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The Black and White
The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
The Student News Site of Walt Whitman High School

The Black and White
Julia Cerione

Julia Cerione, Opinion Editor

Grade 12

If you could choose to live in any fictional universe, which would it be?

I would choose to live in Solaria.

Of the stories you’ve written for The B&W, which one is your favorite?

Man vs. Bear: When violence against women becomes background noise

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Heroines of Maryland: Katie Ledecky

Heroines of Maryland: Katie Ledecky

By Julia Cerione
March 24, 2025
In 1912, Barton died from pneumonia in her home at the age of 90. Her impact on education and humanitarian aid remains a prominent part of society today.

Heroines of Maryland: Clara Barton

By Julia Cerione
March 10, 2025
Marshall grew up in Baltimore, Maryland and was raised in the city. Marshall’s parents attempted to shield their children from discrimination, living in the middle-class Upton neighborhood of West Baltimore, where Marshall eventually attended the first-rate all-black Frederick Douglass High School.

Black American Heroes: Thurgood Marshall

By Julia Cerione
February 26, 2025
Outside of student engagement, book bans limit children’s intellectual and emotional growth, stifling critical thinking skills and reducing empathy. Book bans have narrowed curriculum choices, and teachers have struggled to create a lesson plan that both fulfills school requirements and abides by book bans.

Local parents continue lobby against elementary LGBTQ+ books

By Julia Cerione
February 24, 2025
Pauli Murray was born in Baltimore, Maryland on Nov. 20, 1910. She was one of six children to Agnes Fitzgerald and William Murray.

Black American heroes: Pauli Murray

By Julia Cerione
February 18, 2025
Harriet Tubman was born into enslavement in Dorchester County, Maryland, in 1822. Tubman, whose birth name was Araminta Ross, was one of nine children of freeman Ben Ross and enslaved woman Harriet Ross.

Black American heroes: Harriet Tubman

By Julia Cerione
February 10, 2025
Women worldwide face sexual harassment and violence in public spaces every day. The constant fear of sexual victimization limits a woman’s ability to participate in school, work and common leisure activities, including things as simple as grabbing a cup of coffee.

Man vs. Bear: When violence against women becomes background noise

By Julia Cerione
January 16, 2025
Since 1870, girls’ literacy levels in U.S. public schools have consistently surpassed boys’. As early as fourth grade, girls read around 100,000 more words a year than boys.

Grammar matters: The overlooked problem with modern English education

By Julia Cerione
November 18, 2024
One of the founding principles of the United States is that every voice counts, but in reality, many voices go unheard. The 2022 American Community Survey reported that 21.7% of U.S. citizens are too young to cast their vote in any general election.

You can’t vote — what can you do?

By Julia Cerione
October 21, 2024
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