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“‘What goes up, must come down’ and other laws of the universe”

Newton discovered the words for gravity in quarantine. Today, we all keep on finding new things to pick up and clean. Anchoring ourselves...

Gaining lessons from "The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth

This review looks at antisemitism in America in an alternative history novel. We experience an internal struggle faced by Jews in the 1940s

On Teens, Love, and Manic Pixie Dream Girls: John Green’s Problematic Problematic Love

Many of us grew up with John Green, so how his novels represent teens and love—especially those manic pixie girls—is worth scrutinizing.

The Responses to Coronavirus Globally

The COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 was, for sure, unexpected and spread very quickly. Since many countries and citizens have not been...

The Effects of the Cancellation and Modification of Standardized Testing

Due to the recent coronavirus pandemic, many people have had to adapt to very different lives, no longer able to go to the gym for...

The Reckoning

I am playing with marbles again. They roll over in my hands, cut of clear glass. They clack against each other. I wince. I do not like...

How This Pandemic Is Affecting LGBTQ+ Youth

The physical isolation from their support system and the discrimination in healthcare are causing queer and trans youth great distress.

Siddhartha's Plea

Benevolent Universe, I call out to thee, For I’m told I’m made of you and that you are of me. Full of wishes and wants, prayers and...

Remembrance in the Nation of Immigrants

Its History Every May, a culturally significant observance occurs, honoring the millions of Asian American and Native Hawaiian and Other...