Culture

  • Observations of a Climate Protest: A Focus on Fridays for Future
    To coincide with the United Nations General Assembly and the beginning of New York City’s Climate Week, Fridays for Future hosted a special event, Global Climate Strike, to call on world leaders to stop using fossil fuels.
  • Love in Outer Space
    How do we find Love in Outer Space? First, we must go internally to find love in inner space.
  • The Met Cloisters is the Perfect Indoor/Outdoor Museum – Review
    The Met Cloisters, while especially famous for its historical offerings, is remarkable for its physical design and spacial makeup.
  • The War on Drugs Continued… Why is Ozempic so Popular?
    The pharmaceutical industry intersects with the most significant medications we see daily. Ozempic has seen its rise within the last four years.
  • How to Safely Deep-Fry a Turkey
    Deep-frying your turkey can significantly enhance how you prepare the dish. Here’s how to deep-fry a turkey safely and responsibly. 
  • The Thanksgiving Address
    Thanksgiving as we know it today is beautiful: we gather with our loved ones and share laughs, memories, and food. Nevertheless, let us be honest: the history of Thanksgiving is devastating.
  • Cultural Dishes Meet for the Holidays
    Growing up in a first-generation Mexican-American household, holidays always bring delicious cuisines. Despite that, holidays that are dominant in the U.S. and not Mexico aren’t celebrated the same.
  • Spike Lee: Creative Sources Exhibit Review
    During the month of October, Director Lee had an exhibit open at the Brooklyn Museum. The curation titled Spike Lee: Creative Sources showcases over 450 items from his personal collection including movie artifacts, awards, and historical objects.
  • How to Be Leader in Climate Change:
    Leadership is the ability to guide a group of people in an idealistic direction. Frequently, leaders are responsible for making a difference and creating working scenarios for people to engage in.
  • Environmentally Friendly Fashion Habits
    Tips for sustainable fashion habits
  • Art and Climate Education
    The arts provide tools and techniques for students to imagine worlds beyond the climate crisis. Along with storytelling, the arts can paint a paradigm in which the root causes of the climate emergency — hierarchies of extraction and exploitation — are uprooted in favor of a transformative vision for the future.
  • Global Citizen Festival 2023
    Every year, the Global Citizen Festival (GCF) is hosted in New York, right in the heart of Central Park. The festival has featured past performers such as Kendrick Lamar, Metallica, and Mariah Carey. This year, we were all drawn to see Lauryn Hill and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, even if it meant standing in a storm for 5 hours.
  • African-American Day Parade Harlem
    Video by: Earth Shiners
  • Father’s Day in Qatar
    Happy Father’s Day 2023
  • AI’s Growth with Humanity 
    Technology has doubled in speed and power, and we have seen exponential growth within the last few decades.
  • The Inflation Reduction Act:
    The Inflation Reduction Act: Why does it matter and how does it affect you?
  • The Government’s Role in Protecting Nature
    The government plays an essential part in conserving our country’s natural spaces, and as a people, we trust them to protect us from related health hazards.
  • Increased Usage in Technology can Lead to Increased Waste
    To look at how technology has created environmental change, we must understand what negative impacts big tech companies have created.
  • Oil and its Contemporary Existence Through Consumerism
    The other day I was talking to an old friend, and made a comment about how detached we are from the things we buy, especially in New York, where sometimes I get the feeling the whole city is a store.
  • Atlanta Brunch Festival
    Atlanta natives were able to enjoy unlimited mimosas and a never-ending array of local food delicacies as food trucks lined the perimeter of the event.
  • Atlanta’s Cop City
    Atlanta has been dealing with a series of protests in what has been dubbed “Cop City.” The protests have garnered global attention, especially following the death of one of the many proclaimed activists fighting to stop the construction of the city’s new plans to build a fortified center to train police officers.
  • Product of Black History Month
    Celebrating Black History Month, we wanted to spotlight a Black-owned development that is helping the community. We wanted to mention Angel Gregorio turning a 7,500-square-foot lot into a strip mall dedicated to black-owned businesses. 
  • Gas vs. Electric Stoves: The Kitchen’s Newest Battle
    A topic of much debate has arisen, and it is regarding the kitchen stove.
  • Celebrating Lunar New Year in New York City
    The Lunar New Year marks the arrival of Spring and is one of the most celebrated holidays worldwide.
  • The Connection Between Civil and Environmental Rights
    The leadership capabilities that paralleled the civil rights movement offered a similar effective strategy when implemented toward environmental justice issues. Marches, community engagement, and protests carried over as environmental activists needed to find ways to draw attention to crises.
  • January product of the Month
    Defective Garment’s collaboration with Nike’s Re-Creation Program is part of an initiative that advances the goal of zero waste in the clothing industry. Zac Cabrera is the founder of Defective Garments, an online thrift store in which he sells custom clothing.
  • Traveling to Egypt for a Week – Earth Shiners Travel Guide
    I was excited to embark on my first international solo adventure this January. After much thinking and the spiritual confidence to proceed, I decided to visit Egypt.
  • Gentrification and its Impacts on Harlem, New York
    Harlem, New York. A centralized location for Black people in America has become a marker for gentrification’s complications.
  • Fashion Forward
    The fast fashion era has caused significant environmental issues due to overflowing landfills, water pollution, and expansive carbon emissions from production.
  • Review: Kaws ‘The Promise’
    To coincide with the unveiling of his sculpture in the Dadu Gardens in Qatar, Brian Donnely (better known as “Kaws”), released a new vinyl figure and poster set. This vinyl edition is known as ‘The Promise.’