OPINION: Resolution for a new year — private schools must catch up to public goals
OPINION: Why California Needs To Burn
OPINION: Why we should cover the trauma, not drama, of school shootings
OPINION: In Denver, it can’t be just another Wednesday
VIDEO COMMENTARY: Wind energy’s label as ‘renewable’ challenged by Nebraskan state senator
Lessons learned: Tips on how to have an effective protest at school
OPINION: After Parkland, it takes only a few words to cause a whirlwind of fear
VIDEO: Climate change is snowballing, but not in a good way
OPINION: Korea’s Demilitarized Zone is an ecological treasure. Really. Let’s preserve it.
OPINION: Keratin treatments lead to losing Jewish ‘roots’
OPINION: Trump’s administration distorts facts about DACA recipients
OPINION: Critics of anthem protests are ‘far from patriots’
COMMENTARY: A look into the two worlds of São Paulo’s Paraisópolis
OPINION: Hijab was the headline during New York’s fashion week
OPINION: Student assault cases demand stronger response by Korean courts
OPINION: Resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict, one salad at a time
OPINION: ‘America first’ shouldn’t mean ‘no news’ on Asia floods
Opinion: End of a dream for America’s DREAMers
Opinion: In wake of British bombings, balancing human safety, human rights is key
Libre Talks: Summer’s on — get your hijab on and hit the gym
OPINION: Push back against the ‘ping’ of anti-gay texts
Voices of the Square: Q&A with Zahra Billoo, civil rights lawyer and Muslim activist
Emmanuel Macron is France’s front-runner — but can he capture the youth vote?
OPINION: Media mistakes make London attack a lesson for future journalists
OPINION: Instead of #NotMyPresidentsDay, fight for change with respect, kindness and understanding
OPINION: @realDonaldTrump is #notmypresident #WhetherYouLikeItOrNot
#notmypresident protest in NYC #notmypresidentday pic.twitter.com/ugmLaVa7Z5 — Juan Cruz Ferre (@WorkerTF) February 20, 2017 By Kyla Langotsky GSS correspondent, Green School Bali MARRAKESH, Morocco — On…
OPINION: Blue House standoff comes amid anger among South Koreans over corruption, social inequality
OPINION: Struggle against Muslim travel ban is exactly what it means to be American
Here Today project quotes Trump on #RefugeeBan: ‘It’s not going to be pretty’
OPINION: One week after #WomensMarch, it’s time to hit the road
Watch @GSSVoices for live tweets by new “Libre Talks” columnist Hannah Shraim at DC Women’s March
Student journalists reporting on refugees in Paris: ‘Here Today’
VIDEO: ‘Scared, surprised, determined’ — youth in Oakland, California, react to Trump’s election
OPINION: ‘This is my country, and I will not rest’
EDITORIAL: Now more than ever, it’s up to millennials to critique, create the world we want
OPINION: Current on current events? Show what you know with #WeKnowAleppo
OPINION: Kaepernick making good use of First Amendment right to protest
OPINION: Singers or sex symbols? Female K-Pop groups struggle between artistry, audience
Opinion: K-pop reality show “Produce 101” should not “determine the fate of girls”
Northwest High School supports #IStandWithMuslims
OPINION: Brussels, Paris not the only victims of ISIS violence — #PrayForTheWorld
By Ana Madero GSS Correspondent PARIS — As the sun sets here, the Eiffel Tower, instead of shining its usual yellow, reflects the black, yellow and…
OPINION: Compassion, not numbness or fear, must answer #JeSuisBrussels
By Megumi Sano GSS Correspondent LONDON — It was just another English class, 3rd period on a Tuesday, when I read these lines from "Hamlet,"…
Join #IStandWithMuslims and show #americantolerance
OPINION: Trump needs lesson in freedom of speech, libel law
By Kellen Browning GSS Correspondent DAVIS, Calif. — The list of outrageous claims and declarations that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has tweeted, posted and…
FIRST PERSON: At Trump rally in Chicago, a student is silent no more
OPINION: Take it from a high school student — Trump campaign hitting low point
By Lisa Shen GSS Correspondent WALNUT, Calif. — Take it from a 17-year-old: American politics has regressed into the kind of bare-knuckle campaigning and self-inflicted…
To See or Flee: A Muslim Teen’s Guide to Twitter
By Hannah Shraim GSS Correspondent An extremely potent tool is present in our world today. It allows us to connect with people from all corners…
Reporter’s Notebook: Media needs to cover more than violence in Pakistan
By a GSS correspondent ISLAMABAD — As I wrote about the recent Bacha Khan University shooting in Charsadda, Pakistan, including interviewing students for their reaction…
OPINION: Breaking the cycle of poverty in Africa requires education — for teachers, too
By Ana Madero GSS Correspondent PARIS — According to the World Factbook, slightly more than 1 billion people worldwide are illiterate. Too often, a lack of education has a…
