Today, algorithms designed to keep users endlessly scrolling deliver Americans their news through conflicting headlines, videos stripped of context and a ubiquitous partisan spin.
The instinct, for those that wise up to the doom-cycle, is to disengage. This yearning to unplug is known…
It’s been two years since the Grammy-winning hit “Not Like Us” became the summer anthem that had the world jeering Drake. It’s been 15 months since Kendrick Lamar put the nail in the coffin of their historic battle by performing his legendary…
A swelteringly hot pulse. A staccato synth buildup. A voice seems to fade in and out of a light-headed daze as steam fills the atmosphere. A pressure cooker of sounds that mirror whip cracks frame lyrics of sweat dripping on to concrete.…
Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
Hearing these words rarely makes the experience easier. Understanding that life moves forward does not make it any less difficult to live through life’s transitions.
Like many students at Las Positas College, my time here is…
The engines ignited with a thunder that rattled the Florida coast, and for the first time in over half a century, humans began the journey back toward the moon — not to land, but to pave the way for everything that comes…
A sink full of dishes. Clothes spilling out of a hamper. An unmade bed. Unfinished projects. Missing assignments. These are all things that can be found in the living space of someone with ADHD, or attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
Or at least, that is…
The war in Iran has entered its seventh week, a conflict fought with bombs, planes and memes. But while the United States and Iran trade viral videos, the wallets of U.S. citizens are drained, American soldiers are returning home in body bags…
“Why doesn’t she just leave?”
This is what we ask victims of abuse when they don’t leave their abuser. It is a question I have (shamefully) asked my loved ones before. And when it happened to me. I found myself in a…
In a culture that often glorifies exhaustion as a badge of honor, success is frequently framed as the reward for pushing ourselves to the brink. Sleep deprivation, skipped meals and relentless productivity are treated as signs of dedication. People boast about late…
Recent news revealed that Bay Area Rapid Transit may put the brakes on the Tri-Valley stations, including the Dublin/Pleasanton and West Dublin/Pleasanton stations. If the stations are closed, it won’t just be the Blue Line feeling the blues. If the Connect Bay…
