by Sophie Trist — Six months ago, George Floyd’s brutal murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ripped open old...

By Beth Fox Honorable Mention, Prose, Create | Encounter 2021 On a hot and humid spring morning, Rhonda prepared for her 20 week anatomy...

By Hilary Beall Honorable Mention, Visual (2D), Create | Encounter 2021 Artist Statement: After reading about certain countries bragging...

By Terry Jude Miller Honorable Mention, Poetry, Create | Encounter 2021 before we can form words before we have a mouth we speak in the...

by Stephanie Hauer — Welcoming a baby to the world outside the womb is exciting, but giving birth can be scary. The reality is that...

by Katherine Noble — President Joe Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki has said it is the intention of the Biden administration to close...

by Sophie Trist — Every year on March 1 the Autistic Self-advocacy Network (ASAN) and other disability organizations hold vigils all...

by Christy Yao — Editor's note: citations for the statistics referenced in this article can be found in the documentary 13th. — 13th is a...

by Rana Irby — As we in the U.S. celebrate the contributions of Black people in our country for Black History Month this February, it is...

by Julia Smucker — The abortion industry has often denied its historic ties to the eugenics movement, but many Black leaders have been...

by Sophie Trist — From anti-slavery abolitionism to today, Black activists have played a central role in the fight to end capital...

by Sophie Trist — Many people are familiar with the tragic story of Kalief Browder, a Black teenager from New York City who was arrested...

by Stephanie Hauer — The foster care system has great intentions, but the lived experiences of the children placed in its care often do...

by Jacob Baugher — With the March For Life going fully virtual this year, for the very first time, many pro-life advocates are unsure of...

by Katherine Noble — Though the Biden-Harris administration has now taken on the task of running the American government, our country...

by Rana Irby — The Biden-Harris administration has only just begun. What will this mean for U.S. policy regarding war? Some problematic...

by Rana Irby — The Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy Bill (Ley de Interrupción Voluntaria del Embarazo) was passed by Argentina’s...

by Katherine Noble — Our nation spent the better part of this summer in upheaval. Protests became a daily part of life as people took to...

by Reynaldo Guevara — Something I realized in adulthood: in school, they taught us racism in history class. I grew up assuming it had...

by Mikhayla Stover — Her name was Mariee Juárez. Mariee and her mother Yazmin were forced to flee Guatemala in 2018. At the time, Mariee...