Nadia Nadim was raised in Afghanistan until her father, an Afghan National Army general, was executed by the Taliban in 2000. Months later, when she was 11 years old, her family escaped the country in the middle of the night. They were smuggled out of Afghanistan in the back of a truck on a route … Read more
This cat is in a happy place despite a permanently sad face due to a rare medical condition. Five-year-old Sushi, who has stretchy skin due to Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, was found as a kitten wandering the streets. He was later given a home by systems analyst Larissa Yamaguchi. She only found out last year that he … Read more
Teachers agree on more government funding after more than two years of strikes and have “tremendous power” as child safety advocates, said Lily Eskelsen García, president of the National Education Association. She didn’t rule out strikes when heads of state move prematurely when schools reopen, and she said she believed parents would protest too. “They … Read more