Am I gaining or losing aura? How’s your mewing streak? These are just two examples of the many “brain rot” phrases out there. Brain rot, which was Oxford Dictionary’s 2024 Word of the Year, is...

There are a million reasons that people - especially teenagers - start smoking or vaping: Social and peer pressure, academic stress, or personal turmoil afflicts them. Perhaps they’re stressed with finals,...

Yawning, tired faces move slowly through the halls at 8 a.m.. The school day has just started and most of the students present at Southeast High School were up until any time from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m., some...

Advertisements flash onto phones without delay to an inclined teen, curious to check. Different apps push every which way to “help you” find your personal identity; from what type of food you would...

The moment I saw Tua Tagovailoa’s first concussion against the Bills in 2022, I knew this wasn’t something normal. He was struggling to get back to the huddle and it was overall just hard to watch....

While both of the popular political parties in the United States have brought forth their own respectable and qualified candidates for the upcoming presidential election – Vice President Kamala Harris...

In elementary school, the day kids got to wear pajamas to school was the highlight of their year. In middle school, working to have more students in a grade wearing their color for color wars was harder,...

It Ends With Us. A Court of Thorns and Roses. Twisted Love. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Shatter me. All these titles have something in common. They’re all very popular books, loved among the bookworms...

Thousands of brave women marched up and down bustling streets all over the globe in order to protest for their rights. They demanded suffrage tired of being oppressed, advocating for social, political,...

I like to consider myself quite well-informed. I read the New York Times often, listen to NPR and watch the news on TV a few times a week, all to keep up with current events. I pride myself on being aware...

Growing up as an African-American student, I couldn’t help but notice that there were very few students in my class who looked like me. I saw this trend continue at my former school, Lincoln High, the...