In Namibia, a Trailblazing Minister Is Reimagining Health Care
This article is part of a Women and Leadership special report highlighting women who have forged new paths. In March,...
Jimmy Cliff: 8 Essential Songs
Much like the main character he played the 1972 film “The Harder They Come,” Jimmy Cliff was born in the...
Wen Hui Was Making Feminist Art Before She Even Knew the Term
This article is part of a Women and Leadership special report highlighting women who have forged new paths. For decades,...
Send Troops to Venezuela? In Florida, the Question Splits a Community.
Anxious uncertainty hangs over Venezuelan Americans like Liz Rebecca Alarcón of Doral, Fla., a heavily Venezuelancity outside Miami. Routine conversations...
Health Issues in Middle Age Can Be Linked to Pregnancy Years Earlier
After Tania Saiz had a stroke at age 47, she went on a quest for answers. She wasn’t aware of...
At 95, David Amram Still Makes Music. And Nobody Can Put Him in a Box.
David Amram has just turned 95. He’s still playing gigs — including two sets with his jazz quintet on Tuesday...
Skye Gyngell, Chef Who Championed ‘Slow Food,’ Dies at 62
Skye Gyngell, a London-based chef who pioneered the “slow food” movement and was the first Australian woman to be awarded...
Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break
Dialing down the use of social media for a week reduced symptoms of anxiety, depression and insomnia in young adults,...
A Draft or Volunteers? Russian Threat Prompts Urgent Debate in Europe.
The drones that have veered near airports in Germany, Poland, Belgium and Estonia and frequent incidents of sabotage are chilling...
Will Dressing Up Fix Flying? Will It Fix Anything?
Just in time for the Thanksgiving holiday travel season, the Trump administration has kicked off a campaign meant to encourage...
Sleep Apnea Linked to Parkinson’s Disease, New Study Finds
In a study published Monday in JAMA Neurology, researchers linked obstructive sleep apnea, a condition that causes temporary pauses in...
He Wants a New Start. So He Is Taking the Hardest Taxi Test in the World.
Besart Bilalli scanned the road through the windshield on a sunny Friday, thinking hard about his next turn. We were...
Grisly Killings of a Married Couple Spark New Sectarian Unrest in Syria
The grisly killings of a husband and wife set off a new wave of sectarian unrest over the weekend in...
Brazil Defied Trump and Won
“That’s too bad.” It was a telling response from President Trump on Saturday when he learned the news from reporters...
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Locals Fight for ‘The Right to Night’
On a Saturday in September in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a dozen people navigated through the woods to the shore of...
