As I waded through the swamp of college admissions, I realized that I didn’t have a dream school. Like so many of my peers, I felt the pressure...
College Board administered the first Advanced Placement (AP) tests to 27 high schools in 1954 as part of a pilot program. Last year,...
A brief stint of virtual schooling after a long break. A repeat of what occurred almost two years ago now. The threat of an extended...
Since the pandemic, it has been hard for my family to get to synagogue for Shabbat services on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings....
The news of Katie Meyer’s death shocked the sports world. The 22-year-old captain of Stanford University women's soccer team reportedly took her own life on March 1, 2022. Unfortunately, this is far from the first case. We only hear about issues with mental health when it’s too late; When the buildup of stress becomes too much. Student-athletes...
Nearly five decades ago, the Supreme Court dispensed its ruling on Roe v. Wade, effectively decriminalizing abortion in the United States. Since then, groups trying to limit access to legal abortions have...
As winter comes to a close, Americans gear up for the highest-grossing collegiate sporting event in the United States. Of the roughly $1.15 billion dollars the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
On March 13, 2020, I was fifteen years old. I was still a freshman in high school and I had no idea what my future had in store for me. Covid was a mystery that I had only heard about in the news and in...
You’re sound asleep and wake up to the blaring sound of your alarm. “Just a few more minutes,” you say to yourself. Although it is tempting, do not hit the snooze button. Each snooze button is...
As a woman in the U.S, walking alone at night is something I rarely do. But why? Most women have or will experience sex-based discrimination in their lifetime. At 17, I have experienced my fair share of...
I glance around the big playground, taking in its emptiness as I step off the asphalt path and onto the hard-packed dirt. It’s always been a great place to escape to, as basically only people who go...
I stood. My feet: riddled with tiny red spots—burning. My eyes: immediately drawn to the sunbeams bursting through my window. My legs: sore from the five miles yesterday. A runner’s high, a feeling...
Currently, Michigan is one of the few states that offers women's high school soccer in the spring. Most states offer a fall season or, in the south, a winter season when high school soccer does not conflict...
For the last three months, I’ve been researching and comparing governments. I have done this through compiling different comparative indexes, most prominently the World Bank Government Indicators and Legatum Prosperity Index, and doing research to fill in the cracks. In the beginning, I wanted to find out if Canada’s government, compared to the...
Since the pandemic, it has been hard for my family to get to synagogue for Shabbat services on Friday evenings or Saturday mornings. We still try to attend virtually during the high holidays, as well as...
Picture this: you are a high school senior, applying to college. There’s an ultra-competitive school you have dreamed about attending since you were a little kid. The campus is beautiful, the teachers...
Undoubtedly, 2020 brought unprecedented hardships. As we rang in the new decade over a year ago, it was almost impossible to imagine the full ramifications of the coronavirus and subsequent pandemic. But here...
Joe Biden has been in office for about six weeks. He has already signed a slew of executive orders reversing many atrocious Trump-era policies. But any sense of profound relief or celebration at having...
Well, it happened. Derek Chauvin was found guilty of George Floyd’s murder. CNN reports that Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison for second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree...
My Latino and Black brothers’ and sisters’ continuous antipathy has gone on for far too long. As a Black and Latino high school young man, I have been discriminated against countless times....
As a mixed child in a white family, I simultaneously learned about my Blackness and its danger. I remember when my white step-father first exposed the health risks my Black existence invites. There were...
This article was originally published on Dec. 14, 2015. We are bringing it back today. Still relevant. It is of paramount interest to be informed and have an understanding of the difference between...
On Jan. 6, 2021, what I like to call ‘rioting insurrectionist state-sanctioned domestic terrorists’ breached the U.S. Capitol. I had left a Zoom call and joined my parents in the family room to...
I sat on my living room couch drinking my coffee as I burst into laughter over TikToks about the events that took place at the U.S. Capitol building on Jan. 6. But then I took a step back and my bliss...
"This is how election results are disputed in a banana republic — not our democratic republic,” said President George W. Bush, yesterday. American democracy is esteemed in a way few things in our...
“This is not America.” “I am shocked to see this.” “Why is this happening?” Words of surprise covered my feed yesterday afternoon. Those words confused me. Have you not been listening?...
