California high school students organize walkout, march downtown
Student feminists react to U.S. election news: “I do not respect Donald Trump at all”
President-elect Trump accepts results, praises Clinton and promises to “rebuild America”
Donald Trump breaches Democratic firewall, wins presidential election
GSS Editors Discuss Results After the Polls Close
All the polls have closed and votes are being counted! Check in with the GSS Editors as we discuss the…
Election Night: Claremont High School
Exhaustion, disappointment, indifference at Eiffel Tower as U.S. voters head to polls
PHOTOS: Bali students create, cover, critique Conference of Youth summit in Morocco
Clinton Foundation programs in limbo as election looms
American millennials: Too young to vote, but old enough to care
INFOGRAPHIC – Political Trading Cards: First 100 days
Soccer game unites American School of Paris, asylum seekers
Day after encampment sweep, refugees return to central Paris
Make the connection: Get ready for GSS Chats
San Francisco celebrates Pride amid tightened security
Former President Bill Clinton takes on Trump, protesters at Richmond rally
By Kellen Browning GSS Correspondent RICHMOND, California — Former President Bill Clinton stumped for wife and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee…
California students gather for Muslim Day at Capitol
By Meghan Bobrowsky GSS Correspondent SACRAMENTO — More than 600 students, activists and politicians gathered at the California state Capitol Building…
VIDEO: “Living on the minimum” shows reality of living on food stamps
STOCKTON, Calif. — Student journalists at Amos Alonzo Stagg High School walked the talk of food stamps by creating two…
Lost at sea: Latest count of refugees missing or feared dead crossing the Mediterranean
By Léa Moukanas GSS Correspondent PARIS — Bodies on a beach, frantic faces in a crowd, tired eyes of travelers…
FIRST PERSON: At Trump rally in Chicago, a student is silent no more
Rally by rally: A timeline of Trump talk
Students gather in Paris for Model UN Conference
PARIS — Students from around the world are gathering for PAMUN XV, the 15th annual Model UN conference in Paris, which begins…
Transcript of Obama’s address to Islamic Society of Baltimore
President Obama spoke at a Baltimore mosque today, describing "one American family" whose history includes Muslims in virtually all walks…
Iran seizes U.S. ships as Obama prepares for final #SOTU
Ten U.S. sailors were in Iranian custody Tuesday afternoon after their two small Navy craft apparently entered Iranian waters for a…
Opinion: America must move forward on gun control
By Jonah Zigman, GSS correspondent PARIS — I'm an Oregonian, and I’m proud. Until I moved to Paris last year, I'd…
Korean students battle dreaded “yellow dust” from China
By Irene Kim, GSS correspondent SONGDO, South Korea — China’s recent report criticizing its own air quality was no news to…
Green School of Bali performance targets conflict palm oil, forest fires
Le Bourget, PARIS — Students from Green School in Bali, Indonesia, staged a flash mob performance to highlight the fires burning in…
COP21’s Youth and Future Gen Day focuses on new energy, ideas for solving climate change
Le Bourget, PARIS — What the next generation can do to cool a warming planet was the focus of today's "Youth…
Students express hopes for peace in wake of Paris terror attacks
As the world gathers for the COP21 climate change conference in France, students at the American School of Paris gathered…
COY11 closes with new ideas, hope, commitment to stopping climate change
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — The Conference of Youth ended Saturday with new ideas, hope, and renewed commitment…
Developing, sharing clean water on the table at COY11
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS, Nov. 26 — COY11 attendees gathered today to discuss water infrastructure in developing countries,…
Bali students take on ‘plastic predicament’ in climate change play
Reported by Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent Visualize Bali, and chances are you think of a serene, pristine environmental paradise. But…
First Nation teen calls climate change ‘deciding challenge’ for youth
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — It doesn't take a lifetime to change the world. Takai'ya Blaney, 14, addressed the…
@EarthHeiress Asher Jay: ‘Wild is who we come from’
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — Asher Jay's Twitter profile @AsherJayNYC defines her goal and her process — "Asher Jay…
Amazon leader calls on Peru to investigate forest activists’ murder
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — [Editor's note: GSS news editor Bethany Ao is attending COY11 in Paris, where…
Liter of Light: Ending energy poverty, one bottle at a time
