that girls are powerful alone, but unstoppable together.”
Without fanfare, Trump issues revised travel ban
The revised ban temporarily blocks immigration from six Muslim-majority countries — Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen — and omits Iraq, which was on the original list.
VIDEO: Family members express sorrow, anger over vandalism at Jewish cemetery in Missouri
The vandalism took place in a section of the graves that dates back to as early as 1893 and includes survivors of the Holocaust during World War II, according to a report by the local Fox News affiliate.
EXPLAINER: Breaking down today’s new immigration rules on undocumented, DACA, smuggling, border wall
The White House predicts up to one million undocumented Americans are eligible for immediate deportation, while the Los Angeles Times recently put the number much higher, at eight million.
OPINION: Instead of #NotMyPresidentsDay, fight for change with respect, kindness and understanding
In a time when the country is more divided than we have ever seen, it is imperative that everyone takes it upon themselves to spread tolerance and work to create the world all of us want to see.
#45for45 kickoff: Youth to weigh in on Trump’s first 100 days
Global Student Square is launching a new video project with one aim in mind: What do you have to say to America's new president — the 45th @POTUS — Donald Trump?
OPINION: Struggle against Muslim travel ban is exactly what it means to be American
For me, the most uncomfortable feeling I’ve ever encountered — and continue to encounter — is feeling unwelcome in my own home. And thanks to the executive order on immigration and refugees that President Donald Trump signed last Friday, this painful feeling shows no sign of dissipating.
OPINION: One week after #WomensMarch, it’s time to hit the road
With the travel ban on Muslims and the end of the U.S. refugee resettlement program announced just yesterday, now is another time for young people to act — Jews and Muslims, Latino/as and LGBTQ, and every other American who is being targeted, mistreated, marginalized and stopped at the border.