If you’ve been following video games for any length of time, you have probably heard of “The Last of Us.” In many instances, you didn’t have to play the game to understand that culture that surrounds it. If you still hadn’t heard of it, maybe you did from the HBO series that aired this year while br...

"One day, you're 17 and you're planning for someday. And then quietly, without you ever really noticing, someday is today. And then someday is yesterday. And this is your life." - John Green ——— I talk to my mom on the phone almost every day. We talk about how our day went, funny stories about her s...

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; Then took the other, just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though a...

Have you taken a break today? I often have to ask myself this, purely out of forgetfulness. I feel like we can consume ourselves too much with what we have to get done in the next 30 minutes, hour, day or week. We just forget to take a break. Our brains don’t magically turn off and we have a running...

It was midday on a Saturday (the day before Mother’s Day). I was sitting in my home office, more than an hour into a video interview for the third story we would publish on a local charter school. The interview was wrapping up, I was talking about reaching out to one more source before putting the s...

I’ve always loved reading, and that is where my dream of wanting to be a writer began. When I was 7 years old, I wanted to be both an illustrator and a children’s author. At 12, I wanted to write the fantasy stories I found myself getting scolded for reading in class. Later, my goal shifted to worki...

Contributed Editorial This small business week, take notice of the front porches in your neighborhood. Of the schoolyards and courthouses you pass on your way to work. Although they’re all different places, they typically share one thing in common: the stars and stripes fluttering in the wind. It’s ...

IT'S NOT ALWAYS SUNNY I’m sure you’ve heard the infamous phrase, "Did I stutter?" It’s used often when someone does not understand what the other person is saying. But for me, it has a entirely different meaning. When I was in grade school, my stutter was not my friend. I did not want to talk or thi...

DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE By Natalie Frels “If you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you. Is that a bargain?” – The Unicorn ——— I’ve always loved reading. When I was young, I found refuge in the library. Everything about it was comforting and exciting — the stillness of the scene juxtaposed with the life...

How a project over Richard Nixon’s presidency led to a career choice 10 years later ——— “I think journalism gets measured by the quality of information it presents, not the drama or the pyrotechnics associated with us.” — Bob Woodward ——— Like many other little girls, I took the whole “dream big” ad...