How I Learned to Love My Body—Especially in the Summer
There is a day we New Yorkers quietly celebrate, that we don’t have a name for. It’s the morning when I can feel the earth peel back her blanket and…
History Shows us Why a Non-Partisan U.S. Military is Essential
Many of the Trump Administration’s recent actions, from its deployment of the National Guard and the Marines to Los Angeles to its military parade on June 14—which ostensibly commemorated the…
Terrifying vids show flash floods surging through Italian towns leaving at least one dead & dozens trapped after storm
TERRIFYING footage shows flash floods ripping through towns in northwestern Italy. Franco Chiaffrino, a 70-year-old fruit seller, was killed after he was hit by a torrent of water while getting…
America’s Founders Valued Higher Education
Political attacks on higher education are escalating as we approach next year’s 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Members of the Trump Administration, state legislatures, and think tanks like…
The Making of an American Pope
“I’m ticked,” says John Prevost, the retired Midwestern high school principal who is now, abruptly and without warning, globally famous and in demand. “I didn’t want to be, but I’m…