Selected Past Articles
A profile of one of the founders of the National Organization for Women in Barnard magazine.
Fifty years ago, a few dozen women gathered in a basement in Washington, D.C., to make history: they convened the first meeting of the National Organization for Women.
A Yeshiva University professor's search for her personal identity in the Princeton Alumni Weekly.
Eleven years ago, Jay Ladin *00 was a popular professor at Yeshiva University’s Stern College for Women in New York, a published poet, and a father of three.
Why Jeb Bush's stomach was growling in HUFFPOST.
There’s been lots of discussion about why Jeb Bush is faltering in the Republican presidential primary competition.
A 2014 cover story on novelist Jennifer Weiner.
As a Princeton undergraduate, novelist Jennifer Weiner ’91 spent many hours leading picket lines, holding vigils, and chanting “2-4-6-8, why won’t you co-educate?”
A personal essay on growing up in Manhattan in Vassar magazine.
On a bright August afternoon in 1980, my 7-year-old brother and I, a 10-year-old with a pixie haircut and a toothy smile, set up a vegetable stand on a busy corner a block from Bloomingdale’s.
I accompany a Princeton history class to Poland to explore a dark episode in that nation's history.
A few miles outside of Krakow, Poland, in a wide field covered by wild grass and overgrown weeds, a part of World War II history lies buried.
A leading literary agent discusses her career.
Many have lamented the current state of book publishing. With independent bookstores closing in droves, publishing houses consolidating, and e-readers throwing the publishing model into chaos, it’s enough to make veterans of the business throw up their hands.
An essay in the New York Times on our "Trophy" culture.
The parents and players on my 7-year-old son’s baseball team assembled near the pitcher’s mound on a recent Saturday.