Saudi Arabia has long been known as one of the most patriarchal of the world’s countries — based on its restrictive attitudes and legal systems …
Daily Germ
“Life is for the living./ Death is for the dead./ Let life be like music./ And death a note unsaid.” -Langston Hughes
Land of the Free, Home of the Brave: The 14th Anniversary of September 11th
Today marks the 14th anniversary of September 11th, and we here at Germ stand together to honor the fallen. It was 14 years ago that terrorists …
Fragmented by Meghana Mysore
I started speaking around the age of one. But the words weren’t very profound, no; they were nothing more than letters clumped together. Monosyllabic sounds …
The Truth About Sweet Sixteen
Today may or may not be my birthday, and I may or may not be turning sixteen. I know, I know — the big one-six, …
World Suicide Prevention Day 2015
Today is the annual World Suicide Prevention Day, and according to the International Association of Suicide Prevention website, the point of today is “to focus …