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During my college search, I knew that I wanted to be a fantasy and sci-fi novelist. I emailed creative writing professors from all the...

It’s impossible to be an athlete and not feel as though your self-worth is dictated by numbers. The number of wins you have, the...

There is a real-life superhero among us, folks. An hour-long Uber from Oxy will take you to his lair, where he hurls lasers at...

Last summer, I was backpacking in a relatively unfamiliar wilderness with a 50-year-old map, caught in smoke so thick I couldn’t see the next...

Content warning: This article contains discussions of slavery and racial violence. The image of Haiti, the world’s first Black republic, is relatively identical in most...

These past two weeks were the High Holy Days — three full days of temple services that recognize the Jewish new year — and...

It was the Summer of 2019 and I was leading a group of teenagers on a three-mile off-trail section at the end of a...

This summer, the question of “What are you most excited for?” was a common conversation starter. The first answer always referred to the mundane,...