Human minds crave simplicity and easy, quick categorizations; that's why many stereotypes and false assumptions about those in marginalized groups run wild in our dominant culture (because it’s easier for people to oversimplify by thinking in black and white while ignoring nuance). This creates a failure to appreciate people as individual humans, and pressure on everyone to fit within narrow, unnatural, binary norms and categorizations.

This story follows a young girl named Alula, who, along with her close friends and family, finds herself coming of age in a world teetering on the edge of either a solarpunk revolution or an environme...

Amid a deluge of executive actions, the Trump administration has directed federal health agencies to pause external communications, such as regular scientific reports, updates to websites and health a...