Education

A Dream Deferred?

  Class was almost over; we were finishing up when Mario jumped out of his seat. “Awww shit,” he sighed with a look of disdain on his face. “What’s up, you ok?” I walked over

Arts & Culture

Beloved Oakland 2018

  It was at the moment that Yuri Kochiyama’s daughter was accepting the award for her mother, presented by Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter. Images of Yuri were projected on the screen behind

Family

A Dark Storm

The Academy Awards were on and she had just put me to bed. My mom flopped down onto the couch, exhausted from the few days she had been with me alone since my dad had