Finished 31 January 2017 Published 6 May 2018 We have a height-one of 0.3. So, for the triangle’s legs, it doesn’t really matter if you call the side height-one or height-two. 0.3 times 0.4 equals…yeah. H-2, divide by five. It’s a very small answer, 0.24. But it works. I look out the window, and I… Read the full article
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Conservative Parkland Student Finds Middle Ground From The White House
11 April 2018 Kyle Kashuv is a junior attending Marjory Stoneman Douglas High. Like other students from Parkland, Florida, he has become a political activist after the tragic shooting on February 14, 2018. And he fights for Americans’ gun rights. After February 14, the student-precipitated Never Again movement gained momentum with the voices of Cameron… Read the full article
“We Are Ruled By The Dead” — A Comprehensive Guide To Gerrymandering
25 March 2018 America has a tendency to be ruled by the dead. Our politicians are not walking and breathing cadavers, but the practices of our government might as well be. Gerrymandering is one such practice; the manipulation of electoral boundaries so as to favor one political party or class. Simply put, no matter where… Read the full article
“I Share, Therefore I Am.” — Social Media Gives Us Meaning?
25 February 2018 Social networking is a give and take. It connects us, for sure—strengthening our relationships with ourselves and the world. But it also wrecks them. That is the reason for why using social media has become almost mandatory. We have become a global society, and as citizens of a global society, we need… Read the full article
Humanity As Unity
13 February 2018 Joy. We’ve plucked young souls into miters, plundered homes in thirst, slaughtered sacred hides to feed billions. But we also know that at the heart of every one of us are the same desires—to be happy, to be loved, to be accepted. These desires are what make us human. And being human… Read the full article
What Does Price Actually Measure?
18 January 2017 Your pair of socks, that tenth-edition textbook, this glistening MacBook screen. Schoolgirls in Gujarat, clearcuts in Idaho, circuit boards clogging Chinese riverbeds. Who dwells over the children stooping over an atomic basin as they slap a pair of new sneakers before the cashier? Who lends a thought to the by-catch carcasses while… Read the full article
10:53
22 July 2017 Aspiring doctor quit med school due to a smack across the head those bookshelves did damage. Integrated into the army wings whistling through Pakistan “I became the second man in Bharat to break the sound waves.” sonic captain of an air fleet “I landed that plane the right way.” Watching child rise… Read the full article
The Misadventures Of Uncle Kapur
15 July 2017 Corn, corn, and more corn—Rahul stifled a yawn as he turned his attention back to the windshield. The highway was sandwiched between vast fields of gold and green stalks, the evening sky a haze of gray. He picked a fourth crisp nugget from the fast-food bag tucked onto the dashboard, and popped… Read the full article
Their Lives Were Bound By Daylight
24 June 2017 —to live? Seasonal hums crept over the blurry dawn sky. Cooled blood streaked the clouds alongside the warmth of the sun. Creature fought against the stinging white light, as golden rays unsurely replaced the silver. It longed for the comfort of the womb. A biting gust of wind nudged Creature to the… Read the full article
Hands
Finished 30 January 2017 Published 11 June 2017 Sometimes I glance over my hands, and marvel at their purity. How unearthly it is that in a few decades from now, my skin might be crevassed in ripples and folds, my color deepening. Bones growing light and spindly, unfit to be prodded by pen ink tattoos.… Read the full article