By Isabella Lopez

There was no denying it, I felt like a butterfly whose wings were crushed by a large, overpowering boot, and yet I still cling onto life.

By Olha Sum

Understanding where the words we choose to employ came from and what they had originally meant can improve our ability to communicate and, more profoundly, broaden our understanding of our own nature.

By Roshelle Ferguson

One thing that always confused me was that my natural hair, growing out of my scalp, free of manipulation or chemical alteration, was an issue.

By Rosie Vollaro

At some point in her lifetime, almost every woman has experienced a version of the “Madonna-Whore Dichotomy”

By Alicia Garcia

The issue with the cash bail system is that it predominantly affects low-income families and minorities.

A Collection of Writing

It is the best of cities, it is the worst of cities …

By Fern White-Hilsenrath

In the U.S., gun violence disproportionately affects women, as they make up 80% of the victims of domestic violence homicides.

By Jonathan Peralta

No doubt the world has already peeked behind the façade and begun to realize the truth: America is truly the land of unequal opportunity.

By Zuzanna Zurek

We no longer have to walk in the same darkness as our ancestors who paved the way for us, but we need to acknowledge the spirituality within ourselves, rather than fight it.