Think Memorial Day, think military veterans. Think military veterans, think of their service and our gratitude. Think of service and[…]
Read moreCategory: Society
Articles that explore topics that define who we are as a people and as individuals. These articles will ask questions about our societal living arrangements that other publications take for granted.
What Will Adversity Turn You Into?
These days we’re seeing all sorts of popular movements responding to the problems in our country: presidential campaigns, Black Lives[…]
Read moreMedia, Life Isn’t a Fairy Tale (or How Meanness Has Become Mainstream)
There is a long history of news as a tool for gossip and agenda promotion. These tendencies, however, seem to[…]
Read moreA Single Mother of Twelve: A Story of Family and Community
In response to my story in the Star Tribune about fatherless youth in Minneapolis, a reader sent me her own story[…]
Read moreHow You Can Help Lives in the Inner-city, Too
“While reading I kept thinking ‘I wish there were more ways to support and to help these organizations who are[…]
Read moreBlack Lives Matter: Both Sides of the Coin
In 2015, I researched a story about inner-city struggle: the conditions and the residents who suffer within, the organizations that help[…]
Read moreMy Article About Black Struggle Will Be Featured in This Sunday’s Star Tribune
Last winter I observed the actions and heard the message of Black Lives Matter (pictured above at the Mall of America December[…]
Read morePackaging Meals for Hungry People Around the World
On Monday I documented (and helped) students from my school as they volunteered a shift packaging meals for the organization Feed[…]
Read moreChina: Bone-Breaking Pressure
In China around 1000 years ago, a unique trend began in the area of fashion, custom, and duty. Parents started[…]
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