by Anika Gupta | Apr 14, 2026 | Article, Gender, Politics, Youth Voice
Girl math. Girl dinner. Pink stores and blue stores. Social media has repackaged gendered bioessentialism into the lens of cute trends, something to be sold, marketed, and profited from. As feminism continues to evolve and the gendered perspectives of Americans grow...
by Olivia Ouellette | Apr 14, 2026 | Article, Education, Politics, Youth Voice
Ever since elementary school, some of my fondest memories have come from volunteering as a buddy for disabled students. Activities such as eating lunch with them, helping with homework, or even simply spending time with them have allowed me to gain a greater...
by Ekansh Singh | Apr 14, 2026 | Article, Education, Politics, Youth Voice
On a random Thursday, I watched a political argument start the way most of them do now, not with a speech, but with a screenshot. Someone dropped a cropped headline into our grade’s group chat. There was no link, no context, just a caption that basically dared...
by Om Rajan | Jul 31, 2025 | Article, Education, Politics, Youth Voice
I am an Indian American. I have cousins around the world, in places like India, Singapore, and Dubai. Talking to them, I have come to realize that their awareness of the United States is much greater than my knowledge of their countries. This gap in understanding, I...
by Victor Do | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Education, Politics, Youth Voice
I am just one of the countless voices fighting for ethnic studies, not just for its existence as a class, but as a movement that needs to be heard. I live in Little Saigon, a community of immigrants and refugees from Vietnam—a group that has persisted in preserving...
by Marie Shotts | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Education, Politics, Youth Voice
On the morning of November 6, 2024, tears welled in my eyes as I drove to school, the hum of the news murmuring softly in the background. One phrase echoed relentlessly in my mind: We lost. We lost. We lost. The woman for whom I had knocked on doors, debated with...
