What It’s Really Like to Run a JA Company at 16

Running a company at sixteen may sound unrealistic, yet the Junior Achievement Company Programme proves that young people are capable of building real businesses when given the opportunity. What began as a classroom project quickly became an immersive lesson in entrepreneurship, teamwork, and leadership. From building a brand and pitching on television to representing Malta at Europe’s largest youth entrepreneurship festival, the experience showed me that entrepreneurship is not just about ideas, it is about adaptability, responsibility, and the courage to turn solutions into reality.

8 min

Euroconsumers Start Talking Webinar — Teens Take On Digital Fairness (My Experience on the Panel)

Teenagers from across Europe came together in a Euroconsumers webinar on digital fairness to discuss the internet we grew up with and the responsibility of navigating it today. As a panelist, I joined the conversation to challenge assumptions, question systems, and bring forward the realities young people actually experience online.

4 min

Can Thrifting Really Combat Overconsumption?

Let me ask you a question: How many articles and videos have you seen in recent years promoting sustainable fashion that encourages thrifting? But then you see videos featuring the...

5 min

Was Timothée Chalamet actually wrong about opera and ballet?

Let us pause for a moment: Timothée Chalamet’s remark on opera and ballet was not just provocative, but strangely loaded, coming from someone raised so close to that world. Delivered with a smirk, it sounded less like observation and more like dismissal. That is precisely what makes the comment — and the backlash to it — worth examining.

9 min

Is Critical Thinking Possible on Algorithm-Driven Feed?

Remember a time when you had to wait for your favorite TV program, cartoon, or the evening news, walk into a library to pick your next book, or actively search for perspectives beyond your own – a time when the desire to broaden your viewpoint required effort and patience.

5 min

The Canadian Establishment: How Elite Networks Shape Democratic Power

Peter C. Newman’s The Canadian Establishment examined how elite networks shape political and economic power. Nearly fifty years later, its insights still resonate in modern democracies.

3 min

The Epstein Files and the Age of Distrust

Millions of released Epstein files have sent social media into investigative overdrive. As influencers and online sleuths scour the documents, misinformation is spreading almost as fast as the facts.

8 min

Can free gym memberships tackle Malta’s obesity crisis?

Starting in 2025, Malta offered young people born between 2005 and 2007 a free six-month gym membership. The response was positive, with over 6,000 applications.

6 min
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