Education

What’s your message to the next president?

What’s your message to the next president?

Most high school students can’t vote on November 8, but the issues affecting young people aren’t going anywhere. We’re launching Message to my next president to give students the chance to voice their opinions on the issues they care about. Share your thoughts in...

Opinion: The United States has fallen ill

Opinion: The United States has fallen ill

It is June, and it is a period of relief for students who are subjected to nine-month school years. The conclusion of tests and classes is supposed to freshen the air in the lungs of students like myself. And yet, it would be virtually impossible for me — and many of...

Op-Ed: McCain, my third grandfather

Op-Ed: McCain, my third grandfather

The phrase “war-torn Vietnam” is one that my older sister and I overuse in our personal statements. It is one that carries the weight of our heritage and the generations before us; it is a bookend in our ongoing life story. Most of all, though, it is a reminder of our...

Opinion: Confronting political stereotypes

Opinion: Confronting political stereotypes

Since the most recent presidential election, a social divide among Americans has become more noticeable than ever. The Democratic v. Republican debate runs further than history and beyond Nov. 8 2016, seeming to have taken a role in relationships across the nation. "I...

Opinion: We must protect public broadcasting

Opinion: We must protect public broadcasting

To say that public broadcasting has changed my life would be a complete understatement. Even before I started pre-school, I could recite the entire alphabet, count to 50, and tell you who Yo Yo Ma was. I have Elmo, Count Dracula and Arthur to thank for this. Although...

A poem: ‘I hear America screaming’

A poem: ‘I hear America screaming’

I hear America screaming, the vehement cries I hear. Those of all classes, races, ages, and religions. The men screaming for more money and more power, a secure place to stand firm. The women screaming for a voice in our sad, patriarchal society, marching for their...