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Thursday, April 3, 2025

Column

The joys of journeying journaling

Pack your journal and leave the rest behind At this moment, as I scramble to finish this piece by a generously extended deadline, a coffee-colored...

The glorification of narco culture

How broader culture has grown to love cartels This article contains major spoilers for the Netflix show “Narcos.”   Television and news have consistently been complacent in...

Is environmentalism for everyone?

An argument for no climate boundaries across nations and race Reflecting on my childhood, I realize that my relatives and friends all showed the same...

The blood price of American news

Foreign commentary on America’s strengths and flaws Fish need water, and we need the news. There was a point in my life when I hated...

Realizing my privilege in education

The factors that separate us start affecting us earlier than imagined There are many social determinants of education: money, access to good teachers, extracurricular activities,...

“Black Panther”: The importance of diverse perspectives in movies

Marvel’s newest installation sends a much-needed empowering message After most late-night movie theater excursions, I return home exhausted and only slightly emotionally piqued. However, walking...

The Spanish Dilemma: Does being Hispanic require knowing Spanish?

How living in the U.S. affects Latinos’ Spanish proficiency As a Mexican-American, I’ve had to traverse a weird limbo of being proud of my heritage...

The problem with eco-friendly trends

Environmental fads are only good while they last You might have seen what appears to be overly enthusiastic clean-up crews — individuals running with hefty...

Russia and America, naked

A relationship that requires a deeper cultural view It’s a common thread in travel writing: how we can learn about American society by immersing ourselves...

Women aren’t asking for approval for their place in tech

It’s 2018, and this is still the hill men want to die on James Damore, a former Google employee, published a scathing memo in July...

The Patriarchal Arena: The competition between women that destroys the feminist movement from within

We need an environment where women are not pitted against each other “Mean Girls” was the movie that defined my adolescence. Every girl wanted to...

The ordeal of speaking out in class

Being seen as a bigot or worse in the classroom Why are students afraid to voice their opinions in the classroom? Political correctness has made...

Reporting from Russia with love

Nothing can prepare for culture-shock, and that’s okay There are those who get nervous, and there are those who say they don’t get nervous. The...

Gender is a spectrum: How the toxicity of rigid stereotypes inhibits gender self-expression

Femininity and masculinity should be variable for each individual instead of contribute to fixed stereotypes “I hate Black Widow. She’s a girl, and girls have...

Spirituality and environmentalism in America

Environmentalist and believer don’t have to be mutually exclusive — and they shouldn’t be Nature has a profound spiritual significance to me. I’m overwhelmed with...