According to the Johns Hopkins Health Review, “clinical depression and anxiety among adolescents ages 12 to 17 have gone up”. Although people of all ages struggle with depression and anxiety, there are many different reasons as to why depression is more prevalent in the rising generations. Understanding depression and anxiety are crucial to be able…
In places like Norway, humane prisons have become known to the world, which sparked a new ethics question. Should prisoners be treated humanely in prisons after their crimes? Many have argued against the use of humane prisons, feeling that the inmates have to understand the consequences of their transgressions, while others believe that this will…
Summer is here and there are many ways to spend this summer other than the usual summer homework, academic tutoring, and swimming around in the ocean. There are many opportunities throughout the summer that can be enriching and beneficial. During the summer, there are many ways to have fun but also help out the…
During our daily lives, 12 minutes do not seem as if much time has passed, but for the people that were on Flight 610 of Lion Air on October 29, 2018, it was their countdown to death. It repeated with another flight in 2019, but all passengers were killed in just 6 minutes….
Throughout the years, there have been many stereotypes against women. Some based on occupation, looks, and personality, the list is endless. These stereotypes are still a constant struggle, which women are often, if not always, subject to. The topic of feminism came to me during a lecture that I had gone through at…
On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the Lincoln Memorial steps to an audience of a quarter million people. Sadly, on January 18, 2019, an event spurred the opposite of what his speech was about: a fight between ethnicity and religion broke out….
Many people vote every year but not all know who they are voting for and what they are advocating. This is a major issue in society and has even brought up thoughts of banning voting rights and making them privileges. To start off, one needs to know the importance of their voice in society…
“That will never happen to me.” This is usually what goes on in one’s head when they read about a horrific disaster that had occurred. The problem with this mindset is that one will not be prepared if this situation applies to them. On the night of November 7, 2018, at 11:20…
Fans of the professional basketball team Los Angeles Lakers were shouting with joy when one of the best players in the NBA, Lebron James, announced that he would be joining the team on a four year, $154 million dollar contract. According to the Washington Post, this would be the “longest…
According to CNN, there have already been 23 school shootings where someone was hurt or killed. That averages out to more than 1 shooting week. This is causing students to become more and more nervous about attending school these days, which should be the least of their worries. And, a few weeks ago, this…
