Arts & Culture

"The Big Gay Sketch Show’s" Straight Girl Speaks Out   by Nicol Paone

In a world of us and them it's only we, heterosexuals who understand love... right... asks actress Nicol Paone, the straight actress on "The Big Gay Sketch Show". In probing this volatile issue Paone writes - "are their...

Salvaging Sexuality  by Singto Saro-Wiwa, Nigeria

Being a virgin was once a lauded symbol of virtue and purity in Nigeria. But over the past decade, casual sex has become a commercial enterprise – 'just another commodity to be haggled over and sold on the open market,'...

A Holiday Message  by Debra Mamorsky, Editor-in-Chief

A holiday message from the Editor-in-Chief of Voices of Tomorrow.

Winning Humor  by Zachary Ruchman, New Jersey

With no end to the writers' strike in sight, viewers of The Daily Show 'can't get no (political) satisfaction.' But weary souls downtrodden by a lack of humor in domestic and international now have reason to rejoice!

Life is Like a Box of Chocolates  by Jason Cherish

College fraternities don’t exactly have a reputation of being a learning ground for empathy – yet members at one of Sigma Phi Epsilon’s fraternities learned exactly what it means to be human beings connected to one another...

Acting for Life  by Demore Barnes, California

Ironically, life is sweet for actor Demore Barnes. His role as Hector Williams in David Mamet’s TV drama series, The Unit is finished. His character was killed while serving as a Delta Force special operations soldier in...

Dr. Strangelove’s Dating Machine: How to Meet, Cheat, and Delete in Seconds Flat   by Madeline Zima, California

What happened to traditional romance where boy meets girl and actually talks to her? That's what actress Madeline Zima would like to know. Today's dating scene – at least in the U.S. – is happening over text messaging,...

September Dawn Probes Causes of Religious Fundamentalism  by April J. Anderson, Massachusetts

Sometimes movies dealing with difficult events, like September 11th can offer very valuable perspectives and insights that even politicians and policy makers with classified information can’t. Christopher Cain’s movie...

Hope on Hope  by April Anderson, Massachusetts

A 9/11 in 1857 offers up a kind of twilight zone of similarities to the events on 9/11 in 2001.

Up Against the Church  by April Anderson, Massachusetts

Descendants of the victims of 9/11 in 1857 are fighting back – fighting for their rights to retrieve their ancestors’ belongings from the Mormon Church.