Arsh 
There are some moments when a president is allowed to be human. A long meeting. A campaign rally. A diplomatic summit. Even a speech that runs too late into the evening. September 11 is different. Twenty-five years after nearly 3,000 Americans were killed in the terrorist attacks of 2001, President Donald Trump stood beside First … Read more
There are some departures that feel like ordinary changes in leadership. And then there are departures that happen while a president is openly fighting with one of America’s most important cultural institutions over how the country should remember itself. Lonnie G. Bunch III, the first Black person to lead the Smithsonian Institution, announced Tuesday that … Read more
There is no question about the horror at the center of the Lindsay Clancy case. Three children are dead. Cora, Dawson and Callan were killed in their Massachusetts home in January 2023. No political argument, no mental health discussion and no courtroom strategy can erase the devastation left behind. But after Clancy’s murder trial ended … Read more
There is something almost painfully ironic about the image going viral online. A Cuban immigrant proudly shows off a tattoo of “TRUMP” across his arm. He wasn’t quietly supporting Donald Trump. He put the president’s name permanently on his body. Now, according to reporting, he is living with the fear that the very administration he … Read more
The space under a staircase is one of those awkward little corners I used to completely ignore. It was too small for furniture, too dark for most decorating ideas, and somehow always became the place where random things ended up. Then I started noticing how beautiful a staircase could look with a bit of greenery … Read more
I used to think a backyard had to look a certain way before it could be considered a “good” outdoor space. A little patio, some plants, maybe a pretty table and chairs. That was the picture in my head. Then I watched kids actually use a backyard. They don’t care nearly as much about whether … Read more
The little dorm upgrade I almost skipped The first time I walked into my dorm room, I remember staring at the plain Twin XL bed and thinking, Well… this doesn’t exactly feel like home. The mattress was fine. The bedding was new. But something still looked unfinished. It wasn’t until I started looking at photos … Read more
When one of my younger cousins called me in a panic after finding out she would be sharing a dorm room with two roommates instead of one, I honestly didn’t know what to say at first. I remember thinking, “Three people… in one tiny room? That sounds impossible.” A few weeks later, I visited after … Read more
I’ll be honest—I used to think pink and green together sounded a little… too much. In my head, it was either going to look like a watermelon or a garden party gone wrong. But then I helped a friend decorate her tiny dorm room before the fall semester, and everything changed. We mixed soft blush … Read more
I still remember the first time I walked into my dorm room. It wasn’t terrible… but it definitely wasn’t inspiring either. White walls, plain furniture, bright overhead lighting, and absolutely zero personality. I stood there for a few minutes wondering how I was supposed to call this little box “home” for an entire school year. … Read more