Here's a scenario from California that would be hard for even a Hollywood screenwriter to come up with. This is a state generally seen to lean heavily to the political left. Its congressional delegation — the largest in the country — stands at 52 House members, of whom 46 are Democrats, ...

Mental health support for children often begins far too late. Many communities focus resources on teenagers or crisis response programs, but emotional and behavioral challenges often begin much earlier in childhood. By the time children reach middle school or high school, they are already ...

Driving north on Washington Boulevard in Ogden, it’s hard to miss the iconic Ogden Arch. It has been there since 1936 announcing during the day, and lit up at night, “It Pays To Live In Ogden.” It was meant to convey that Ogden, at least on the Arch, was named “America’s Fastest ...

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 ...

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 ...