Pia Guerrero

According to a recent study, 74 percent of millennials have unpaid medical bills. Surprised? It’s true, and medical debt has become such a problem for our generation that it even rivals our culminating student loan and credit card debts

At least 30 million people will have an eating disorder in their lifetime, and eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness, according to data from ANAD. Given these facts, it’s important to raise awareness of these dangerous illnesses so that people know how to get help for themselves or loved ones

The last two years have been full of questions, anxiety, and fear for America’s transgender population due to discrimination from the Trump administration. On October 21, The New York Times shared a memo (obtained from the Department of Health and Human Services) stating that the agency is attempting to create a single, uniform definition of sex based on one’s genitals at birth, with male or female being the only two options

Gender equity in the workplace can be a difficult and seemingly abstract subject to measure, but, there is enough data surrounding pay and education to talk about gender equity in a way that deals with implications drawn from facts. Coming forward about abuse and harassment is a crucial aspect of fighting workplace inequality, as “traditional” gender roles are constructed to keep women quiet when harassment and violence occurs. Changing pay for working women, laws that discriminate against workplace pregnancies, and policies that demand justice for sexual harassment and discrimination will likely take generations. While these are all stereotypes, the income inequality between genders remains a continued demonstration of the way society values women’s contributions in the workplace in particular—an in the world in general.