OPINION: Twitter terror ban a start, but youth need education to combat ISIS message
By Megumi Sano GSS Correspondent PARIS — Currently, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, or the so-called ISIS, is expanding its territory across…
From the archives: Terrorism doesn’t always have a brown face
By Celine Lopez, GSS correspondent Editor's note: This story originally appeared on Nov. 25, 2015 following the terror attacks in Paris. Today's address by President Obama to the…
Opinion: Obama must move beyond platitudes in addressing Muslims
By Matthew Kimani GSS Correspondent STOCKTON, California — Seven years into his presidency, President Barack Obama’s visit Feb. 3 to the Islamic Society of Baltimore…
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 never lived anywhere I remember other…
Editorial: Thank you, Bali
PARIS — For months now, the ASPire journalism program at the American School of Paris has been planning to cover COP21 for Global Student Square, an…
Reporter’s Notebook: Covering COY11
By Bethany Ao, GSS correspondent PARIS — Last week, I had the privilege of covering the COY11 conference north of Paris as a contributor for…
Q & A with Asher Jay, art activist and NatGeo Young Explorer
PARIS — GSS news editor Bethany Ao sat down with Asher Jay, a National Geographic Young Explorer and artist who addressed the COY11 climate change conference…
My Take: Terrorism doesn’t always have a brown face
By Celine Lopez, GSS correspondent Islam is not synonymous with terrorism. ISIS and al-Qaida are not Muslim groups. The Quran is not a book of extremist principles.…
Opinion: Presidents Cup should take global approach to donations
By Sarah Choi, GSS correspondent SONGDO, South Korea — When we think of world-class golfers, often images of them holding trophies and prize money pop up…
Opinion: U.S. should holster its weapons forever
By Lea Blix and Nicholas Abraham, GSS Correspondents REDWOOD CITY, California — As you’re reading this, a child in the United States could be dying from…
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, as we stood witness to…
Visualizing change: Cartoons, logos and graphics to get you thinking
When it comes to visualizing change, infographics, logos, and editorial cartoons can be a push towards thinking outside the lines and finding solutions to problems —…
My Take: Keep cops in schools — but respect students’ rights
By Celine Lopez, GSS correspondent As more and more videos circulate on social media exposing cases of police brutality, many citizens have questioned how they are treated…
Opinion: “Master class” in golf offers lessons about “ice,” life
By Kiran Dwivedi, GSS correspondent SONGDO, South Korea — For a would-be sportswriter, it was like a dream come true. Two weeks ago, I got…
Opinion: Consider photos that have changed hearts, minds — and history
By Jack Campbell, GSS correspondent PARIS — Empathy is a key feature of humanity; it makes us who we are. However, recent history has made us…
My Take: ‘Last first day’ of school a turning point for California student
By Celine Lopez, GSS correspondent STOCKTON, California— It's 5 a.m. I wake by a buzzing sound that only reminds me of the occasion. I turn off the alarms…
Opinion: Women deserve same chance to excel in golf as men do
By Irene Kim and Hailey Lee GSS correspondents If women players were to join this year’s esteemed President’s Cup, several players would have set their feet…
Opening ceremony doesn’t tell all — here’s what’s really trending in Korea
By Dohun Lee and Noah Jang GSS correspondents Skyscrapers. Planes flying across the skyline. Atop a landscape that used to be an ocean but is…
Observers’ debate: Why aren’t women part of the Presidents Cup?
By Abby Kwon, Hailey Lee, Irene Kim, Jennie Ahn and Karen Han GSS correspondents Why aren’t women a part of the Presidents Cup? In a total…
Commentary: Nieman Reports highlights cartooning after Hebdo
By Jack Brook Palo Alto, California GSS Correspondent Five months after the Charlie Hebdo shootings, the latest issue of Nieman Reports covers “The Offending Art: Political…
A Putin Portrait
REDWOOD CITY, California — Students at Sequoia High School chose to focus on the person who is one of the most important men ever to lead…
“Radical Raskolnikov” points to “next wave” of youth activism
What if Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, the politically-minded student at the heart of "Crime and Punishment," had a Tumblr page? It might look something like "Radical…
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 and citizen journalism, particularly the type…
Opinion: Worried about the future? Take a risk
Spring often finds students living in a future tense, worrying over end-of-year exams, college, finances, relationships, and life beyond high school. But too often that…
