SAGE, the nation’s largest and oldest organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT elders, has officially renamed its Midtown senior center -- the first LGBT senior center in the country -- The Edie Windsor SAGE Center, in honor of its beloved hero. Friends...
By Julia Kassem, Detroit Journalism Cooperative Conversations around Detroit-area public transit in recent months have focused on new routes on Woodward, Gratiot and Michigan Avenue – as well as the Detroit Connector, a new service operating from Ann Arbor to Detroit...
On December 5, 2017, I, an African American lesbian elder, found myself on the steps of the Supreme Court of the United States of America. I had been asked to share my thoughts on the Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission case. I was happy that I’d...
This story by Kaiser Health News senior national correspondent Sarah Varney aired Nov. 24, 2017, on Here & Now. Angelia Soloman watched out the window of her ranch house in northeastern Houston as the floodwaters rose up to the windowsills. She huddled inside with...
This post originally appeared on the India Home blog. It’s India Independence Day, 2017, and at the celebration being held at Queens Borough Hall in Queens, NY, the young announcer invites the next act to come up on stage. Ten women from India Home file in and start...
This article originally appeared in A&U Magazine. When the Japanese mend broken objects, they emphasize the damage by filling in the cracks with gold. They believe that when something has suffered damage and has history, it becomes more beautiful than before. This...