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — It's like the old joke: How many people does it take to screw in…
COY11 kicks off: ‘Your message is here’ on climate change
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — In the wake of terrorist attacks in this city less than two weeks ago…
Despite terror attacks, Paris moves forward with youth conference, COP21 climate change summit
By Bethany Ao and Jonah Zigman, GSS correspondents PARIS — As the world responds to last Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, Paris…
Stanford students call for equal response to Middle East – Beirut, Baghdad – in wake of Paris terror attacks
By Jack Hennessy, GSS correspondent STANFORD, California — As the world continues to mourn for Paris in the wake of last Friday’s terror…
Tracing the difference between Islam and ISIS on Twitter
STOCKTON, California — President Obama, GOP presidential candidates, and U.S. governors spoke out today on the subject of Islam and…
Stanford University vigil affirms support for Paris
By Jack Hennessy, GSS correspondent STANFORD, California — Approximately 100 students, faculty and staff at Stanford University gathered in White Plaza on…
Rising cost of living challenges but doesn’t define California students
By Carmen Vescia, GSS Correspondent REDWOOD CITY, California — Some nights she finishes her homework in the bathroom—the only room with…
Editorial: In wake of Paris attacks, we will report
PARIS — Friday, Nov. 13 was a very long night, for all of us as journalists, but also as Parisians,…
Next stop, Pyongyang — a visit to Korea’s DMZ
By Kiran Dwivedi, GSS correspondent It’s only four kilometers wide and 160 kilometers long, but it’s one of the most militarized, mysterious…
Closely contested Presidents Cup goes to U.S. team, but future holds promise for internationals
By Kiran Dwivedi, GSS Correspondent SONGDO, South Korea — The Presidents Cup, a thrilling contest that gripped golf fans throughout…
Where the world goes to school: Photos capture “first day” for refugee students
OAKLAND, California — What am I going to do today? Who am I going to meet? Am I going to have…
Songdo balances yin and yang of hosting international sports event
By Amber Song, Jiwon Kim, Haeji Kim and Yerim Mo, GSS Correspondents SONGDO, South Korea — Say hello to Songdo. One…
California students suffer impact of national teacher shortage
By Carmen Vescia, GSS correspondent REDWOOD CITY, California — Squinting at his schedule, the freshman thinks there must be a mistake: there’s…
Unrest in Turkey builds after terror attack at Istanbul’s Dolmabahçe Palace
By Jack Hennessy, GSS correspondent ISTANBUL — Two alleged gunmen have been captured after an explosion and gunfire rang out at Istanbul’s…
Explainer: Ukraine, an ethnic, geographic and cultural quarrel that just won’t end
The devastation of Kiev's Maidan Square, where protesters demonstrated against new laws passed by the Ukrainian parliament in 2014 limiting…
A Putin Portrait
REDWOOD CITY, California — Students at Sequoia High School chose to focus on the person who is one of the most…
A city square, a global conflict
Maidan Nezalezhnosti — the Ukraine's "Independence Square," the heart of Kiev and the focus of protests beginning in November 2013…
Africa News Challenge winners announced
We're happy to announce the winners of our first-ever World News News Challenge, which asked students around the world a…
Behind the crime: Annotated photo shows Nemtsov crime scene
Boris Nemtsov, a liberal politician and physicist, was assassinated on the streets of Moscow on Feb. 27. Since the murder,…
What censorship looks like: Dostoevsky and Russia’s ‘blogger law’
With more and more people around the world going online, governments around the world have been pushing back against youth…
New environmental science course coming to American School of Barcelona
Our newest correspondents, from The American School of Barcelona, belong to an international learning community that began in 1962 during Franco's…
World at “breaking point” with refugee flows, UN official says
By Casey Miller and Jack Hennessy Global Student Square staff writers The world is at a “breaking point” with millions…
From Redwood City to Russia: New project explores youth media and international baccalaureate education
Approximately 100 students in Justine Rutigliano's International Baccalaureate English classes at Sequoia High School in Redwood City, California, are kicking off…
GSS enters “refinement” phase
Global Student Square, Stanford John S. Knight Fellow Beatrice Motamedi's fellowship project, entered its refinement phase today with the publication of…
GSS gets a jumpstart at Stanford production day
Approximately 20 students from Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Redwood City, Stockton, and as far away as Washington, D.C., attended Global…
