It is hard to imagine a time when the United States was not so divided. It is hard to imagine a time when Donald Trump was not the sole talking point in every household in America. And it is really hard to imagine a country that welcomes him back with open arms, time and time...
Whether we learn the results of the 2024 presidential election tonight or in the upcoming days, numerous factors will determine whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris wins the election. Voter fraud is not one of them.
Trump has spent years priming his voters to believe otherwise....
It feels like today’s presidential election has garnered more political anxiety from the voting population than any past election. As a 19-year-old first-time voter, I find myself wondering if this is how it's always been.
The answer is no. According to the American Psychological...
One night you are on the dance floor at your high school prom, and the next, you are filling out legal documents and lining up a visa interview — reminiscing on sparkly high school memories you had before, all of which should not be a thing of the past. As an immigrant, you...
I was adopted into a white family as a 15-month-old from China Aug. 11, 2004. As an adoptee, I’ve taken on advocacy for issues surrounding adoption and have talked to multiple other adoptees about their personal struggles about being adopted.
I often rely on my personal...
"The only thing you have to fear is fear itself," Franklin D. Roosevelt famously said in his first inaugural address.
When it comes to Halloween, I have to disagree. Recent years have revealed a spooky-shaped hole in the season, with the noticeable absence of ghost...
Imagine a young woman, six months pregnant, sitting anxiously in a doctor’s waiting room. She should be glowing and excited about her upcoming baby, but instead, she’s consumed with worry.
Despite attending all her prenatal check-ups, she remains underweight. Her doctor,...
In schools across the United States, student scores are about to majorly decline — on Snapchat, that is. In a wave of policy sparked by Florida’s state legislature last year, 2024 has seen over 15 states pass mandates cracking down on student cell phone use.
Whether...
The estimated cost of attendance for the 2024-25 school year at Northeastern University’s Boston campus includes tuition, fees, housing, meal plan and “estimated indirect costs.” All of that comes out to a whopping $90,250 — more than double the average cost of tuition...
Picture this: It’s your very first college move-in day. Nerves are at an all-time high and an endless stream of unknowns are circulating in your mind. Should I have left the stuffed animals at home? Will my new roommate have any weird habits? Will I find my people here?
Prior...
“Though much is taken, much abides.”
This verse, taken from Alfred Tennyson’s poem “Ulysses,” serves as an apt description as to where things stand today as we pass the one year anniversary both of the spark that initiated the conflict — Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack...
Fun fact: I often like to pretend I’m in a simulation.
And not in a philosophical way, but in a rather “maybe let’s create psychological distance from all these overwhelming emotions so that I don’t crumble” kind of way. I have discovered this to be a viable coping...
