Jan 27, 2022
As a six-year-old, Jason Miyares helped his mother to learn the Pledge of Allegiance for her upcoming naturalization ceremony, an event that deeply affected both of their lives. More than a half century later, on January 15 of this year, he become the first Hispanic-American to hold statewide office in the Commonwealth...
Jan 14, 2022
Three years ago, Beth Hoffman left her career as a college professor and journalist in San Francisco for the life of farming. She and her husband, John Hogeland, headed to Iowa with $19,000 of savings and a vague and ambiguous plan to take over as the fifth generation on his family’s 530-acre farm. The simple life,...
Jan 8, 2022
With rare exceptions, Indigenous history remains largely marginalized and its lessons go unlearned. Our resident humanities scholar and his adult daughter took a road trip recently to mark the 131st anniversary of a tragedy on the great plains that remains indelibly stamped on a community’s memory.
Jan 2, 2022
A liberal arts education is about more than preparing students with skills in demand in the marketplace. Author Roosevelt Montás explains how four authors and their works change lives and matter more than ever.