Teens Tackled Senior Isolation With 460,000 Letters

In 2020, the world came to a screeching halt in a sweeping act of human solidarity against COVID-19. It became clear that seniors were among the highest ...

Intergenerational Living Arrangements on the Rise

As Nadia Abdullah and Judith Allonby recently found out, online matchmaking is not just for finding romance. After passing the background checks, the ...

TikTok Drives Minors Deep into Negative Content

In a kind of “sting operation” on the social media site TikTok, The Wall Street Journal created dozens of automated accounts, also called ...

Hundreds of Suicidal Teens Sleep in ERs Every Night

Last spring, a 15-year-old girl was rushed by her parents to the emergency department at Boston Children’s Hospital. She had marks on both wrists ...

Boy’s Homemade Book Becomes Library Attraction

The hottest new book in the Lake Hazel branch of the Ada Community Library had a waiting list more than 50 people strong. But it wasn’t just word-of-mouth ...

Sixth Grader Saves Two Lives in One Day

Dayvon Johnson probably didn’t wake up feeling like a hero. But few would argue that two sets of actions he took that day were anything less than ...

When the Game Is Over, Where Do Our Avatars Go?

In a recent issue of Wired, Zak Jason writes:

In the 2003 Major League Baseball season, Oreo Queefs stood five-foot-zero, weighed 385 pounds, and, impossibly, ...

Teenager Gives Back with Pandemic Snack Packs

Michael Platt, 15, is an entrepreneur that uses his sweet tooth to make a difference. His business, Michael’s Desserts, uses a one-for-one model ...

California Man Donates Baseball Cards to Wildfire Survivors

Reese Osterberg, like a lot of 9-year-old girls, loves baseball. The love of her favorite sport drove her to collect baseball cards. But when the largest ...

Field Hockey Team Surprises Coach with Formal Wear

East Syracuse Minoa High field hockey coach Kate Harris challenged her players, who were all dedicated and focused, to loosen up a bit. Harris said, “I ...