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Passing
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. Three biracial children sat on the sidelines of the gymnasium during recess, watching all the other kids play basketball. Although similar in ethnicity, two of them had noticeably darker complexions. In the middle of talking and watching the game, one of the children […]
Letter from the Editor // Fall 2016
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. Dear Reader, The morning after the election, I canceled the editorial meeting that was scheduled for 7:30 p.m. I spent most of the day scrolling through Twitter and reading people’s reactions. Somewhere along the line, I retweeted a jarring image. It placed […]
A Woman’s Words
The following feature appears in the Fall 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. White walls pinned with proofs and past articles closed in as tensions rose; the blare of laptop screens reflected onto widening eyes heavy with fatigue; and hands reached up for hair to grip in frustration. Welcome to a newsroom deep in the bowels of election […]
The Other Dome
The following feature appears in the Spring 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. Forty people bob their heads to an indie punk band playing in the basement of a nondescript, blue apartment at the far end of Ackerman. For the past two years, Schoonmaker and his seven apartment mates have kept a tradition of hosting bands in their house, […]
Your Vote Matters
The following feature appears in the Spring 2016 issue of Medley Magazine. The 2016 presidential election has brought the rise of Donald Trump, an endless supply of Ted Cruz memes, and the nail-biting showdown between Sanders and Hillary Clinton. The one gift it hasn’t delivered is the elusive youth vote. In 2014, voter turnout dipped across […]