Capitol Men, the fine new book by Philip Dray, tells the story of the men who became the first black Congressmen in the ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1965.

On February 1, 2025 the Inside Medicine Substack reported that the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) ordered agency scientists to withdraw research manuscripts under consideration ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 10, 2009. Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and witnessed the inauguration of our nation's first African ...

Southwest’s antiquated SkySolver scheduling system, when overwhelmed, resulted in more than 16,900 canceled flights, ...

I miss my parents, but I don’t know if I’d be able to bear the constant saying goodbye ...

Surgery — one of the three primary treatment options for cancer, alongside radiation and chemotherapy — had always been a theoretical concept for me, something I had only watched in videos or learned ...

I walked in the cold ocean water, as usual, to wake up my feet and lighten up the tension. Circulation is a wonderful thing, so is Courage, and so is Patience. Surfers are coming by at this golden ...