Paula Span is a veteran journalist and has written the New Old Age column for the New York Times since 2009. She is currently working on a book about octogenarians and helps prepare the next ...

This article was originally published by KFF Health News, a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues. It started with a high school typing course. Wanda Woods enrolled ...

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Peter Yeung is a Contributing Editor at Reasons to be Cheerful. A Paris-based journalist, he also writes for publications including the Guardian, the LA Times and the BBC. He’s filed stories from ...

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It’s mid-afternoon along Medellín’s Avenida Oriental, a traffic-clogged road that scythes through the heart of the second largest Colombian city, and Nicolas Pineda is crouched down on his haunches as ...

When passengers pass through the newly remodeled Portland International Airport in spring 2024, they’ll be able to point up to specific Douglas fir beams around the oval skylights and know that they ...

This story was originally published by Energy News Network. Seventeen days after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, tearing down power lines, destroying water mains and disabling cell ...

In just minutes, the Life Story Club in New York City springs to life. On Zoom, a mosaic of faces — each with decades of lived experience — leans in as Bernd, a retired urban planner for the Bronx and ...

Waterline is an ongoing series that explores the solutions making rivers, waterways and ocean food chains healthier. It is funded by a grant from the Walton Family Foundation. Standing amid rows of ...