Mindfulness…what is that again? When asked what mindfulness means or represents, attempting to explain it seems paradoxical. The word itself does not seem complicated yet what it implies is shrouded...

As a second-semester senior, the college application process has come with acceptances and rejections. I have learned to keep my college admissions details private, though, as when I told two individuals...

It affects everyone. Whether you are conservative, liberal or independent, climate change is wreaking havoc across all parts of the world.  Everyone has seen the effects of climate change, large or...

Glass shattered. Brutalized police. Death in the halls of the U.S. Capitol.  America watched in horror on Jan. 6 as thousands of domestic terrorists--bringing Trump flags, MAGA hats, assault rifles...

The incomparable Maya Angelou once said, “in diversity, there is beauty, and there is strength.” I imagine that many high school students and teachers would agree, so why does our English curriculum...

*Note: Three of the final paragraphs of the original version of this opinion piece, which discussed Dale Sherman, have been removed from the article. Drops of Ink did not fully or properly contextualize...

On Jan. 20, Joe Biden was inaugurated on the steps of the Capitol Building, becoming the 46th president of the United States. As his vice president, Biden chose Kamala Harris, a former Democratic senator...

It’s not uncommon to hear our male classmates claim that gender inequality doesn’t exist and that women and men are treated the same. And wouldn’t it be nice if that was true?  Sexism might not...

For the last 11 months, I’ve watched the number of COVID cases skyrocket. I’ve watched as this virus takes lives — lives of people I may have passed on the street or sat by on the train; people who...