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“I wish somebody would have explained to me that there were different options before this happened to me. Sometimes that can save somebody from experiencing that same trauma.” Samantha Jordan, a doula and birth photographer based in Northeastern Ohio, wishes…
Benjamin Franklin described the structure of the then-new American government as “a republic, if you can keep it.” That is to say, the very notion of American democratic governance is fragile and could collapse if imperiled. The current Supreme Court…
A handwritten chalkboard listing daily offerings and local favorites hangs next to the display counter at Scratch Baking, a small bakery in Milford, Connecticut. Lines often flow out the door as new faces and regulars stop by for their morning…
It was a little past 4:45 in the afternoon, and I was hurrying to pick up my fifth-grade brother and his friends from soccer practice. As I approached the field, one of his teammates pointed sharply in my direction and…
Over two decades ago, Babra Ontible Bhebe was working in Binga, a remote area in the northeastern region of Zimbabwe. As a temporary teacher, she taught many students from the most impoverished villages in her country. Often, students made the…
Meredith Turner knew she wanted to “go Greek” after watching a step performance at Howard University. The Delta Sigma Theta sorority mesmerized Turner, a senior in high school at the time. Once she arrived at college in the fall, Turner’s…
“Faschisten sind keine alternative für Deutschland.” Fascists are not an alternative for Germany. “Kein platz für nazis.” No place for Nazis. “Nie wieder ist genau jetzt.” Never again is right now. From Berlin to Munich and from Hamburg to Dresden,…
Anne Fadiman lives in Western Massachusetts, where each morning she reads the print edition of The New York Times, purchased from the gas station by her husband, and The Daily Hampshire Gazette, which waits for her at the end of…
