The Urban Legend

With 15% of the student body feeling vaccine hesitancy, Mary Murphy addresses concerns

Zadie Winthrop, Managing Editor • May 10, 2021

A random survey of 66 Urban students showed that 15% have some degree of vaccine hesitancy. Concerns ranged from a lack of knowledge about the contents of the vaccine, how the vaccine works, its effectiveness,...

Opinion: I fact-checked assumptions about Kamala Harris’ past

Zadie Winthrop, Managing Editor • January 20, 2021

Kamala Harris was the San Francisco District Attorney (DA) from 2004 to 2011 and the California Attorney General (AG) from 2011 to 2017. The DA is an elected position that determines which arrests in a...

Urban students express concern and emotion going into election night

Zadie Winthrop, Managing Editor • November 3, 2020

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Democrats and Republicans clash over mail-in ballots amidst COVID-19 pandemic

Zadie Winthrop, Managing Editor • June 10, 2020

On the first Tuesday of November in 2008, 2012, and 2016, I was late to school. This morning is reserved for a family trip to the polls, and my parents’ every-election-year speech about the value of...

The intersection of wealth and community

Zadie Winthrop, Staff Writer • January 30, 2020

To be rich at Urban is to be dripping in money anywhere else. Urban is a wealthy school, costing $48,941 per year. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average full time employed American makes...

How do students feel in light of Atatiana Jefferson and Botham Jean’s murders?

Zadie Winthrop, Staff Writer • December 9, 2019

Atatiana Jefferson was murdered on October 12th, 2019. Botham Jean was murdered on September 6th, 2018. Atatiana Jefferson and Botham Jean. If you still don’t know their names, learn them. Then say them...