Fashion Designer; Xzavion Louis-Richardson, 19 Parsons School of Design -- Paris “I don’t necessarily have an inspiration to design or make clothing. I am an artist and I have a desire to create in certain fields. I enjoy fashion as a media of art because it allows me to create art that is outside of the gallery and instead the...

Recently, there has been several natural disasters around the world, the most recent was Hurricane Maria, which struck Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Islands on September 20th. Hurricane Maria was the strongest tropical storm Puerto Rico has had since 1932, said Alejandro Dávila Fragoso in the article "People Are Getting Desperate’ in Puerto Rico as Federal Response Not Equal to...

“Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else even cared,” -Tupac Amaru Shakur. This quote says everything, no one cared about where rap roots from. Rap sprouted from Africa centuries ago as a form of an art, a message to be heard for someone to listen. Rap is like a beautiful rose that came from places...

Black Panther staring Chadwick Boseman and Michael B. Jordan. This cast was absolutely phenomenal. Boseman played a perfect Black Panther. We had seen him before in Captain America: Civil War which was a huge character foil to his new, 2018 role. In Black Panther, Boseman showcased his morals whereas in Civil War, he portrayed someone who was just the tough...

Many immigrants have come to the United States, bringing their own traditions from home. As a result, the United States is a place where you can find many ethnic groups, as well as the foods they brought with them. El Salvador is the smallest country in Central America and the only one without a Caribbean coastline; that's a fun fact....

Rock Climbing since its dawn has a been a sport practiced in the depths of the wilderness, but in 2020 is being brought the Olympic games in Tokyo. The IOC (International Olympic Committee) has approved three different styles of rock climbing including sport climbing, bouldering and speed climbing. The IOC approved climbing as an Olympic sport after the IFSC’s second...

The United States has always been a mix mash of cultures. So many have always been afraid of differences types of citizens. Try as they might, the United States has always been a beautiful island of misfit toys. Recently we've been tossed into this tense hateful atmosphere, that has so many forgetting that each one of their neighbors is still...

Donald Trump was elected into office on Nov. 8, 2016 . That night was filled with anger, but also sadness. Trump in office meant everything would change for minorities living in America. People started acting differently toward minorities, but it ended up being worst for some than others. Elizabeth “As a minority it’s always been a struggle, but now that...

Constant stares from strangers, I smile at them to know that I’m not in any way trying to hurt them. Having to be alert everywhere I go so that no one blames me for something that has happened. Hearing racist slurs from people you’ve never seen let alone met a day before in your life. Being afraid to be profiled...