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The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

The School Newspaper of Urban School of San Francisco

The Urban Legend

Polygonal art of various states

LGBT rights may depend on your zip code

Kian Nassre February 6, 2018

Urban students are constantly encouraged to have difficult conversations and to practice listening and sharing to all perspectives. This month, students are invited to participate in Urban’s annual Month...

Savage speech shocks, inspires high school journalists at the NSPA convention

Savage speech shocks, inspires high school journalists at the NSPA convention

Jonathan Baer, Cody Siler and Sabrina Werby, Staff Writers April 14, 2012

Founder of the “It Gets Better” campaign and sex columnist Dan Savage sparked controversy on Friday while presenting the keynote address at National Scholastic Press Association High School Journalism...

Ninth Circuit Court Defers Ruling on Proposition 8 Until Standing Issue Resolved

Ninth Circuit Court Defers Ruling on Proposition 8 Until Standing Issue Resolved

January 17, 2011

On Jan. 4, after only a month of debate, the United States Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals published their ruling on the case determining the constitutionality of Proposition 8. In their official ruling,...

News analysis: Same-sex marriage hearing probes meaning of an institution

the Legend staff December 17, 2010

A team of Legend writers listened to the final arguments in the case of Perry v. Schwarzenegger before the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Dec. 6 in San Francisco and prepared the news analysis below....

Editorial: California, it's time to approve same-sex marriage

Editorial: California, it’s time to approve same-sex marriage

We live in a paper world: checkbooks, receipts, essays, sketchbooks, and the ever-versatile paper napkin. But for millions of gay and lesbian Californians, one very important piece of paper is out of reach....

Same-sex marriage hearing sparks demonstration in San Francisco

Same-sex marriage hearing sparks demonstration in San Francisco

the Legend staff December 15, 2010

It was your typical “only in San Francisco” protest: On the morning of Dec. 6, the song “We Shall Overcome” drifted out from the crowd massed in front of the federal courthouse in downtown San...

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