Every other Friday, I anxiously check my FirstBank mobile app for the bright green numbers displaying the mass amount of money I earned working at my minimum wage job over the last two weeks. We all...

There’s not much that I remember about the day I was diagnosed with a genetic disease. Screaming, crying, anger -- I was only five years old when I was told my life would never be the same as my peers,...

In an offshoot room in the library, a junior sits. The table shakes from their foot bouncing as their breath is bated. Their world is closing in. They can’t breathe. But a friend helps. Their kind words...

There’s more to the world than America. There’s more than Superior or Louisville or Colorado. And there’s more to it than our lives here. There are eight billion people out there living through...

I’ve been prone to living in fear my whole life. All of my mini-anxiety attacks over time have added up to an unimaginable amount of self-doubt and pity. I never thought it would get worse than it already...

Sexual assault robs you of yourself. Not having the courage to use your voice is excruciating. You blame yourself for what happened because, technically, you didn’t say no. You’re afraid to use your...

Waking up to an average brown box on their doorstep seems normal to adults but, for teenagers they light up with the satisfaction of spending their monthly allowance on something they can’t wait to arrive. Waking...

Privilege is an eyeglass. We wear the lens of the various advantages we possess. As a school, a community, and a staff that is predominantly white, most of our views aren’t exceptionally diverse. Our...

Every year for the past six years, Monarch has had a different bell schedule for one reason or another. For the past three years, Monarch has started, but never ended school at the same time. In...