On Jan. 19, I found myself marching in downtown Ventura in the third annual Women’s March. Surrounded by signs and chants about freedom and rights, I felt part of the battle to which so many women before me have dedicated their lives. Marchers waved signs bearing the...
I think waking up on Shabbat as an observant Jew is one of the hardest moments for me weekly. There’s no alarm blaring annoyingly at 8 a.m. to startle me out of my deep slumber, and I cannot turn the light on in my room to stimulate my brain cells; nothing but my own...
Disney Channel has seemingly steered away from teenage wizards and singer-songwriters living “the best of both worlds” and is shifting gears to more pressing topics. While this might be surprising for those who have grown out of Disney Channel shows and have no...
Ishwar Mukherjee, a 17-year-old student at Scarsdale High School in New York began a program called “33Birds” with his fifth-grade teacher in 2013 with the goal of offering benefits for underprivileged children in their local community. “33Birds,” a program “run by...
All news about shootings is old news in the U.S.A. To many Americans, there is simply too much going on to keep count of the dead. For all our claims that we are a developed country, gun statistics seem to prove the opposite: the U.S. is a part of the six countries...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPw0aoDlGK4 16-year-old, Arielle Martinez Cohen organized Zero Hour LA in her battle to bring awareness and make a difference in climate change. Cohen, whose parents raised her with a sensitivity toward the topic of climate change,...
Once, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi stood for a democratic Burma during its regime change in the late 1900s. Now, the State Counsellor is complicit in the ethnic persecution of the Rohingya in her own state. The Rohingya are a stateless, Muslim minority,...
You see the trees — Clear wooden border, a distinct separation between two places. One side by nature different. We’re the same though; two homo sapiens with keratin hair and keratin nails and vessels pulsing with blood throughout our bodies. So how are...
For many students, graduation is a celebration of accomplishment and hard work. For Sebastian Araujo, a recently graduated senior at Canoga Park High School, graduation was also a celebration of family history, heritage and immigration. The ceremony, held for...
Nicaraguans from all over the country assembled on Mother's Day, May 30, to honor women who lost children in the last six weeks. Police officers once again arrived at the peaceful demonstration to attack. Officials sniped the crowds, killing and injuring civilians....
