Imagine going to drink from a public water fountain. Mouth quenched of thirst, right when you take your first sip… BOOM! You wake up in a hospital bed, and doctors say you’ve fallen unconscious. They’ve taken a blood test, and high amounts of lead have been found in your blood. Water fountains are an extremely […]
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Imagine you are on a beach, swimming with your family, then you see a black figure inside the water that seems to be following you. You start swimming back to shore, and once you gain the courage to go check out what that was under the water, you find out that it was a black […]
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Imagine this: BANG! The shot was fired in the film at the same time the door burst open. You almost didn’t notice. Almost, until your father was getting dragged out by men in masks. Your brother stares at you; your home feels so much different. The sting of fear in your throat starts to swell […]
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Have you ever seen something unfair happen in school? Was it a girl that you knew? Maybe she’s Black and getting discriminated for something as minor as talking during class. This is unfair. It shouldn’t be happening, but sadly, it is. We should stop this from happening. You may be asking why I am saying […]
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Everybody, especially the youth, including me and most likely you, loves their technology and phones, using them for hours, watching YouTube, TikTok, or maybe playing a game. It allows youth to have fun, make new friends, and learn new skills or build on learned ones. Though when youth use social media and play games extensively […]
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I have lived in D.C. for 11 years, and I used to trust the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) to keep our city safe. But today, that trust just isn’t there for my community and me. There’s no denying that the sense of security we want from the Metropolitan Police Department is not there anymore, and […]
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Imagine waking up every morning feeling exhausted, anxious, and very overwhelmed, but everyone expects you to act like everything is fine. Stress and mental health among teenagers are very serious problems that are rapidly growing. This directly impacts teenagers’ emotional well-being, academic performance, and long-term development, making early awareness and support critically important. The way […]
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Children aging out of foster care is common in the United States. Not only is aging out not unlikely, but the children not receiving basic housing or support after aging out is the sad reality of the welfare system. States’ departments of child and family services can simply fund these homes with just a few […]
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Imagine being twelve and seeing a homeless person every day while you are walking to school. This is traumatizing for most adults; just imagine what it will do to a kid. Every day I walk to school, and I see a homeless man. I wonder about how they became homeless, and that can make me […]
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Have you ever faced discrimination? Well, a lot of women in D.C. have! Discrimination against women is when a person has a prejudice against women because of their gender. Women should not be objectified by anyone in their community, but instead informed at a young age about sexism and how it affects them. Parents in […]
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I’m sure we have all used artificial intelligence (AI) at least once to do our work. It is efficient, fast, and does everything for you, with no cost. It is easy, but what if it were used in schools? This turns the story around. The work that students are supposed to complete to practice their […]
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Imagine if your child could not pursue their sport because you did not have the money to send them to that program. Well, that is what’s happening to lower-income families at 6 times the rate of higher-income families. Kids should have programs that support them in pursuing their sport because they should not be limited […]
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