New Jersey’s new state law mandating life imprisonment without parole for anyone convicted of a sex crime and murdering a victim under 18 has become a valuable victory for the mother of a child rape victim. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a person is abused in United States every 9 seconds. And…
Author: Da Young Gloria Yoon
Da Young Gloria Yoon has been JSR member since 2015. She is a Senior in Cresskill High school and enjoys watching movies as well as reading recent news articles. She hopes to use her voice effectively for social justice.
The Issue of Menstrual Equity
According to the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals, women today have an estimated 450 periods during their life. Averaging about 3-7 days a month for 42 years, menstruation is a natural thing that most women undergo. Although periods are a large part of women’s lives, there are a myriad of women around the world who…
How “Imperfect” Food Products Can Alleviate Hunger
Without a doubt, the right “not to be hungry” is one of the most important and basic human rights. However, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 795 million people out of 7.3 billion people are not guaranteed this basic right, while more than 1.3 billion tons of food are thrown out without…
World Water Day: Did You Know?
Water is one of the most important factors of our lives. Activities such as washing, gardening, and swimming would not be available if there is no water; Life without water cannot be imagined. In industrialized countries, industries consume more than half of the water supplies for human use. For example, Belgium uses 80% of the…
Cresskill High in Wonderland
As children, everyone has dreamed of a Wonderland at least once in their life: a castle full of flowers and trees, a place where sadness does not exist, or another world where aliens live. Growing up, it remains a curiosity. Does “Wonderland” really exist? The answer is yes, there is a place that gives dreams…
Bucket List: Stairs towards an Unrepenting Life
“Kick the Bucket,” is an english idiom meaning “to die” originating from the notion that people hanged themselves by standing on a bucket with a rope around their neck and then kick the bucket away. It led me to question, “Will people regret their life the second before they die?” According to “The Top Five…
Cresskill’s Dawn-to-Dusk Vigil for Veterans
Have you ever imagined how you would feel if a member of your family was captured in prison or was missing? How would you feel if you were the one who was captured and had no idea where you were, whether or not you would survive, or if anyone even knew about your captivity? Frustration….
Newly Discovered Medicine Gives Hopes to Athletes
According to World Health Organization (WHO), 6,316 people die each hour, 151,600 people die each day, and 55.3 million people die each year. A Pulmonary Embolism (PE) is one of the common causes of death, with 50,000 to 200,000 annual deaths. It is a disease in which one or more arteries in the lungs become…
Why People Fell in Love with Coloring Books – Again
People struggle and fight for many reasons such as work, childcare, study, personal relations and more. In order to reduce stress, people engaged in hobbies. According to the study, Annals of Behavioral Medicine, people who have hobbies were 34% less stressed and 18% less sad during the activities. Also, their heart rates were lower and…
World Environment Day
Word Environment Day has been held in order to get more and more people to understand how easy it is to become more environmentally conscious and to begin changing smaller behaviors in order to make larger impacts. It is easier than you think and if you just made one change a day, it can lead to major and greater changes for our future Earth and future generations.