You cannot market your way out of period poverty. In an age where every cause is packaged for consumption, even menstrual equity risks being reduced to a pink-themed awareness campaign. However, ...

Ken Schechter, a Navy Veteran, said he likely lost his hearing while stationed next to a three-inch gun mount or during small arms training without ear protection. He was diagnosed with hearing loss ...

Dayna Altman is a baker, speaker, author, and mental health advocate, stirring up conversations to support healing, vulnerability, and recovery. She spoke on a podcast, Keep Calm and Mental Health On, ...

With the City of Costa Mesa feature, it all started with Salvador, Margarita Avila, and their six children, who immigrated from Guanajuato, Mexico, in 1958 in search of a better life. They opened ...

At just 16, I never expected to hold a book with my name on the cover. It was a surreal feeling; I was excited, nervous and ready to open this new chapter of my life. What started as a collection of ...

Discarded electronics are piling up across West Africa, forcing families to choose between survival and toxic exposure. This article explores the hidden human cost behind the world’s ...

Los Angeles Times High School Insider is a community of young readers, thinkers and storytellers. The foundation of HSI is this user-generated content platform where young people from around Southern ...

The school year has come to an end. Juniors become seniors, and the seniors have graduated and officially become adults. This is a really big step for all seniors. This is when they decide to actually ...

In recent years, the Santa Clarita Valley has been a hotbed of softball talent with girls heading to top-notch colleges like Oregon, Stanford, Tennessee and Oklahoma. One school in particular has been ...

This pivotal spark took Broadway performer Allie Re from Northern California to Michigan and ultimately to New York City to pursue her dreams. Re first entered the world of theatre the moment her mom ...

As midterm elections approach, the United States once again faces a familiar problem: too many citizens staying home on election day. If democracy is meant to reflect the will of the people, it ...

Last summer, I began volunteering at a children’s therapy clinic in a nearby city. I didn’t know much about occupational or behavioral therapy, but I did know what it’s like to work with children ...