Every morning, I wake up to Twitter and news notifications on my phone. “Donald Trump refuses to concede,” or, “Coronavirus cases spike again!” It casts a shadow over my day when, in the back of...
"This is a picture of the 'end of camp performance' last summer at Interlochen, which is in northern Michigan. It was a piece with six other dancers and we were all at different levels, from beginning...
I don’t know about you, but until recently, I’ve never had much interest in talking to legislators. Every time I wanted to let someone know how I felt about an issue, I wrote an essay, posted something...
This photo is a picture of me and my friend. I have a tendency to want to hide behind my friends. I always feel like they deserve more because they are more confident. I feel more comfortable taking the...
In this age, and especially during these past few months, almost everything we know about current events passes through a filter: the media. Whether it’s print media, social media, digital news, television,...
My father stood with a huge plastic hood over his head, waiting, as he had done every year since medical school, to see if he would smell the pungent odor being pumped into it.
“Can you smell...
While stuck in your houses, you might be trying to think of something productive to do. After this is over, we will want to say that we did not waste our time. We know how hard it can be to get out of...
As the crushing clamp of Coronavirus tightens, we are fronted with one of the most difficult challenges: isolation. Now more than ever, it can be easy to feel unmotivated and tired. To help you counter...
When young Naina Agrawal-Hardin realized there was no recycling bin at Starbucks, she took matters into her own hands. Armed with a cardboard box, she tirelessly stood outside the door, asking customers...
On Nov. 14, 2019, Emma Brown,* a student at Saugus High School in Santa Clarita California, got up early to get ready for school. The freshman got into her dad’s car and they pulled out of the driveway,...
