
Karla Jacobs is a writer based in Marietta, Georgia. She is chair of the Georgia Commission on Women, a nonpartisan state commission that focuses on issues important to Georgia women. The views expressed here are hers alone. Follow her on Twitter, @karlacjacobs.
In searching for literary icons to emulate, Republicans would benefit from a little less John Galt and a little more Jean Valjean.
A recent study from researchers at the University of Kansas shows that the brain begins building the foundation of language as much as a month before birth.
The stories our kids love often get more gruesome and suggestive when translated from book to screen.
The series covers suicide, alcohol abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, driving while intoxicated, and more, giving parents easy jumping-off points for discussion with their teens.
Elizabeth Nolan Brown says the FBI is functioning as a ‘national vice squad,’ arresting more adults on charges stemming from prostitution activities than finding underage trafficking victims.
Older generations are not going to move to new technology so easily, so we need to figure out how to dial down the drama in our News Feeds so Facebook can be a happy place for all of us.
Don’t just organize marches and rallies. We need to stop expecting Washington to solve our problems, and effect change ourselves.
In their letter to Sasha and Malia Obama, the Bush sisters show us how to transcend partisanship and disdain—and instead offer kindness and courtesy.