Tag Archives: Opinion

What a 13th-Century Medieval Text Can Teach Us About Queerness and Gender

While people may not typically look to the 13th-century medieval texts for shining examples of equitable representation, an old text about a knight in shining armor inspired author Alex Myers.

Worldcoin wants to give you cryptocurrency — in exchange for scanning your eyeballs

Would you take cryptocurrency in exchange for your personal biometric data? Is this a massive privacy breach or the high-tech future of equity? Read to learn more about the pros and cons.

Teens on a Year That Changed Everything

Teenagers reflect on a year of pandemic precautions through their words and artistic representations.

Growing Up Colored

Henry Louis Gates describes what it was like to grow up as an African American in a West Virginia town in the 1950s.

Searching the Brain for the Roots of Fear

Do you know the difference between fearing something and worrying about it? How do things that probably won’t do us any harm come to symbolize threats? This commentary from Joseph LeDoux, the director of the Emotional Brain Institute and a professor of neural science, describes the problems that arise when fear turns to anxiety.

You can do it, baby!

Journalist Leslie Garrett argues that adults shouldn’t tell children, “You could be anything,” but rather, “Be what you’re capable of.”

7 Things Really Bold People Do

Being bold doesn’t mean making a rash decision and rushing in, willy-nilly. Learn what it really means to be bold.

You Can Give a Boy a Doll, but You Can’t Make Him Play with It

Why do boys want to play with trucks, while girls prefer dolls? Are these stereotypes that our society forces on children, or are such preferences innate? This article explores those very questions.

Working it out: How a part-time job can teach teens valuable life lessons

A journalist looks back on what she learned in some of her first jobs and considers how teen jobs fuel adult success.

Why Biden’s Armenian Genocide Declaration Really Is a Big Deal

An Armenian American reflects on a recent statement condemning a genocide that inspired Hitler.

What Alexander Hamilton’s Deep Connections To Slavery Reveal About The Need For Reparations Today

This opinion from a university scholar reveals that more carefullyexamining Alexander Hamilton’s life, views, and career might challenge how people think about reparations for slavery.

A GDP for nature: How measuring the health of the natural world might prevent the next pandemic

The balance between humans and nature is a precarious one, and for some time nature has been telling us we are doing something wrong. Read about how both human and environmental health is intertwined.

Sometimes, Advanced Classes Can Slow a Child’s Progress

The idea that if we just work hard enough, our academic achievement will improve may inspire some students. But not everyone benefits from being pushed to achieve.

What Teens Say They Need, and How Schools Can Adjust

In response to the educational challenges presented by the pandemic, students are arming themselves with data.

Why we’ll always be obsessed with – and afraid of – monsters

Read one author’s take on our “age of fear” and the rise of the zombie.

The Real Reasons All the Top Chess Players Are Men

A former competitive chess player challenges the widely-held belief that men are innately better at chess than women.

Write your story, change history

People don’t need to be old to make history. In this talk, Brad Meltzer encourages young people to change the world by following three simple principles.

What Frightens America’s Youth?

Back in 2005, the Gallup organization took a poll to discover what frightened American teens. Check out that poll’s results and compare them to the fears of teens today. What fears do today’s teens share with teens in 2005? What fears differ? Take a poll among your friends and classmates to find out.