COVID-19 reporting is a clear example of how rhetoric can deeply change a reader’s perception of scientific fact.

I didn’t tell my friend about the psychologist; he already felt like an inconvenience - I didn’t want to make it worse.

As I struggled to find words, Magar was gone — for he was more worried about his bread than my climate change lecture.

“Eventually, there will be a fungal disease that will become very problematic for humans.”

The fire was within the mountains, within the earth. It was never meant to leave. But it did.

She ate breakfast as her husband prepared dinner on the other end of the line, on the other end of the day, on the other end of the world.

As the months wore on, I began to dread going to work but I didn’t know how to take a break. I didn’t know that quitting was an option.

The solution to this problem is seemingly simple, but is convoluted by politics: Keep what you will definitely need, donate the rest!

The bonds that took shape in our youth solidify and create roots from which we are able to grow, but return to draw life from.

David Baker's thankless job selling phones at a store gets even more grueling when the pandemic rolls over into its second year.