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Nadia Bowers (R) and her sister, Alexandra Sasha Bowers (L).

What I’d Say to the Drug Dealer Who Gave My Sister a Fatal Dose of Heroin

'It’s important to me that you understand who you destroyed’

How I Overcame Losing My Job and Marriage — With a Jump Rope

'Everything was falling apart'

How I Found the Courage to Quit My Job and Move My Family to a Farm

'I felt trapped in my desk job'

Auto mechanics repair an engine. Los Angeles, California, c. 1915–1920.

Roxane Gay: 'I’ve Never Been Good at Dressing Like a Woman'

I’ve never been good at dressing like a woman. I stopped wearing dresses wh...

I’ve never been good at dressing like a woman. I stopped wearing dresses when I was twelve years old. I’m 6′3″, so if I were to wear high heels, I would tower over people more...

The headquarters of the NSA in Fort Meade, Maryland.

NSA Deputy Director: Why I Spent the Last 40 Years In National Security

In 1977 I was finishing my sophomore year of college, working two jobs to p...

In 1977 I was finishing my sophomore year of college, working two jobs to put myself through school, and thought, “There has to be a better way.” So I enlisted in the U.S. Army as...