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 Arishka Jha | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Climate, Politics
Burnt orange skies, suffocating air, dying trees—I used to think that climate change was a far-off issue that was distant from my community, but all that changed after the fall wildfire season of 2020. Having heard that these wildfires were made so much worse by...
by Milan Duong-Gordley | Mar 4, 2025 | Article, Education, Money, Politics
During the pandemic, many students fell behind in their learning as they had to grapple with the loss of their school community and social life, COVID deaths and its other effects, and family hardships (Doan-Nguyen, 2023). Test scores universally declined, and the...
