本周是为期十周的挑战赛的第七周，我们收到了1244份投稿，并选出了 两位获奖者，分别是 Griffin Gallo 和 Cristina Ramirez 的文章。 你可以在下方欣赏他们的作品。
Our Winners
视频链接：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIW1nAvPg3Y&t=32s
Griffin Gallo, 17, from New York City reacts to “T. Rex Fossil Sells for $50.1 Million, Putting the King Back On Top” in the video above.
Cristina Ramirez, 16, from Laredo, Texas, writes about “For 35 Years, Undocumented, and Chasing the American Dream.” Here is her essay:
Two brown skinned, baseball cap clad, Texan fathers of three drove to work on the morning of July 7. One of them never came home, and the other is my father. As I read “For 35 Years, Undocumented, and Chasing the American Dream” I couldn’t help but feel shaken because of the resemblances between the late Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and my dad.
One notable difference is that my dad is a U.S. Citizen and Mr. Salgado was not. However, the writer mentions that during the fatal encounter, he wasn’t the target of the operation, so the question of his legal status was not present. This detail, and the ever increasing death toll at the hands of ICE, amplified my fear that deadly encounters could befall any Mexican-American.
In the land of the free, no community should fear being unjustly targeted by a government agency. In both Mr. Salgado’s community and my own, 1 in 4 residents are foreign born. It is undeniable that we find strength in our diversity and rely heavily on undocumented labor forces.
As stories like these become more prevalent, my fear that my family could become targets for a federal law enforcement agency increases. My frustration grows with every passing death as I bear witness to the inaction by the federal government to regulate ICE.
Ronaldo, Mr. Salgado’s eldest son watched his father bleed out through the pixels on his screen. Tomorrow afternoon, when my father returns from work, I will feel blessed that he got home safely, but angry that I had to be concerned.
Runners-Up
Helen Dai on “Why Young People in China Are Buying Feelings”
Isaac Yeung on “An Elite N.Y.C. Public School Admitted 777 Students. Only 3 Were Black.”
Jiamu Wei on “What to Know About the Supreme Court’s Birthright Citizenship Order”
Justin Wang on “ChatGPT Led to a Man’s Near-Fatal Health Crisis, Lawsuit Claims”
Karl Eikermann on “Kids Can’t Stop Watching ‘Moana.’ There’s a Scientific Explanation.”
Lindsey Kim on “Madonna Has Become an Avatar for Our Fear of Aging”
Nandita Dani on “Why We Delude Ourselves About the Birthrate"
Nigel Li on “Could A.I. Do Your Job? We Put Agents to the Test.”
Honorable Mentions
Angie Yang on “Cyclospora Cases Are Rising. Here’s What to Know.”
Ian Kim on “What if the Wood Used to Make Musical Instruments Becomes Illegal?”
Izzy Teng on Can I Wear Big Jewels With My Jeans and T-Shirt?
Melody Mo on “At Least 23 People Have Been Shot at by Federal Immigration Since Last Year”
Shuwei Jiang on “The Comforting Resurgence of ‘Grandma Hobbies’"
Sissi Zhu on “Laufey: Living With Dissonance”
Siwon Lee on “There’s an Ancient Solution to Our Modern Crisis of Attention"
Winston Choy on “How to Hand-Wash Dishes Better”
Yumin Kim on “Kids Can’t Stop Watching ‘Moana.’ There’s a Scientific Explanation.”
