“Do you want to visit a Buddhist monastery?” my mom asked one day as we stood in the kitchen. I took a while to respond …
Myth vs. Reality: Sun Protection Edition
We’re well into summer already, and there’s no doubt you’ve already been to the beach, gone swimming, or just been outside quite a bit. You’ve …
What’s a Circadian Rhythm and How Does It Affect Me?
According to the National Institutes of Health, “Circadian rhythms are physical, mental, and behavioral changes that follow a roughly 24-hour cycle, responding primarily to light …
How to Stay Sane During Testing Season
As you’ve probably noticed, we’re nearing the end of AP and IB testing season. Maybe it was your teachers reminding you to study incessantly, the …
What Can You Do to Fight Human Trafficking?
It’s natural to want to know ways that you can make an impact for an issue after you learn about it. It’s even natural to …
What Is the Flint Water Crisis?
It would really only take a few words to sum up the Flint Water Crisis: an atrocity that could have and should have been avoided …
How to Thrift Shop: A Beginner’s Guide
I’m an avid thrift shopper. Not as much as some people, and I unfortunately don’t get to go thrift shopping as much as I’d like, …
The Ignored Facet of Human Trafficking: Forced Labor
For the first three parts of this article series on human trafficking, see here, here, and here. 21 million people. There are 21 million …
Why Don’t They Just Leave?
After hearing about human trafficking — especially domestic human trafficking and its sheer prevalence in our society (the topics of my two last articles in …