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Ellis’s Hydrangea, pictured at the end of summer

We Were Going to Call Our Baby Ellis. What I Learned About Grief After Losing 3 Pregnancies in 6 Months

I stood, gardening gloves still covered in dirt from digging out the last o...

I stood, gardening gloves still covered in dirt from digging out the last of the hole with my hands, and let out the breath I didn’t realize I’d been holding. My husband walked over and...

Flowers and a sign hang on a fence across from Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino as a tribute to those killed almost two years ago in a massacre at the site on Sept. 30, 2019 in Las Vegas

My Sister Saved My Life During the Las Vegas Shooting. It Shouldn't Have Been Her Job to Protect Me From Gun Violence

“That’s what big sisters are supposed to do.” That’s what my older sister, ...

“That’s what big sisters are supposed to do.” That’s what my older sister, Marisa, always says when I ask her about that day three years ago in Las Vegas, when she lay her body down...

A man walks by a house that was damaged during clashes in the Tartar district bordering the Nagorno-Karabakh region, on Sept. 29, 2020.

The Armenia-Azerbaijan Fighting Could Spiral Into A Larger Regional Conflict

Intense fighting has erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh, a small enclave in the so...

Intense fighting has erupted in Nagorno-Karabakh, a small enclave in the southern Caucasus mountains, setting the entire region on edge. This is a fight primarily between Armenia and Azerbaijan, two former Soviet republics with long-held...

Leyda Valentine, an assistant coordinator, takes blood from a volunteer as she participates in a COVID-19 vaccination study at Research Centers of America on Aug. 07 in Hollywood, Fl.

We Need One Million More Volunteers for the COVID-19 Vaccine Trials

We need one million more citizens to volunteer for the COVID-19 vaccine tri...

We need one million more citizens to volunteer for the COVID-19 vaccine trials. Almost half a million Americans have signed up to be part of the clinical trials, but in order to complete the study,...

Women Value Their Group Texts in Normal Times. During the Pandemic They've Become a Lifeline

When S got COVID, letting us know on a group text we had mostly used before...

When S got COVID, letting us know on a group text we had mostly used before to schedule dinners, we all texted her privately to tell her she’d be fine, to comfort her, to ask...

Students move-into their dorm rooms at University of California San Diego on Sep. 18, 2020.

This Fall’s College Reopenings Were a Mess—Here's How to Avoid COVID-19 Outbreaks Next Semester

Despite dire warnings this summer from public health experts, over a third ...

Despite dire warnings this summer from public health experts, over a third of U.S. colleges and universities went full steam ahead with reopening, saying they had no choice due to financial or political pressures. The...

President Jimmy Carter accepts the Democratic nomination for President at the 1980 convention.

Climate Change Was on the Ballot With Jimmy Carter in 1980—Though No One Knew It at the Time

Gains made under Carter’s presidential leadership in the early 1980s might ...

Gains made under Carter’s presidential leadership in the early 1980s might have bought the planet precious time