A couple days after the Palestinian militant group Hamas led terrorist attacks against Israel on Oct. 7, Jewish Harvard student Violet Barron ’22 read a letter signed by over 30 Harvard student organizations,...
As Deena Katz (Cami ’19) stood on stage dancing to “We Are Family” by Sister Sledge, surrounded by her sisters, daughter and 91-year-old father, staring out at 800,000 marchers, she knew she was...
Thousands of people hit the streets of downtown Los Angeles sporting pink hats and rainbow flags to participate in the third annual Women’s March Jan. 19. Similar rallies were also held in Washington...
Feb. 22, it was West Virginia. April 2, it was Kentucky and Oklahoma. April 26, it was Arizona. April 27, it was Colorado. May 16, it was North Carolina.
In each of these states, striking teachers walked...
For the second time this year, students put down their pencils and walked out of their third period classes when the clock struck 10 a.m. to protest gun violence last Friday.
They made their way to the...
As Angela Tan ’19 wove through the crowd with her friends, she felt a rush of excitement. Clutching her handmade poster, she looked at the sea of people before her and smiled. Among the towering buildings...
On March 14, I stood up at 10 a.m. and walked out of my Business of Life class. I made my way to the field, where I stood with fellow members of my community to honor those lost in a similar one.
While...
I had never seen them so quiet.
There was something haunting about the way the children clutched their poster boards and stared straight ahead.
They were like the statues of the Founding Fathers we had...
For 17 minutes last week, faculty and administration joined us in solidarity. For 17 minutes, we honored the 17 victims of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting. For 17 minutes, we imagined the change...
"Hey hey, ho ho, this bad project’s got to go," neighbors chanted during one of the two protests held this month against the school’s proposed parking structure.
This recent uptick in opposition follows...
Neighbors protested the school’s proposed parking structure this morning at the intersection of Dickens Street and Coldwater Canyon Avenue.
The protesters, who came in support of Save Coldwater Canyon,...
In a mock election conducted by AP government students, 72.19 percent of 543 Harvard-Westlake students polled voted for Hillary Clinton and Tim Kaine, while 14.73 percent of 543 HW students polled voted...
