How To Stay Safe With Snapchat’s New Update
Snapchat’s newest update is not just tearing friends apart–it’s pretty unsafe too.
Journalism
More Women Are Choosing To Code, But Is Silicon Valley Ready For Them?
For many companies, the challenge goes beyond recruiting new female tech talent — the trick is retaining them.
Should System-Engaged Youth Have “Reasonable Access” To The Internet?
Even in the foster care system, there is nothing in writing that gives youth rights to access technology of any kind.
What It’s Like To Be Transracially Adopted Into A White Family
When I was a little kid, I didn’t really care that my new mom was white. As I got older, though, race became more important
Learning To Love My Dark Skin
As a brown-skinned girl, my summers were once filled with self depravation. I avoided going swimming or out to an amusement park because of worry I would get darker.
When To “Out” Racist A**holes, And Other Hard Media Literacy Lessons
You don’t kill fascism by doxxing one person, no matter how vile their thoughts are.
Hope and Fear: Two California Teens On What A Sanctuary State Would Mean
Two undocumented teens: One lives in a sanctuary city, and one does not. In paired essays, they describe how a sanctuary state would change their lives.
My Brother, The Southern Baptist
In my family, we are all atheists. But that changed recently when my brother went to college and found religion.
Black Girls Travel Too
There has been a large increase in the number of black women that are traveling. Sometimes with agencies that are specifically created for groups of black women to travel, or friends going together some are even going on solo trips.