24. June 2021

Just over a year ago, hardly anybody knew the name ‘George Floyd’. After his horrific murder in US police custody, his name was being shouted by thousands of protestors around the world. A year since his death, a lot seems to have happened, but has enough been done to end systemic racism? The official response to Floyd’s death was more significant than the previous numerous deaths of people of colour in police custody. The officer who was responsible for his death, Derek Chauvin, lost his...

09. April 2021

It all started in March 2020. The United States was completely shutting down. The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. Restaurants started to close. Travel became banned and even Disneyland officially closed down on March 12. My last day of in person school was March 13. It's now been a year, since I've been in a school building. Last April, I was supposed to be traveling with my classmates to France. Anyone that studied French and signed up for the trip was planning on...