2024-04-22T16:15:36Z I grew up as an only child with a single mother in Manhattan.I enjoyed having her time and attention, as well as the opportunities being an "only" afforded me.It wasn't until I had to navigate my mother's death alone that I really longed for siblings. I grew up as an only child in 1980s Manhattan with a single mother.
Though my family looked different from most of my friends' families — the majority had fathers and at least one other sibling — I never felt I lacked anything. Read More...
2017-11-07T15:11:00Z I'm 24 and I have never been out of North America.This is for a lot of reasons, including my fear of flying and my financial situation. I'm not planning on changing this anytime soon, and I wish people would stop judging each other for their choices. It's no secret that, as a whole, society is obsessed with traveling. From the Instagram accounts dedicated to dream-like destinations to news stories about people who quit their jobs to spend all of their money on traveling, we love to romanticize the hell out of navigating the globe. Read More...
Newly elected Sen. Jon Ossoff was sworn in to Congress on Wednesday using a Hebrew Bible that was once owned by a Georgia rabbi whose synagogue was bombed by white supremacists, and who was an ally to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ossoff, Georgia's first Jewish senator, was sworn in to the Senate by Vice President Kamala Harris, alongside the Rev. Raphael Warnock, Georgia's first Black senator, and Alex Padilla, who's filling Harris' seat. Read More...
