With devastation in infrastructure, casualties, economic, and political stability…This event demonstrates that the fall of brutal authoritarianism does not necessarily lead to some form of magical immediate democratic success…
Brandon Chang
Brandon is a Class of '26 student at West Ranch High School with a passion for aerospace, public speaking, and the interdisciplinary integration of statistical modeling into public policy. As founder of GalaxSea Explorers and several local educational enrichment programs, he is dedicated to bridging socioeconomic disparities and bringing justice through statistics-based advocacy. Besides writing, you can find him competitively debating, playing tennis, building things to launch into space, and trying street food from all over the world.
Opinion: Locked out of the library: How book bans deprive young Americans
When the school librarian told me that “To Kill a Mockingbird” was deemed too unsafe for 6th graders at my middle school, I apologized, closed the book, and did not dare touch it again for another two years.
Opinion: Political conventions have become mere spectacles in the age of media-driven democracy
As the Democratic National Convention kicked off, the stakes were undeniably high.
Opinion: America spends more on pizza and alcohol than NASA. That’s a problem.
The 6-year old boy frightened of the alien under his bed– heart beating, sweat trickling down his back– now entertains himself by scrolling through NASA and SETI papers on the search for extraterrestrial life, but his heart isn’t beating the same for the future of space exploration in his country.
Tuvalu’s digital lifeline: Building a metaverse nation to save a sinking paradise
Amidst the rising tides of climate change, the nation of Tuvalu is pioneering an audacious response: creating a digital twin of its imperiled homeland in the metaverse.
NASA’s Europa Clipper: Probing the depths for signs of extraterrestrial life
This astonishing spacecraft may just about completely change our understanding of life in space.
DART spacecraft hits the bullseye 7 million miles from home
NASA's $324.5 million DART spacecraft flew into an asteroid about half a mile in diameter, and was smashed into thousands of bits and pieces on Sept. 26, 2022. But instead of sighs, the impact was met with cheers and celebration. That's because the contact that Double...