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Rather than walking across the country, I’d walked into the death of my first self. I ...

The invention of cochlear implants and other technologies have given many deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children the option to hear ...

The engine of the American economy, in miniature.  In 1790, with American democracy still a work in progress, American capita ...

Less than 50 miles from New York City, tucked into a bucolic corner of New Jersey’s expansive sprawl, stands a 65-acre plot of anci ...

Producer: Karen Smyles The quick rise of 22-year-old twin sisters Nalani & Sarina — from a small town in wes ...

Millions of refugees are trying to escape persecution, torture and death in their homelands, and often endure arduous flights to get to a ...

Do test scores improve when schools provide laptops to every student? A new analysis of data from researchers at Michigan State Universit ...

In many ways, a career change is a leap of faith. Even if you’re dissatisfied with your current job, there’s no way of knowin ...

Since its founding four and a half years ago, PACTforAnimals.org has honored the importance of t ...

LaFaye Gaskins is serving a life sentence for the 1989 murder of Albert Dodson in Philadelphia.  He was convicted despite a l ...

Documentary photographer Denise Allen takes on subjects that she feels are misunderstood aspects of American society.  That p ...

Mother’s Day — the time to appreciate the moms in our lives. If you believe the greeting card industry, motherhood is marked by uncon ...

Jennifer Hollis is perched on a black stool, her harp cradled between her legs. Her fingers move along the multicolored strings, plucking ...

For a fee, you and a handful of friends, or coworkers, can escape from a medieval torture chamber, or a CDC laboratory, or “The 80s ...

May is National Pet Month, and there are likely to be many stories circulating about man, woman and their pets. But perhaps none is as co ...