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There is no shortage of pundits who are eager to tell Americans why one candidate for president has all the answers and another would be a disaster if...

The Midwest’s Latino population has risen rapidly in the past 20 years, both in urban and rural areas. As elsewhere in the country, the shift in de...

In 1966 – three years before New York’s Stonewall riots – Kansas City was the scene of the first national gathering of gay rights groups. From that...

Professional photographer and local historian Bruce Mathews and Steve Noll, executive director of the Jackson County...

On the journey through dementia, moments of connection are priceless. In a discussion of her new book Connecting in the Land of Dementia:...

Forsyth County, Georgia, boasts a vibrant job market, outstanding schools, and one of the nation’s fastest-rising populations. But beneath that prospe...

Thirty-five more days. An election year like no other nears November and a final verdict from American voters. What do we make of the twists, turns,...

Carlos Eire gave the world a moving and definitive look into life as an exile in his first memoir Waiting for Snow in Havana: Con...

Religious zealotry plagues the world today, extremists avowing that they have all the truth, all the wisdom, all the divine favor. Actual...

The works of Nicaragua-born poet, novelist, and literary critic Conny Palacios have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, an...