We might not be able to do our regular binge shopping, meet up with friends at the local pub, or continue classes at the gym. But we can still keep ourselves healthy and fit.

We might not be able to do our regular binge shopping, meet up with friends at the local pub, or continue classes at the gym. But we can still keep ourselves healthy and fit. Elisha Nochomovitz, age 32, living in a French suburb, showed us how. On his balcony in Balma, he ran a 42.2 km. marathon at a slow and steady 6 hours, 48 minutes. Though nauseous and worried about the steady foot pounding his neighbors might object, he ran to make a point -- several, in fact. He wanted to bring attention

Waiting for the stay-at-home order to lift is getting hard. We are in so many ways stuck and stagnant.

Waiting for the stay-at-home order to lift is getting hard. We are in so many ways stuck and stagnant. The other day I found myself walking in circles around the house. I didn’t know what to do with myself. There was plenty I could do. But I'd already done so much of that. I had no motivation; I had no direction, just aimless, anxious energy. I needed relief. Some sort of distraction. In the midst of waiting, so much change is happening that I can’t keep up with reality or the possibilities that

The air is filled with spin words about “opening up and going back to normal.”

The air is filled with spin words about “opening up and going back to normal.” The coronavirus, like Katrina and other disasters, has put a bright light on what is broken in our country. A fragile food system. Overcrowded prisons. Or how Hispanics and African Americans are always the most vulnerable in times of disaster and every day. The percentage of people who have died who are black or Hispanic is twice as high as the number of people who are white. This is an opportunity to not return to

Many deathbed scenes before the Black Death of mid-14th century Europe featured a dying person surrounded by community. For decades after that plague, they were often shown alone with death. Fear of contagion changed behaviors toward corpses. What would plague do in a culture that already denied death, like in the United States?

Many deathbed scenes before the Black Death of mid-14th century Europe featured a dying person surrounded by community. For decades after that plague, they were often shown alone with death. Fear of contagion changed behaviors toward corpses. What would plague do in a culture that already denied death, like in the United States? Mourning in black for a year—to ritualize a life lived through each day without the loved one—is an antiquated practice in Europe, but unheard of here, where people

There’s a Dr. Seuss book that’s a popular graduation gift – Oh! the Places You’ll Go. But as we know all too well, no one has been able to “go” much of anywhere in quite some time.

There’s a Dr. Seuss book that’s a popular graduation gift – Oh! the Places You’ll Go . But as we know all too well, no one has been able to “go” much of anywhere in quite some time. Though change is on the horizon, we aren’t yet sure how the future will unfold. That makes it especially important to celebrate the accomplishments of our new high school and college grads. Hopefully, their newly earned diplomas will be a passport of sorts that allows them entry into spaces and places that were not