To add to the daily challenges that come with having mental disorders, many of them come with damaging stereotypes. Some people assume that those suffering from bipolar disorder have mood changes every...

51 years. That is how long Senator Robert Byrd was in office. He represented West Virginia from 1953 until he died in 2010. While that may seem like a ridiculously long amount of time for one man to...

While textbooks are beneficial for educating the youth, many American history books tend to leave out important details, glorifying the white male leaders of the country, while ignoring both the accomplishments...

The days of young children only looking up to their parents may be a thing of the past thanks to various forms of social media influencers. Influencers have taken over popular online media platforms, such...

Adoption is a topic that many know about but few discuss. Growing up as an adopted child, I understand why. Approximately 135,000 children are adopted annually in the U.S., but the emotional journey...

Picture this: you’re looking out your bedroom window after hearing laughter—children's laughter—coming from outside. You see kids in the street, running around, playing ball with their parents, and...

Seniors have arrived at the time of year when college essays have been finalized and applications have been submitted. All that remains is the uneasy waiting period before emails arrive and final decisions...

From a young age, students at North Allegheny are taught the importance of hard work and high grades. The schools drill academic competitiveness into students' heads, setting up unrealistic expectations...

The recent execution of Brandon Bernard has made some aware of what many have known for a long time: that the death penalty is cruel and outdated. Bernard was made to wait on death row for 21 years,...

Last August while discussing presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Kamala Harris, Fox News host Tucker Carlson made a crucial mistake. Throughout his interview with Democratic political...

I spent more time in quarantine than I would like to admit scrolling through far-right media sources such as PragerU and Breitbart, knowing full well that they are a desecration of journalistic integrity. ...

I was supposed to be writing a piece on Biden’s economic plan and my disagreements with it, but yesterday's events in Washington D.C. rapidly turned my thoughts. America is now put on life support. What...