Features - KidSpirit

Summer 2025 • Joy & Laughter

Appealing to the Masses

by Jayden Pan

Spring 2025 • State of Mind

Are We Living in a Simulation?

by Dua Shazib

The Overlooked Benefits of Sports

by Om Kakkad

Are We Really in Control of Who We Are?

by Konrad Tittel

Winter 2024 • Music and Art

Harmonizing Heritage: The Performing Arts in Pakistan

by Dua Shazib

Mind on Music: How Music Affects the Human Brain

by Lily Wang and Isabel Zhang

The Intrinsic Artistic Desire of Humans

by Dylan Zhang

Fall 2024 • The School Experience

A Day at School

by Global Youth Voices

The Benefits and Drawbacks of Online Learning

by Judy Liu

The First 15 Years

by Nandana Thakershy

Summer 2024 • AI and the Future of Knowledge

AI and the Arts

by Finnegan Kelly

How AI and Its Applications Have Changed Our World

by Isabel Zhang

The Vast Tree of Artificial Intelligence

by Siddhant Raj

Spring 2024 • Crisis and Change

Conflict: Should We Just Agree to Disagree?

by Sybille Nkunzimana

Vaping Unveiled: The Teen Epidemic

by Amy Bai and Lily Wang

Discovering Youth-Led Solutions to Global Issues

by Global Youth Voices

The Path Paved with Unity

by Aangi Shah

Winter 2023 • Finding Meaning

The Crossroads of Life

by Orin Sim

The Psychology of Meaning

by Alison Hu

Dance and Meaning

by Xiaoxiao Chen

Meaning: A Quest Throughout the Journey of Life

by Mahnoor Ali Pervaiz

Fall 2023 • Now and Then

Literature from the Past to the Present

by LaVie Saad

A Rose-Tinted Past

by Adya Sarin

The Dynamism of History

by Zainab Khan

Light from the Past

by Dylan Zhang

Summer 2023 • Courage

Attainable Courage

by Adina Gerwin

Sharing the Hero’s Journey: Part II

by Vincent Chang, Siddhant Raj

Sharing the Hero’s Journey: Part I

by Sybille Nkunzimana, Yana Slavinska

The Courage to Be Free

by Yana Slavinska

Spring 2023 • Violence and Healing

Why Do We Forgive?

by Mahrukh Khurshid

The Dispute of the Century

by Álvaro Pérez de Aguado Durán

Is the World Becoming More Violent?

by Tommy Zhou

Winter 2022 • Dreams and Desires

The Ripple Effect

by Lyla Cheary

Unlocking the Mysteries of Dreams

by Max Mesh

When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

by Nargis Kachrumathur

Fall 2022 • Citizenship

When Building a Civilization Goes Wrong

by Olga Phaedra Pouppis

Defining Citizenship

by Pragya Natarajan

Justice Systems: Punishment or Redemption?

by Ziyin Zhou and Kailun Sun

Summer 2022 • Who Am I?

Hey Siri, What’s the “Coming-Of-Age” Genre?

by Sanvi Sirigineedi

Internet Identity: Finding Ourselves in the Modern World

by Izzy Weitzman

Spring 2022 • Time and Space

Words Shine Like Stars

by Dylan Zhang

Time Through The Ages: Converging Past, Present, and Future

by The Australia Editorial Board

To Live or to Plan?

by Iman Monnoo

Beam Me Up, Scotty!

by Samantha Singh

Winter 2021 • Love

The Parent Is the First Teacher

by Jaden Flach

Step One: Self-Forgiveness

by Fifi Wang

Exploring the Magic of Love in Music

by Marium Ihsan

Fall 2021 • The Media That Raised Us

Social Media: Dangerous, Yet Beneficial

by Rachel Gai

We Read, We Grow, and We Succeed

by Dylan Zhang

The Importance of Equitable Representation in the Media

by Adina Gerwin

Summer 2021 • Connection and Isolation

Work No. 227

by Anahis Luna

Why Have Humans Evolved to Be Social Beings?

by Samarth Jajoo

The Friend Behind the Screen

by Jaden Flach

Spring 2021 • Life and Death

CRISPR: Specter or Savior?

by Raavee Tripathi

When Killing Is Legal

by Sylvie Green

Mourning Those We Have Never Met

by The Australia Editorial Board

Winter 2020 • Silence

An Exercise in Confidence: Conversing with Iona Somerville

by Pragya Natarajan

The Wonders Of Boredom

by Kushan V. Mehta

Silence: The Loudest Sound

by Fizza Raza

Fall 2020 • Strength and Influence

Beauty of Strength: An Exploration from an Unexpected Encounter

by Jiayi Liao

Youth in Activism

by Mac Fabens

What It Takes to Be a Leader

by Pragya Natarajan

What Should We Do About Propaganda?

