At the height of the 2020 BLM protests, I commented on a thread in an Italian-American Facebook group that sparked fury. Statues of...

I’m not a fan of using militaristic terms and even try to avoid using gun terminology that’s woven into idioms. But ironically, it’s...

In my recent post (Don’t Box Us In), I explored a subtle way our society perpetuates a sense of racial division, which had me wondering...

Last week’s post spoke to bridging cultural and philosophical divides, as told through the story of my own Jewish-Catholic marriage. This...

The Women’s March four years ago was a reflexive response by women who felt cheated by a system dominated by men since its inception. I’m...

As evidenced in The Illusion of Progress, one thing that gets me through these ongoing moments of collective stress is to zoom out and...

My last post, The House that Covid Built, sparked plenty of conversations in our house about which news articles are true and helpful and...

This is the story that told of the people that spread the disease that was caused by the droplets from someone who ate the bat that got...

As penance for my internalized girlhood sexism, I am delighted to support an organization that has been around for over 150 years in the...

Last week I shared why it’s so challenging to define what makes a “good school” — even if we should still seek them out! Despite the...

Raise your hand if you think the main purpose of school is to get a good job. Okay, now raise your hand if you think the main purpose of...

Reframing “reality” to see a boldly positive future was a challenge, though I have to say I’m pleased with how I justified my optimistic...

Last week’s post highlighted the rewards of going abroad to get “educated” — a valuable endeavor, to be sure. However, plenty of children...

The cheers in the stairway reverberated off the walls, giving us goosebumps as we waited to ascend into Scuola Mazzini in Genoa, Italy....