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As a child, my father had a deadly, unidentified illness. My mother drove him furiously from one hospital to the next as the paralysis ascended throughout his body, yet doctor after doctor offered only blank stares. Finally, one physician asked the crucial question: “Have you checked for Guillain-Barré?” As my mother frantically researched the condition, […]

In the year 2026, a woman is still an object to be controlled. The recent murder of Rubina Chandio, in the name of so-called honor, in Burdo Chandio village adjacent to Tando Masti Police Station in Pakistan, reveals the truth of our society that a woman’s survival in a patriarchal system is inexorably linked to […]

Child care in North Carolina is reaching a crisis point. The state decreased its spending on child care from FY25 to FY26; more child care programs are closing than are opening; and the General Assembly has failed to pass a budget in more than two years, depriving the sector of much-needed funding. The state’s recent move to modernize its child care […]

Motherhood has an outstanding PR rep. It is portrayed in society by a fit, young mom with impeccable hair and clothing, effortlessly carrying a peacefully sleeping baby on her hip. Before becoming a mother, you imagine motherhood enveloping you in a gentle, warm hug. Instead, motherhood slaps you across the face. Hard. As Mother’s Day […]

The NCAA is finalizing plans to increase the size of the pool of March Madness teams from 68 to 76.  Though the characteristics of these additional eight additional play-in teams have yet to be formally announced, adding the next best eight at-large teams seems plausible.  Unfortunately, increasing the size of the tournament is unnecessary, and has […]

Attempts to force removal of books from libraries– often called book bans or book challenges– have been steadily increasing in this country since 2020. Recently, on National Right to Read Day, the American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom reported 713 book challenges in 2025, just off the 2023 record high of 821 attempts to censor […]

Recent reports indicate that immigration enforcement policies are increasingly affecting child care providers, specifically family child care educators. About 1 in 5 early childhood educators are immigrants, who provide safe, nurturing, and culturally relevant care to children across the nation. While the policies being created to enforce immigration are not explicitly mentioning the child care […]

You might have quoted Britney Spears’ recently-sold music catalogue, saying, “Oops, I did it again” while purchasing Girl Scout cookies. Yet, many families repeat that sentiment long after cookie season, faced with the financial burden of unsold cookies. The Girl Scout cookie program brings undue financial risk to families and troops trying to align with […]

As the United States gets closer to celebrating the 250th anniversary of its founding, the official commemorations have revealed just how fraught the moment feels. Federal regulators recently urged broadcasters to air patriotic “pro-America” content, a move that has ignited debate over media independence and historical narrative. Indeed, despite the milestone’s intended spirit of unity, the anniversary has become as […]

April 28th is National Superhero Day. It’s a shame that Superman is fictional, because our planet needs saving from its most deadly threat: climate change. Our real heroes will come from science, not planet Krypton. The threat of climate change is not theoretical, and neither are the health impacts. The Earth was 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in […]