While H&M, Forever 21, Rue21, and even online stores like Zaful or Shein are all known for having the latest styles, they also belong to another category: Fast fashion providers.
July 20 marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. While during this month the country reflected back on those colossal moments of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepping onto Earth’s closest neighbor in space, it is a reminder for us all that getting to the moon is as…
An “SNL” performance. Three Guinness World Records. Debuts at No. 1 on the U.S. and U.K. charts.
It still doesn’t seem real to me that next year I won’t go back to the same school and see all of the same faces every day. I won’t go to the same coffee shops, I won’t wake up to the sound of my favorite little kitty scratching on the door at 5 in the morning, and I won’t run on the same tr…
One of my favorite things in the world is when a movie is released the weekend of my birthday. It’s like a birthday present from a major movie studio! My favorite childhood movie, “Finding Nemo,” had a sequel come out on my birthday weekend, and I was over the moon.
Movie sequels are rarely as good as the original. The likelihood of a good sequel decreases exponentially with each year that passes between it and its predecessor. As such, I walked into the movie theater with my “Toy Story 4” ticket in hand, hopeful but with low expectations.
In the 1970s, countries across Europe and America were lifting their bans on women’s soccer. This included prominent soccer power England, which had banned women from playing soccer on Football Association club fields since 1921.
As the lights began to dim in the Spokane Arena on July 9, some 12,000 teens, college students and fans of many ages prepared themselves for the experience that is the Free Spirit World Tour. After the crowd was warmed up by the brilliant young opener, Clairo, the night’s headliner — Khalid …
As there is one month left of summer, it is the perfect time to recommend a few books. The days are getting shorter, the nights are getting cooler, and the moment right now is perfect to curl up with a good book before the demands of school come crashing down in the fall.
“Black Mirror” is a Netflix-acquired BBC program that takes a horrifying look at modern society and the unseen consequences of new technological innovations. At the end of 2018, Netflix provided a very welcome return to the series for longtime fans by releasing a special titled “Black Mirror…
During her hiatus from making music, Sara Bareilles spent six years working on the blockbuster Broadway musical “Waitress.” Now, six years after the release of her album “The Blessed Unrest,” Bareilles returns with her politically charged 12-track collection titled “Amidst the Chaos.”
My experiences in high school have changed me enormously and are the reason for the person I am today. Many of those experiences have been horrible, and I wouldn’t ever choose to go through them again. In those moments, I wanted nothing more than to give up.
This all happened so fast. Everyone said senior year would go by in a blur, but it’s such a cliche thing that I honestly didn’t believe it. Then it happened.
At my parents’ nail salon, I’m not known as Tracy. I am beckoned by the names “Cash register,” “Two pedicures,” “Check the laundry” and “Clean the supplies.”
This will be one of the last pieces of mine published in the Yakima Herald-Republic, so I wanted write something memorable.
If you’re anything like me, then you appreciate the difference between a high quality marker and an average, run-of-the-mill marker. As an avid visitor of stationery shops, I have spent a significant amount of time admiring and testing out various pens, pencils, etc.
R&B fans thought Khalid wouldn't be able to outdo his 2017 debut album, “American Teen." But then he released his sophomore album, “Free Spirit,” on April 5.
Director Ava DuVernay of “Selma” and “A Wrinkle In Time” made her Netflix debut in June with a limited series called “When They See Us.” This series follows the events of the Central Park Five, a group of one Latino and four African-American teenage boys who were wrongfully accused of rape a…
A little less than six months after the pre-Halloween release of the initial 10 episodes of “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina,” Netflix decided to show its viewers some mercy. While most of its other popular original series generally go a year between offering up new episodes, the streamin…
For some the best part of summer is being off of school; for others it’s the warm weather.
Wallows is an American indie rock band that consists of guitar and vocal leaders Braeden Lemasters and Dylan Minnette alongside drummer Cole Preston. These three have been performing with one another throughout most of the past decade under different names and have actively produced songs as…
Which do you prefer, summer or winter?
This is what we were all waiting for. The last decade has been leading up to this.
If I asked any of my teenager friends if they wanted to attend an extra 20 to 25 hours of school a week, I would most certainly be given an expression of disgust. The thought of more work on top of schoolwork and daily life sounds horrible to students across our Valley. And yet, across the w…
July 20 marked the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the moon. While during this month the country reflected back on those colossal moments of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepping onto Earth’s closest neighbor in space, it is a reminder for us all that getting to the moon is as…
As we quietly sat in a corner of the classroom, after creating a barricade in front of the doors as part of a safety drill during sixth period on March 7, it hit me how naturally everyone was acting. It was as if preparing for someone to barge in through the door, ready to commit mass murder…