Life
When my partner left our life abroad for law school in the Midwest, I followed him and told myself it was all part of a bigger plan. We’d first met as two single Americans living in Guatemala, and jumped headfirst into the kind of whirlwind romance that feels almost mythic when you’ve built your life […]
Metallica paid a heartfelt tribute to Black Sabbath as they performed as special guests at what was the final farewell show for both the legendary Godfathers of Metal, and for their longtime frontman Ozzy Osbourne as a solo artist. The band played not . . .
Metallica paid a heartfelt tribute to Black Sabbath as they performed as special guests at what was the final farewell show for both the legendary Godfathers of Metal, and for their longtime frontman Ozzy Osbourne as a solo artist. The band played not . . .
Iranian dissidents are speaking out over Whoopi Goldberg’s “offensive” claim that life for black Americans is equivalent to living under Iran’s brutal autocracy. “Whoopi Goldberg’s comparison between being black in America and living under Iran’s authoritarian regime is deeply misguided and dismisses the brutal realities faced by millions of Iranians,” Dr. Sheila Nazarian told Fox News […]
A leading US clinic hopes its fecal waste biobank will help researchers make new discoveries about how to treat cancer patients – one of several efforts to turn human waste into medicine. The Mayo Clinic biobank is part of researchers’ years-long effort to “personalize” medicine by . . .
The Trump administration’s slashes to the Department of Health and Human Services is threatening Meals on Wheels, the popular program dedicated to combatting senior hunger and isolation. Despite decades of bipartisan support, Meals on Wheels now faces attacks from . . .
“Don’t open the door to nobody,” my father warned throughout my childhood – right up until the day he died. He trusted no politicians, no organized religion and definitely no strangers knocking unannounced. Lately, his words echo louder than ever. In California, where I teach at university, the year began with wildfires. They’re out now, […]
I was on the phone to a friend talking about our kids as I clicked through a new report launched at Westminster a couple of weeks ago. It was about how children are facing a “crisis of lost learning” because they are being suspended or excluded from school, or they’re not attending because their needs […]
On Thursday morning in Shanghai, as shoppers filled the luxury malls and delivery drivers whizzed around the winding streets at breakneck speed, financiers breathed a cautious sigh of relief. Overnight, US President Donald Trump had reversed course, announcing a 90-day pause on his so-called “reciprocal tariffs” of up to 50% for dozens of countries. Although […]
“It’s all about this,” U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Troy E. Black, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told a room full of Defense Health Agency staff while pointing to the American flag. In a town hall meeting, Black told staff at the Defense Health Headquarters in Falls […]