By Frieda Cohen

“We are here to bury them, but nobody will be here to bury us.”

By Trevor Lam

If the city is successful with the project, the city council might consider expanding the project to adjacent areas, pushing current residents out of their homes.

By Alicia Grechu

The consideration of the basic human will, responsibility, and sensitivity adds a depth that Kantian philosophy on its own lacks.

By Kadeeja Mohammed

I am acutely aware of my mother’s pain. She possesses a deep-seated desire to nurture and love, and is constantly striving to learn how she can raise me in a way that is different from how she was raised.

By David Redling

The two defy the cultural and societal norms of their times by divulging their traumatic and humiliating memories.

By Cherry Leung

She’ll make her own way. Nobody will know. Not her mother. Not her sons in the future. Not the boys who will love her. She bore her secret like a cross atop her heart, for her daughters.

By S. Tavera

In seventh grade, I won the spelling bee at my small Christian school, beating the only white boy in my class. I remember how good it felt to watch his pale face get flushed with embarrassment and anger.

A collection of essays

What does it mean to be human?

By Laura Fasulo

Gen Zers are critiqued for adopting aspects of a demonized and oppressed culture and its language. These complaints reinforce linguistic racism and stereotypes and the belief in a linguistic hegemony.

By Andrew Waterhouse

It takes a dangerous virus and a global pandemic to wake the city to its own filth.

By Muhammad Elbadri

My silky is my cape, my kryptonite, and my truth—it is a mask that defies your judgment and the key that unlocks my identity.

By Pin Yuan Zhu Lee

Here I am—unable to attend any of my dream universities—not because of my qualifications, but because of the luxury cost my family and I can’t afford.