The Red Bandana in the 9/11 Museum

In his book Jack Alexander writes:

From the time he was six years old, Welles Crowther wore a red bandana. His father gave it to him, explaining the clean ...

Loving Children Takes a Physical Toll on Parents

Quartz reported on research confirming that “Being a good parent will physiologically destroy you.”

Researchers surveyed 247 pairs of parents ...

How Did Churches Respond to A Pandemic When Public Worship Was Banned?

I can imagine what the history books say: There was a global pandemic caused by a virus. The number of infected people grew daily. Officials recommended ...

The Dead Don’t Bleed

After a serious car accident in Venezuela, Carlos Camejo was pronounced dead at the scene. Officials released the body to the morgue and a routine autopsy ...

17th Century Villagers Sacrificed Their Lives to Save Others

The need for quarantine today to contain the spread of the coronavirus has reminded historians of a certain small village named Eyam in 17th Century England. ...

Risking All in The Third Century Plague

When the world almost came to a standstill during the spread of the coronavirus, an example of true sacrifice comes to us from the third century: A group ...

8-Year-Old Pays Off Classmates' School Lunch Debt by Selling Keychains

Keoni Ching is like a lot of boys his age. He likes to create things, and he likes to help people. But during a school event, he combined those likes ...

Remembering the Gift of Life

In an interview on NPR’S Fresh Air, Joshua Mezrich, an associate professor in the division of multiorgan transplantation at the University of Wisconsin ...

Police Officer Gives Life in Exchange for Hostage

In March 2018 a lone gunman took several people hostage in a French supermarket. Arnaud Beltrame, a French police officer, offered to trade places with ...

2,000 Obituaries Reveal the Most Common Word

National Public Radio aired a segment on dying well and what the living can learn from the lives of the deceased. The segment featured a marketing expert ...