The rituals that mark the end of high school have multiplied since I was a senior.... more

Tasha Turner learned how to change her mom's wound dressings and give her medication when she was in second grade.... more

Ever since February, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shared its survey data on teen girls' skyrocketing anxiety, sadness and suicidal thoughts, the focus has been on what might be ... more

A longtime conservative reader sent me an intriguing question recently.... more

A week before her big race, Bonnie Cochran Bence was mentally and physically ready to run.... more

Once in a while, a public official reveals hypocrisy so blatant that the nation takes bewildered notice and recoils in actual disgust.... more

The jaw-dropping statistics have made headlines for the past several years: Black women in different parts of America are two to four times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complicatio... more

This year's women's NCAA basketball championship, the most-watched in history, has provoked a heated debate about how race influences our perception of good sportsmanship and competitive rivalries.... more

I never paid attention to school board elections before I had children in school.... more

I've applied for many things -- jobs, fellowships, grants -- and waiting for a response is an agonizing, but normal, part of the process.... more

Two weeks before journalist and podcaster Anna Stoecklein was set to interview Cherie Blair, international human rights lawyer and wife of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, she made a bold req... more

Driving has been getting deadlier in America for the past three years, and one popular theory suggests that it's because of reduced enforcement of traffic laws.... more

A few weeks before Christmas, Amanda Mullen was up late at night with the family calendars, trying to plan her school-aged kids' summer activities -- more than six months away.... more