If a bird flies into your window and won't fly away, it may simply be stunned, but not seriously injured. Give it a few ...

When his mother died, French cultural theorist Roland Barthes found consolation in a picture of her as a child and, taking the picture as his starting point, in writing an essay about photography. The ...

The other day, I took advantage of a closed day to travel to an inn in West Izu for study purposes. My destination was a popular hot spring inn known for its spectacular views and high ratings. The ...

The months-long saga of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovations hit another roadblock recently when President Donald Trump ordered another round of repairs to the iconic Washington DC ...

“America/Beautiful” is one of the most ambitious and stunning musical expressions about the United States in our time. I stumbled upon the project in the spring of 2023 when researching one of the ...

Exploring Ash Center perspectives on the meaning of democracy, democratic participation and citizenship, and how democratic life might evolve over the next 250 years. 2026 marks the 250th anniversary ...

This April, when the spring breeze carried the formal acceptance notice of our paper by the Journal of the American Chemical Society to my desk, my thoughts instantly drifted back to the late Phil ...

As seven boys between 8 years-old and 10 ran across a makeshift soccer field, parents crowded the sidelines, shouting words of encouragement at their young soccer stars. “Defense, Rizzlers,” one fan ...

The U.S. bishops are preparing to consecrate the United States to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and are calling on the faithful to reflect on Christ’s love. Ahead of the anticipated event, Catholics ...

There was a certain level of pride in Kori Edmondson’s voice when the senior midfielder discussed Maryland women’s lacrosse’s achievements this spring, including the program’s first trip to the Final ...

About four years ago, writer and director Zubayr Charles came across a local online personality spreading hatred about queer people on social media, using religious ideologies to justify their views.

When Robert Francis Prevost was elected pope in spring 2025 and chose the name Leo XIV, I wrote that this choice signaled something consequential for the human rights movement. By invoking the name of ...