It’s rare to see a debut album that doesn’t have a single song to skip.  Honestly, first albums in general can be major skips on a band’s discography. They’re a rough examination because there’s...

Learning standards are one of the most important issues in public education today, influencing every dimension of our educational system, from high-stakes standardizing tests to the topics and skills students...

As pumpkin spice appears on the Starbucks menu for the 17th year in a row, it can only mean one thing: spooky season is on its way. And what better way to start early than to sit down with a couple of...

As we walked into the AMC theatre on the opening night of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, we honestly weren’t expecting to see anything more than a typical Marvel superhero movie. We left...

I don’t care what your opinion on masks is. I truly don’t. I don’t care if you hate them or love them. But they are a necessity to keep people alive.  I don’t understand how a tiny piece of...

Olivia Rodrigo understood the assignment. Make the album, sing from the heart and sound good doing it. She accomplished all three without hesitation and is beginning to make herself a household name. After...

My name is Layali Hisham Mutan, I am a Palestinian Arab Muslim-American teenager. Recently Muslims have finished the holy month of Ramadan, a month where you don’t eat or drink from dusk till dawn...

I am an American citizen. I go to school here, I speak the language and the slang and I am a consumer of all American products. But when I go home, I am welcomed by my family's culture as both of my parents...

Leigh Bardugo released her book Shadow and Bone on June 5, 2012. That book, along with the rest of the trilogy and the two spin-off duologies that followed allowed thousands of fans to flock to the young...

*This review contains minor spoiler for Coming 2 America “Prepare the royal jet. We are going back to America!” They’re back! King Akeem (Eddie Murphy) and royal adviser Semi (Arsenio Hall) return...

The three-brother band known as AJR dropped their fourth album, OK Orchestra, on March 26, two years after their previous release.  On Feb. 2, the band posted the first photo indicating there may be...