Hip deep: opinions, essays, and vision from American teenagers

August / Della Jenkins

Papi / Maria Maldonado

Chinook Wind / Brittany Cavallaro

My Two Meshugenahs / Nicole Schwartzberg

Immigration Kids / Daniel Cacho

Ninety Days In Hell / Anonymous

What Is Marriage? / CatdeLuna

Walking In A Shadow's Wake: Remnants Of My Brother / Theresa Staruch

Blanca's Piece / Blanca Garcia

Homies / Dylan Oteri

"My Voice Is an Independent Song'': My School, My Path, My Learning ; Will The Tortoise Win The Race? / Eric Green

Given Sunlight And A Certain Care / Jane S. Jiang

The Power Of Silence / Stephanie Compton

Daniel's Letter / Daniel Omar Araniz

Why I Won't Graduate / John Wood Forging

The Knife / Alice Nam

Sex With Seniors: No Fairytale For Freshmen / Elan Jade Jones

Politic Football / Daniel Klotz

One Hundred Faces / Jane S. Jiang

A Coach's Word / James Slusser

The Healing Heart / Bessie Jones

The Case For Race / Candace Coleman

"Because It's Mine, and Because Ain't Nobody Just Gonna Take It from Me'': Living in the Body I Have ; Untouchable / Telvi Altamirano

I Can Do It Myself / Tania Morales

Forget The Corsage / Adam Gauzza

Hunger's Diary / Lauryn Silverman

Dancing My Culture / Obasi Turrentine

Sounding Off / Gloria Claussen

The Upside Of A Tattoo / Michelle Zauner

"These Values I Take Home with Me'': Race, Culture, and Origin ; An Adopted Korean / Hae-ok Miller

Culture / Mikaylah Bowman

Flowered Dresses / Juliana Partridge

Showing My Faith On The Outside / Maria Zaman

Preserving My Native American Culture On Graduation Day / Lyn Bluehouse-Wilson

Paper Mill Town / Jenny Gapinski

Generation 1.5 / Suki

I'M Tired Of Skaters Getting A Bad Rap / Nick Propios

From A Chinook Girl To A Woman / Rachel Cushman

From A Boy To A Man / Ayodele T.M. Adesanya

"My River Has a Bridge'': War, Peace, and Change on a Small Planet ; My River / Rafael Espinoza

In Training / Jessica Baptists

Israel Is My Home / Efty Sharony

Worrying About Family In Palestine / Lailie Ibrahim

The Juvenile Death Penalty / Matan Prilletinsky

R.I.P. Shirts / Amy Saechao

Wake-up Call In Another World / Maria Zaman

One Chance At Greatness / Jane S. Jiang

Dunk, Monk, Dunk / Benjamin Boas

Amazing Grace / William Harvey.