British poet William Ernest Henley published a short poem that expressed one way to cope with life’s circumstances.  The poem ...

The towering Greek philosopher and poet Homer described olive oil as “liquid gold” and the Greek tragedian extraordinaire Sophocles called olives “our sweet silvered wet nurse”. Olive oil is the oil ...

More than a poet and novelist, A. Samad Said is a voice of the people, a cultural force, and a symbol of the national language ...

Jonas Hassen Khemiri, whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker and other outlets, is the author of six ...

When the normal unexpectedly turns abnormal in human experience, it elicits unusual, startled impulses in the observer.

When it comes to my daughter, I try to live in the moment. I stumbled into this paradigm in March of 2023, when Nora was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder at the age of 2. Nora is 4 now—a fiery, ...

Samuele Jenkins’ and Jessica Ivey’s cases raise complex questions of parental culpability and how his checkered arrest record ...

Juneteenth celebrates the emancipation of enslaved people in 1865, when Galveston, Texas, received news that the Civil War ...

Benson Boone made a bold decision that would shape the path of his pop music career, even before fame found him. He tried out in 2021 for the 19th season of American Idol.

I gently nudged him and whispered, “There’s something in the bed.” Thinking I was talking in my sleep, he mumbled, “Just go back to sleep.” But I insisted and asked him to slide down a little and ...

A group of parents, caregivers and teachers of special needs children asked the board to reconsider budget cuts Tuesday night that would decrease services their children rely on while attending ...

As I stand in the sun-drenched park, the aroma of barbecue smoke wafts through the air, curling upward like a prayer.