After decades of stagnating reading performance, American literacy levels have begun to drop, according to the National ...

Some of these books were foundational in inspiring other writers to share their stories. Books are essential. Storytelling allows us to fill in the gaps of history, gain new perspectives, and orient ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Murder mysteries are best read in colder temperatures. Maybe the fall months are just naturally spookier, ...

Marvel has been giving fans the superhero stories they want for decades. While Marvel’s origins lay back in the Golden Age of Comics, it wasn’t until the Silver Age in the 1960s that the Marvel ...

An intrepid puppy who marches for labor rights. A 6-year-old girl who sews herself a locomotive to carry her away from her daily chores. A Jewish boy who would be Pope. These stories, written in ...

In the inaugural edition of Arts Adda — mid-day’s tribute to Mumbai’s champions of culture and the arts — we chat with ...

More than 100 people in Hales Corners turned out Thursday evening, October 23, to support the public library director.Stephanie Lewin-Lane has recently come under attack ...

This summer, I got cultural whiplash. As a child of the ’90s and early 2000s, I grew up with my mother’s and grandmother’s generations’ fight for legal and workplace equality helping shed social ...

T he Palace Theater in Los Angeles was an odd place for a punk show. Its stage once featured worldwide stars like Harry Houdini. For many years it was an ornate movie theater. On this night in 2023, ...

(RNS) — Anyone can join the chorus of those welcoming the hostages home — and contrast themselves to those who ripped posters of kidnapped children off lampposts. (RNS) — Two years ago on Oct. 7, 2023 ...