Spend a few minutes online and you will find the “tradwife:” Bread on the counter, children in matching clothes, a husband just off-camera, and a nostalgic performance of domestic life. It is more romantic than historical. I just read Wallace Stegner’s “The Big Rock Candy Mountain,” ...

There is lore about the 1862 meeting between Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," -- the influential novel about slavery -- and former President Abraham Lincoln. "So," President Lincoln is reported to have greeted her, "you're the woman who wrote the book that made this great ...

Watching the Artemis II space flight has filled my days with awe and wonder. From pilot Victor Glover's poignant Easter message and mission specialist Christina Koch's "space plumber" story to the crew naming a moon crater for commander Reid Wiseman's late wife. Artemis II really shows us what ...

Fifty-seven years ago, Earth Day changed American politics. On April 22, 1970, 20 million American, about 10% of the entire U.S. population, took to the streets, campuses, and town squares in a single day to demand action after 150 years of uncontrolled industrial pollution. The demonstrations ...

Excellent teaching rarely announces itself in big, visible ways. It happens in intangible and often difficult-to-quantify moments of connection and “aha” in our classrooms and labs. It also happens in emails, in feedback and in the quiet back-and-forth in online spaces where encouragement ...

When I met with Provo Mayor Marcia Judkins earlier in the week, there was something she said that stuck with me. She talked about how she wanted all of the residents in her city to be involved and vote, even if they didn’t vote for her. I also had a chance this week to understand a little ...