Heidi Stevens – Page 19

Column: They kept their pain a secret from their friends — until they didn’t. How a daughter’s crisis led one mom to help all of us get better at showing up.

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

I met two friends for dinner a few nights ago and we immediately dispensed with the niceties and got down to the real stuff, in the way that friends straddling...

Chris Rock, left, and Will Smith onstage during the 94th Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre on March 27, 2022, in Hollywood, California.

Column: An Oscars slap is an odd time to check the nation’s moral compass. But could it point us toward grace?

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

Three weeks into Russia's lethal invasion of Ukraine, two years into a pandemic — surrounded, that is, by death on all sides — South Carolina quietly reserved the right to...

Flowers for Dreams co-founders Joseph Dickstein, left, and Steven Dyme celebrate the company's 10-year anniversary and the milestone of $1 million in charitable donations on Feb. 7, 2022.

Column: Chicago florist tracks down woman in Ukraine who’s selling flowers through the war

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

In early March, two weeks into Russia's assault on Ukraine, Steven Dyme watched a clip on NPR's Twitter feed about a florist in Mykolaiv, Ukraine, who had just stocked her...

A demonstrator holds a sign saying "United Against Putin" outside the White House in Washington, D.C., on March 6, 2022, during a rally in support of Ukraine.

Heidi Stevens: ‘There is no far away.’ With memories of war in her own country, my friend pleads for unity with Ukraine.

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

My dear friend Audra is from Lithuania. She was born in Vilnius, Lithuania's capital, and she lived there until 1996, when she moved to the United States. Now she lives...

Column: The pandemic forced many to delay communal grieving. Why planning memorials now can help us heal.

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

COVID-19 arrived quickly and devastatingly for Kelly Scannell. It was March 2020. She and her whole family were sick, but there were no tests or treatments available, so they isolated...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott wrote a letter Tuesday to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services calling on authorities to classify and investigate gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth as child abuse.

Column: Texas attempt to criminalize medical care for transgender youth is cynical exploitation of this moment in time

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

We're living in a bullying moment, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott just doubled down. The governor wrote a letter Tuesday to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services calling...

Column: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is a hateful embarrassment. Kids and their teachers deserve better.

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

When I read about the "Don't Say Gay" bill making its way through the Florida Legislature, I thought about Ryan Camacho. Camacho was a freshman at Chesterton High School last...

In Athens, Tennessee, the McMinn County School Board unanimously voted to ban "Maus," Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning 1986 graphic novel about his father's experience in an Auschwitz concentration camp.

Column: Stories help students shape a future that doesn’t repeat the past. Banning books robs them of the chance.

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

My son's seventh grade social studies class was recently learning about the Little Rock Nine, the nine Black students who enrolled at an all-white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas,...

Aniya Wolf, a high school student in Harrisburg, Pa., was escorted out of the prom for wearing a tuxedo instead of a dress.

‘Love and acceptance?’ Then let the girl wear a tux to prom

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

How much harm can a tuxedo cause? Plenty, if it's used to make a teenager feel unwanted. RELATED: TRENDING LIFE & STYLE NEWS THIS HOUR Aniya Wolf, a student at...

Column: As mental health struggles rise, kids’ needs have changed. And so must we.

June 7, 2024 at 11:51 a.m.

A couple of quotes have been swirling around in my head ever since I read about parents in several states protesting mental health services at their children's schools. The first...

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