This essay is part of Companion Fare, a series of personal stories about traveling with loved ones.

People often cite tryptophan as the cause of Thanksgiving drowsiness, but turkey itself does not actually make you sleepy. Tryptophan is an amino acid that regulates sleep. There's not enough of ...

After an immigration border bill passed an Arizona Senate committee, dozens of people protested against it outside the state capitol on Monday. Hundreds of protestors took to the streets outside ...