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After my cousin wakes up and brushes her teeth, she immediately gets her face ready for the day. The first step of her routine consists of rubbing her Nivea moisturizer onto her face for a hydrated, softened and glowy feeling. Then she applies her stick sunscreen from ISDIN. After this, she puts key lime pie […]

I was working on an in-class assignment in seventh-grade when I overheard two of my friends talking at the table next to me. “Dog eater!” one called out. The other responded with: “Border hopper!” The first was Hispanic, and the second Korean, each picked up on slurs used against the other’s racial identity and gave […]

Nothing has ever hit me like a punch in the gut harder than when I went to my mom’s house and saw Trump signs sitting proudly in her front yard. As I stood there, I couldn’t help but ask myself, “What do you do when the people you love most have views fundamentally opposite of […]

In the intricate web of American healthcare, UnitedHealth Group (UHC) stands as both a titan of industry and a lightning rod for controversy. As the nation grapples with the ever-evolving landscape of healthcare, the actions and policies of UHC reflect broader systemic challenges that demand our attention. This op-ed seeks to dissect the complexities surrounding […]

Since the first official World Chess Championship was held in 1886, there has never been a single female player competing for the ultimate prize in chess. This year’s World Chess Championship in Singapore ended historically on December 12th with the youngest winner in history and it’s still no exception. And yet it’s fair to say […]

Will the coming change in the White House and Congress bring the much-needed reforms that smokers have literally been dying for, and allow federal agencies tasked with tobacco regulation to finally break free from bureaucratic immobilization and misinformation campaigns that have stymied smokers from being able to take advantage of remarkable new technologies in harm […]

In today’s polarized discourse, humanity’s future is defined by two diametrically opposed meta-narratives: the hopeful transhumanist visions of the techno-optimists and the apocalyptic warnings of an Anthropocene that is sending us towards the Sixth Mass extinctions. The newfound political power Elon Musk enjoys as Trump’s new Head of Government Efficiency, doesn’t just come with policy […]

According to Princeton University professor Eddie Glaude, Donald Trump was reelected to the presidency because “whiteness is under threat.” Glaude argued that more than 76 million Americans cast their ballots in favor of Trump to protect white supremacy, and he’s not alone in this view. Since Election Day, political commentators across legacy media have echoed the same timeworn narrative: […]

When my grandmother started losing her hearing a few years ago, I found myself scrambling to find new ways to connect with her non-verbally. We started cooking together, playing mahjong, and gardening. Once her hearing had declined to the point where she could only understand me when I was speaking loudly right to her face,  […]

The 2020 pandemic exposed glaring inefficiencies in how the United States approaches public spending on transportation. While some local projects demonstrated the success of results-driven investments, federal spending patterns revealed the troubling waste of millions of dollars spent with little to show for it. With the 2022 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law’s trillion-dollar price tag now steering […]