America

I was touched by this country even before I boarded the 17-hour flight that brought me to America. Growing up, my friends would go through whole bags of M&M’s, watch Hollywood films and dream of sunny California. We’d fantasize about free water fountains, and gosh, Mum, can we make those PB&J sandwiches, please? We’d discuss how Americans were perpetually in the future.

It’s worth noting that “BlacKkKlansman” is very emphatically not just about Colorado Springs, nor is it just about the 1970s.

I should have known that it would only be a matter of time before a picture of President Donald Trump would show up in the lecture slides.

Whatever you may think of journalists in this moment, the freedom of the press is a constitutionally guaranteed right, as it should be in a country that boasts a legacy of democracy.

A monotonous cycle: Report, dispute, and forget. This tribulation, a harrowing, wretched allegory.

Each year, the SF Mime Troupe seeks to tell stories of current issues to get audience members thinking and hopefully wanting to take action.

The stand-up comedian, currently based in New York, has kept it simple by centering her material on everyday encounters, such as her warfare with dirty hotel rooms.

I’m proud to be an American, and no number of problematic politicians will ever take that away from me.

I know just how much you love greeting cards, but this year, I wanted to do something different for Father’s Day. I hope this doesn’t embarrass you!

Growing up in America, you can only ever wish to be an American, an identity which extracts as much as it promises. You have no choice in the matter, even if you will always come up short.