For the Movement
Throughout the country thousands are raising their voices as they chant their complaints in unison: the voice of the middle class can be heard through the human microphones that are directly
Going Nuts
I suddenly and quite violently threw up all over the floor and the couch I sat upon. My younger brother stared in awe at the reminders
Passion Rediscovered
There was something palpable in the air that July night. Five hundred kids sat in the main gallery, attentively listening
A Dynamic World
Thirty-three cents. Thirty-three cents a month provides a uniform, a teacher, a classroom; thirty-three cents maintains a dirt floor, and a dilapidated structure for 70 young children to call
Owning Faith
I was required by my family to attend church every Sunday morning to endure a painful hour of meaningless-to-me bible readings, tedious organ music
Number One Fan
Who’s your celebrity crush? Maybe there’s an actor you’ve been drooling over for the past six months: you’re caught dreaming about abs
Love in the 21st Century
They met in an ice cream parlor. She was working there for $95 a month, but dreamed of studying English and computer science; he secretly adored the corny love songs that drifted towards them in Afghanistan.
Limits Refined
Alcatraz Island: An iconic landmark, home of the infamous gangster, Al Capone. To inmates it represented isolation; not a single prisoner was able to escape
Inclination for the Random
Coming from the type of education in a German secondary school, my mother tends to peruse mine and my brother’s school work, mindlessly musing to herself on the joys of education and the perpetual wonder of learning. Whether it
Outweighing Superficiality
The girl in the music video walks in and suddenly everyone notices, as though she is Cinderella just arriving at the ball and shocking everyone