by Nathan Zhang

Summer 2020 • Fun and Creativity

There is No “I” in Art

by Oscar Luckett

Commencement Means Beginning, Not End

by Lucy Liversidge

Rejuvenating Creativity

by Zayna Mian

Spring 2020 • Nature

Nature: The Healing Gift We Ignore

by Emilija Krysén

Alone, Thanks to a Team

by Abraham Weitzman

Detachment

by Olivia Bailey

Winter 2019 • Fulfillment

Using Philosophy to Find Fulfillment

by Jack Miles

Only for . . . Your Parents

by Thee Sim Ling

Competition: A Pandora’s Box for Both Stress and Happiness

by Botao Ju

My Scholarship to a Fulfilled Life

by Aditya Naik

The Elusive Definition of Success

by Ameena Naqvi

Fall 2019 • Education

Missed Education

by Jaden Flach

The Redefinition of “Normal”

by Yifei Wang

Connect to Learn

by Global Youth Voices

Summer 2019 • Fear and Anxiety

Mental Illness In Today’s Society

by Keesha Joseph

Finding Purpose in Our Fears and Failures

by Megan Kelleher

Fear and the Future

by Grace Luckett

To My Younger Self

by Global Youth Voices

Fear: Humanity’s Guilty Pleasure

by Fizza Raza

Spring 2019 • Society and the Individual

How Societal Norms Push Women Away from Engineering Careers

by Ashanti Benons

Isolation in the Face of Many

by Lulu Rasor

Violence in the Human Condition

by Khawaja Mustafa Shah

Winter 2018 • Reality and Perception

The Shortcomings of Objectivity

by Michael Deschenes

Pageants Are Leaving Tiara-Shaped Scars

by Alex Ericson

Seeing Through Heroic Eyes

by Abraham Weitzman

Fall 2018 • The Adventurous Spirit

Keys to Connection

by Virtual Explorers

Pushing the Reset Button

by Samarth Jajoo

Turning Inwards

by Uday Schultz

Summer 2018 • Storytelling and Narrative

Story to Story

by Global Youth Voices

What the Future Holds

by Brynn Thurber

Stolen Time

by Ayla Schultz

People Watching

by Lila Hazan

Spring 2018 • The Speed of Now

Taking Our Future into Our Hands

by Ohad Argavan

Modern Technology: Bringing Us Together or Pulling Us Apart?

by Vanita Sharma

Living in the Now: Consumerism and Its History

by Grace Luckett

Winter 2017 • Creation and Destruction

Leaving the Garden: Motherhood from Mary to Beyoncé

by William Lohier

Destruction: The Key to Art?

by Caroline Hochman

Nearly Two People

by Olivia Bailey

Fall 2017 • Unity and Division

Strategic Resistance in the House

by Husnaa Hashim

How Can the Next Generation Be a Force For Unity?

by Global Youth Voices

Great Unity

by Ralph Wang

Summer 2017 • Resilience

Resilience Through Passion

by Huzaifa Liaqat

I Came, I Adapted, I Thrived: Resilience in Our Globalized World

by Nathan Zhang

Spring 2017 • Simplicity and Complexity

Why Do We Conform?

by Grace Luckett

Transit to Tomorrow

by Uday Schultz

Simply Speaking

by Abraham Weitzman

Winter 2016 • Mysteries of the Universe

Possibilities Within the Impossible

by Khawaja Mustafa Shah

Astrophotography: Exploring the Universe from Below

by Vanita Sharma

Curiosity Propels Us

by Jung Woo Bae

Fall 2016 • Human Dignity

On Borders and Boundaries

by H. Agarwal and N. Asim

I Am Mike De La Mora’s Daughter

by Jessica De La Mora

Do We Need More Empathy?

by Anna Zimmer

Summer 2016 • Happiness

Happiness and the Nordic Model

by Nathan Zhang

A Short History of Happiness

by Ayla Schultz

A Defense of Effective Altruism

by Akash Mehta

Spring 2016 • Myth and Magic

Why Fantasy, Anyway?

by Caroline Hochman

A Hidden Apartheid

by Shouryaman Saha

Modern Technology or Modern Magic?

by Sharon Lin

Winter 2015 • Heritage

Festival of Flavors

by Global Youth Voices

The Heritage of Hollywood

by Grace Luckett

Heritage: A Malleable Identity

by Sharon Lin

Fall 2015 • Power

Pretend Power

by Hannah Berkowitz

What Lies at the Center

by Uday Schultz

Parochial Prayer

by Yardena Gerwin

Summer 2015 • The Stranger

Simply Strangers?

by Skyler Sallick

Relative Strangers

by William Lohier

i am Other

by Misbah Awan

Spring 2015 • Climate Change

Settled Science

by C. Hochman and O. Tang

Can Policy Protect Our Planet?

