Jack Lynch in The Conversation: "Talking turkey! How the Thanksgiving bird got its name (and then lent it to film flops)"
“Meleagris Gallopavo Day” is a bit of a mouthful. Which may be why this Thanksgiving, most people will opt for the less…
Rizzo, Strub in WaPo: The Newark history missing from ‘Many Saints’
Tony Soprano became an iconic figure in American culture because of James Gandolfini’s searing performance, but also…
Cathy Park Hong Is on the 2021 TIME 100 List
When I read Cathy Park Hong’s Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning, it felt like I was being shaken awake to…
Whit Strub for The Nation: New Jersey Hasn't Defeated ICE Yet
When New Jersey passed a bill banning new, renewed, or extended contracts with Immigration and Customs Enforcement in…
Jennifer Austin for NJ.com | Creating more dual-language programs should be part of post-COVID recovery plan
By Jennifer Austin and Jen Sargent
Alison Lefkovitz for NJ.com: "A forgotten past repeats itself as Newark’s attempt to create economic equity"
This spring, 30 people in Newark began receiving a $12,000 income over the next two years, with no strings attached as…
Xuejian Wu for The Conversation: “ How much energy can people create at one time without losing control?”
Above our heads there is a powerful energy source created by nature, the Sun. Because the Sun is 93 million miles from…
Diane Wong for NJ.com: The solution to anti-Asian violence is not more policing | Opinion
In Atlanta, on March 16, a white man drove to three different massage parlors and deliberately shot and killed eight…
Domingo Morel for The Washington Post: As Georgia’s new law shows, when Black people gain local power, states strip that power away.
Last week, Georgia’s Republican Gov.
Rachel Hadas for The Conversation: Holding on to hope is hard, even with the pandemic’s end in sight – wisdom from poets through the ages
As we begin to glimpse what might be the beginning of the end of the pandemic, what does hope mean? It’s hard not to…