Support Local Coffee Shops: A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Coffee
There is nothing better than the rich aroma of a well brewed cup of coffee to start the day. Imagine waking up for an 8 …
Volunteers
Not The Same Station
The train slowed into the station she used to pass every day on her way to high school. It should have felt familiar. It…
Are Award Shows Frozen in Time?
I love award shows, but not for the corny jokes, snubs, or monologues. I love the political and cultural discourse they …
Screw the System
All it takes is a single spark of knowledge to ignite a bonfire of wisdom, which can continue to burn away through a lo…
This Is Home: Remembering Tumbler Ridge After Tragedy
Tumbler Ridge is known for its mountain landscape, fossil beds, waterfalls, and the sense of safety that comes with smal…
From Brat Summer to Bed Bugs: Why Gen Z is Choosing Rest Over Raging
Whether you call it Wednesday, rot day, duvet day, or playing hooky, The Harvard Independent has credited Gen Z with coi…
Hopeful but Homeless in America
To Live With Broken Fingers
An eighteen-year-old elder sister starts off her morning, unknowing. She stares up at the corroded ceiling at 03:00 A.M.…
What’s Going On with Voting in America?
From federal elections to local elections to reality TV, I keep catching myself asking: who is behind these votes?
Happiness at a Cost
If suffering guarantees the happiness of everyone else, how much of it is acceptable? The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas…
Let Sustainability Be the New Trend
How many of you are tired of hearing the term “climate change” or, more specifically, “global warming?” If so, you’ve co…
On Things
I have more than occasionally felt a strange compassion for things. I have felt some form of sadness for abandoned thing…