by Z. Hassan-Andoh and U. Schultz

Pioneers for the Environment

by Grace Luckett, Gertie-Pearl Zwick-Schachter, Vanita Sharma

Our Warming Climate

by Global Youth Voices

Winter 2014 • The Word

Immortality, Poetry, and a Whole Lot of Spinning

by Noorjehan Asim

The Power of Words in My Tradition

by Nimai Agarwal

Fall 2014 • Discovery and Progress

The Maker Movement and Me

by Vanita Sharma

Democracy Then and Now

by Uday Schultz

We Are Family

by Akash Mehta

Summer 2014 • Numbers and Symbols

Color in Art and Life

by Eleanor Goetz

Mall Walkers and McDonald’s

by Katie Reis

Spring 2014 • The Psyche

Group Decision-Making: Benefits and Perils

by Khalid Husain

The Summer That Changed Me

by Maddie Kessler

Dreams of Humanity

by Zach Kligler

Who We Become

by Caroline Colwell

Winter 2013 • The Nature of Truth

This Is Mostly True

by Zoe Miller

The Truths Behind Modern Technology

by Akash Mehta

The Age of Discovery

by Katie Reis

Fall 2013 • Beauty and the Senses

Discovering the Aesthetics of Suzhou

by Anya Dunaif

The Flaws of Frail

by Sharon Lin

Awe, Nature, and Fear

by Eleanor Goetz

Summer 2013 • The Soul of Gender

Masculinity on Television

by Sidarth Jayadev

Are Childhood Toy Preferences Innate?

by Rachel Narducci

Breaking the Barriers of Leadership

by Katie Reis

Uncovering the Hijab

by Misbah Awan

Spring 2013 • The Heroic Spirit

How One Tree Lead to the Fall of the First Corporation

by Opal Tang

What Makes a Hero?

by Zoe Miller

Ai Weiwei: Harnessing the Power of Art and Social Media

by Anya Dunaif

Winter 2012 • The God Issue

Unitarianism: Universalism Unlimited

by Naomi Chasek-MacFoy

The Ethics of the Interfaith Movement

by Akash Mehta

Science and Religion: A Love-Hate Relationship?

by Sidarth Jayadev

Fall 2012 • Money and Value

The Lucky Few: A Case Study on the Lottery

by Naomi Chasek-MacFoy

How Has Money Influenced Your Life?

by Sharon Lin

Summer 2012 • Exploring Time

Slow Food vs. Fast Food: Is There a Middle Ground?

by Elizabeth Berg

Something Inside

by Gracie Griffin

Time Through the Different Eyes of the World

by Madison Friedman

Spring 2012 • A Lens on Learning

The Future Belongs to the Dreamers

by Nikhil Goyal

Origins and Questions of Character Education

by Khalid Husain

Victory

by Akash Mehta

Notes From a Tiger Daughter

by Caie Kelley

Winter 2011 • Ethics and Morality

Where Does Morality Come From?

by Zach Young

Moral Clarity: The Real-World Legitimacy of Idealism

by Vidushi Sharma

It’s Right to Give Animals Rights

by Kimberly Tan

Fall 2011 • Creativity and Imagination

Technology: Creative Tool or Escape Route?

by Vidushi Sharma

Filling a Blank Page

by Elly Goetz

Odyssey of the Mind: A Journey to Creativity

by Anya Dunaif

Summer 2011 • Exploring Humor

The History of Comix: A Distorted World

by Sam Miller

The Mystery of Laughter: A Philosophical Look at the Funny Bone

by Zachary Young

Internet Humor: Nerdfighters DFTBA!

by Sofiy Inck

Laughter in My Heart

by Meenu Ravi

Spring 2011 • Conflict and Peacemakers

Cyberbullying: Know Your Boundaries

by Naomi Chasek-MacFoy

Gandhiji: The Father of My Nation

by Prerna Chatterjee

Talking With Tomorrow’s Peacemakers

by Akash Mehta

Winter 2010 • Finding Your Spirit In Art

The Art of Mathematics

by Zachary Young

Manga Through the Eyes of Osamu Tezuka

by Sofiy Inck

Spirituality and Transcendence: The White Light Festival

by Anya Dunaif

Winter 2010 • The Question of Meaning

Language and Communication

by Colette Gerstmann

Zhi You: The Meaning of Freedom

by Caie Kelley

Questions Without Answers

by Akash Mehta

Fall 2010 • Competition and Achievement

You May Begin: A Look at Standardized Testing

by Katie Hartman

The Cheating Plague

by A Very Concerned Non-Compliant

My Dad, Greg Mortenson

by Amira Mortenson

Summer 2010 • The Body in Balance

Becoming Vegetarian

by Colette Gerstmann

Success for Kids

by Gautama Mehta

Teen Depression

by Madison Friedman

Disability, Determination and Strength: Starlight Goes to Citi Field

by Greer Sallick

Spring 2010 • Rituals and Traditions

Celebrating Diwali

by Prerna Chatterjee

Summers at the Cabin

by Allie McIntosh

Celebration of Eid al-Fitr

by Saim Alam

Humility in Hinduism

by Gautama Mehta