Because what the world needs is another business newsletter by a nineteen year old college student. — My name is Quinna and I’m a sophomore at the University of Michigan studying computer science and “I love the idea of the liberal arts but they have zero market value and I would ideally like to be employed so instead I will read to quell my thirst for academic…

First, love yourself. These words aren’t merely part of some feel-good slogan; in a modern, hyper-commercialized world where we have become the product, society is filled with messages preying on our insecurities. Telling us why we aren’t good enough, why we aren’t thin enough, why our eyebrows are too sparse…

Write a lot. Tell stories that change the way people look at the world Live next to the ocean Own a small loft apartment with monochromatic walls and granite tabletops and the coziest sofa and a coffee brewer. Fall in love with strangers on unpronounceable streets in hidden pockets of…

I’ve been thinking about the passage of time lately and how some days it feels fluid, steady, like a gentle flowing river; other days it feels as if it lags on at an inch’s pace a second, almost as if it were stagnant, weighed down by some heaviness. Still some…

Eating is a glorious experience. Bite into a warm loaf of pumpkin bread or sip on a hot serving of pho and your tastebuds come alive, tantalized, wanting more. More spices, more flavor, more life. I’ve made so many memories through food — trepid hands reaching out to flip sizzling…

The Court’s new addition could ensure a conservative bent for decades to come — By Quinna Halim The Progressive Teen Staff Writer ON APRIL 7, 2017, NEIL GORSUCH WAS CONFIRMED to the highest court in the land. He will be the first to serve alongside a justice he previously clerked under, Justice Kennedy. Gorsuch clinched the Senate confirmation vote by a narrow margin of 54–45, with three…

The budget reductions would hurt climate change programs, peacekeeping, and foreign aid — By Quinna Halim The Progressive Teen Staff Writer AMIDST A TENSE POLITICAL CLIMATE, the future of United States-United Nations relations seems up in the air. When The New York Times leaked an executive draft order to reduce U.S. funding for the United Nations in January, the panic alarm sounded in U.N. headquarters and…

A debate on every major tenet of the Affordable Care Act — By Quinna Halim The Progressive Teen Staff Writer ON TUESDAY, SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT) AND SENATOR TED CRUZ (R-TX) took to the stage in a live debate hosted by CNN. In the debate that never was for the former presidential candidates, they squared off in a 90-minute alternative reality-esque debate discussing the Affordable…

This is going to be an extremely difficult one to write because it’s an issue I (unnecessarily) grapple with everyday, but I sincerely hope I do find the words to convey my message. Technology is consuming the world. People worship the likes of Steve Jobs and Elon Musk with the…