Cigarettes are back. Is it the inherent uncoolness of vaping or the nihilism of a younger generation? Photos by Carson Dyer, modeled by Paige Victoria...

I had Mr. McAllen in mind when I started thinking about “Neo-Americana.” He was my middle school social studies teacher, and he bled red, white, and...

As a woman, I know that, societally, my future goals should include marriage and children. One may call me a scorned child of divorce, but even as full...

A year after the attack on the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001, country music goliath Alan Jackson released the emotive and poignant anthem “Where Were...

Three things I learned when I became sentient: the alphabet lied to me, the world was, in fact, not my oyster, and the American Dream was the white man’s...

I’ve become fearful of red baseball caps.  It’s an involuntary reaction—I literally do a double-take. I analyze the design—is that white text...

I feel safest on the grass, in the dirt, and at the top of any mountain. I value nature more than anyone I know. At 1850-feet altitude on a peak in...

A naked titan crouching in darkness, clutching the torso of a pale, dangling body, about to tear rib cage in two; some bold script pasted over in modern...

For Tennessee-based obstetricians like Laura Andreson, work has become a lot more complicated since June 2022. Andreson, who began practicing as an...

The year was 2017. My YouTube homepage began filling up with videos of young men and women scouring their local Goodwills and Salvation Army stores for...

Dear Grandma, It’s taken me a while to smile when they say our name. If only I had grown up with you braiding my hair and telling captivating stories...

With the popularity of Martin Scorsese's newest movie “Killers of the Flower Moon,” a great deal of attention has been brought back to Indigenous populations...

The statue in the entry hall served as a better reminder of the shadow over our shoulders than any nun brandishing a ruler could have. It was a...