The use of modern-day acronyms has established common parlance; specifically among the renowned lives of Gen Z. Through digitalization, smartphones have enabled humanity to exchange dialogue within just seconds — the necessity being: a stable WIFI connection. Not only...
“I am a product of affirmative action … I am Puerto Rican, born and raised in the South Bronx. My test scores were not comparable to my colleagues at Princeton and Yale,” associate justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor once said, according to CNN. “But, if we...
Toilet seats. What a blessing we have to be able to have something to sit on when doing our “business.” On the comfortable and cold seat, one can enjoy a novel, scroll through Instagram, watch YouTube videos, make a phone call or even fall asleep, all of which can not...
Earlier this year, the Associated Press revealed that the single largest charitable donation made in 2020 was from former Amazon CEO and founder Jeff Bezos — a $10 billion gift in order to combat the impending global climate crisis. At first glance, this benevolent...
BBC News reports that in October 2011, a young two-year-old Chinese girl was run over by two vehicles in Guangdong. BBC News reports that for seven minutes, 18 people walked straight around her body, ignoring her as the little girl slowly bled to death. Almost 10...
Everyone wakes up having the same amount of time in a day, but it is up to each person to decide how they will use their 24 hours. Life is definitely unfair, but there is one major aspect of life that is fair: time. One of my biggest goals recently is to save time....
The numbers are out, the stage is set, and the ballots are soon to be cast. The 2021 California gubernatorial recall election is just over a month away and Governor Gavin Newsom, the fading politico once dubbed “The New Kennedy,” is but a margin of error away from...
To my family, the difference between receiving an A and a B was always magnified. This always pushed me to do well in school, but that was before the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking back, the COVID-19 pandemic might have given me time to rest at home after months of...
What can be the reason why nearly half of Americans have nothing saved in a 401(k) and credit card debt has reached its highest point ever with the average American carrying $6,194? After a Personal Finance class this summer at Santa Monica College, I left feeling...
"In the Heights" was made to be bigger than just a film. It was created to resemble a dynamic community. That being said, it’s a piece of why representation matters. In the Heights was centered around the concept of visibility. But not for all Latinos. While it...
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