Paul Biya's Presidential Win in Cameroon Heightens the Ambazonia Crisis
Paul Biya isn’t a monarch, but he sure acts like one. The second-longest-ruling head of state in the world, 85-year-old Biya just won a...
Special Report from Cameroon: Why have schools been closed for a year in Anglophone-minority regions
Photo: Alberto Vaccaro I remember Friday 18th November 2016 very clearly. The principal of my school gave his daily morning announcements...
How are The Borrowers dealing with Trump's administration?
In our current political climate we all know that our new president is the subject of debate, and everyone has a different feel on it. I...
A Case for Joyful Gentrification in Brooklyn, New York
Photo: Jonathan Grado, Barista Wait Just as the New World took shape after Native American communities shared their bounty with...
the THIRD degree: ISSUE 1
EDITOR'S NOTE: Below is the first issue of the 'the THIRD degree', a newspaper written by pre-teen students of the Uppity Witches class...
Introducing THE THIRD DEGREE
Students in this semester's Uppity Witches class (taught at Different Directions) are releasing the first issue of THE THIRD DEGREE on...
Instead of discriminating against single mothers, a teen suggests we should tackle poverty and misog
Mother and Daughter, by DR_TR. It was very early in the morning when I woke up to my friend who was sleeping over talking to her mother...
Interview Series With Syrian Teen Girls (Part 1)
Photo: Preston Rolls The United Nations has identified 13.5 million Syrians requiring humanitarian assistance since 2011. Over half are...
After the election my place as a teen living in the U.S.A. is...
Photo by Sergio Vassio Photography. This weekend our 2016-2017 Advice Project interns talked about the election results in the U.S.A. and...
Half white, half Puerto Rican: Learning how to choose your own identity as a bi-racial teen.
Photo: Salsa, by Václav Synáček Dear Alameda, You aren’t that old, but you aren’t that young either. At sixteen years old, you kind of...