In 1957, child prodigy Bobby Fischer captivated the world as one of the youngest grandmasters of chess. In the strategic game of varied pieces upon a board of squares, talent and determination transform average kids into stars. However, that intelligence that...
A single verdict led to a movement that would undoubtedly change the face of 21st century America. After the trial of George Zimmerman resulted in a “not guilty” verdict, friends Alicia Garza, Opal Toma and Patrisse Cullors founded the Black Lives Matter organization...
Every day feels like the last and I can no longer keep track of time. The coronavirus pandemic has taken over all facets of my life: social, political, and academic. All my conversations have simmered down to “how is the pandemic treating you?” And my only human...
Sometimes, religion embraces you like a nice hug and uplifts you through your endeavors and livelihood. The five-time published Young Adult author Laura Silverman, whose works include "Girl Out of Water," "You Asked for Perfect," and the muti-author anthology "It's a...
Aliens are all the buzz across the internet. This is the result of a pledge by more than 250,000 facebook users to "storm area 51, they can't stop all of us." A new Disney Channel show called "Gabby Duran and the Unsittables" plays with the concept of aliens with a...
Neither stand-up comedy nor Twitter are easy to master. The talented comedian Abby Govindan has managed to do just that, all while preserving her own life experience within her humor. The tour de force on the stand-up scene believes that both the stand-up and Twitter...
If there's a conventional way to share photography, Denisse Ariana Pérez's had in been circulated in a way that is anything but. Her photography was shared on the internet in the form of a racist meme. “One, Two, Three Boys in the Senegal River” featured a portrait...
Disney Channel's new show gives the everyday format of a family sitcom a unique spin. The show's star Suzi Barett was excited about the new format due to her past expertise in improv while her costar Tobie Windham was initially skeptical about improv's ability to tell...
The Lonely Island comedy troupe unveiled a new "visual poem" — a collection of songs formatted in the vein of Beyonce's "Lemonade," entitled "The Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience." The video album as a musical tribute of sorts to the baseball players Jose...
Scientists can’t explain exactly why we need sleep, no matter how hard they study the waves in our brain cycles as we close our eyes. The only logical explanation is that our dreams are miraculous. The mystical and magical places we meet with bewilderment are...
