Elizabeth Edwards died in her Chapel Hill home on Tuesday at the age of 61. By the time this column is printed, news of her death will no doubt already have reached you—the brightest stars go out...
Last year I wrote a column titled “The Seven Books That Changed My Life.” The column was not hard to write as books come easy to me, so I was mildly surprised when I began receiving feedback from...
On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order No. 9981, which effectively desegregated the military.
On Sept. 9, 15-year-old Billy Lucas hanged himself in his family’s barn after facing a long period of anti-gay bullying at school. On Sept. 19, 13-year-old Seth Walsh was found unconscious in his...
Hip-hop used to be about the African-American consciousness—a celebration of differences and an angry cry to rally against the feverish, mass produced climate of 1970s America.
Jonathan Franzen’s novel “Freedom” does what most current fiction fails to do: encourages dialogue and an intelligent, albeit vicious, examination of the current status quo—and all of this before...
Let your freak flag fly—you’ll be in great company. There has been a growing social movement in the United States and around the world that celebrates the freak—nerds, queens, punks.
More than words, food tells our story. I am notorious for my monstrous appetite. At first glance, one can only see my scrawny arms and chicken legs.
There is an incorrigible quality to my obsession with reading. I was that kid—the one who stayed up late underneath the shelter of a ninja turtle bed spread, flashlight in hand and book secured...
