By Will Bellaimey: Here in California, we are getting ready to vote in a recall election after the Republicans got enough signatures to...

By Jane Elizabeth Drichta: At this point, most people have given up on Haiti. I don’t at all mean that they won’t contribute to...

By Anne Trominski: Flapper Press contributor Anne Trominski gives a personal perspective on last month's Texas snowstorm that left...

By Tim Murphy: Sister Edith was our grade school principal. She replaced Sister Dionysius, who was very highly regarded by the moms....

By Derek May: The events of January 6, 2021, enraged me. Not because I was particularly surprised to see a group of mostly White Trump...

By Tim Murphy: I wrote this 4 years ago during President Trump’s inauguration. As Joe Biden’s inauguration approached, I pulled it back...

By Tim Murphy: The first Christmas that I can remember I was about five. My brother Jack was a year older, my sister Terri was a year...

By Will Bellaimey with Elizabeth Gracen: For the latest in our series of conversations connecting the current political moment to the...

By Tim Murphy: I have had a brush with the police. In the spirit of full disclosure, I have had two of them—three if you count the fire...

By Shan O'Connor: October has always been my favorite month of the year. Even as a child, I remember becoming increasingly excited to say...

By Derek May: I’ve been debating whether to write this or not for several weeks now. Outside of a few select people, I generally avoid...

By Shan O'Connor: As we say goodbye to the summer of 2020 and welcome the start of autumn on September 22nd, I find myself struggling...

By Tim Murphy: Denny Burns lived in the house behind us. He was 6 or 7 years older than me. His house faced Kedzie, a really busy street...

By Elizabeth Gracen: Miss America turns 100 next year. As a former Miss A, it is hard to believe that I am actually part of an iconic...

By Luke Barrow: Raise your hand if you’re a parent, home with your kids in a seemingly endless daily pandemic loop, fixated on our...

By Will Bellaimey with Elizabeth Gracen: I sat down for the latest in my series of conversations with Will Bellaimey just a few days...

By Catherine Bares: Sugar is addictive, according to all the studies and research I have read over the past couple of years. Undoubtedly,...

By Shan O'Connor: As this year continues on, many of us are feeling the heavy weight of depression as this COVID-19 pandemic drags on and...

By Tim Murphy: It has been 19 years since the September 11 attack where 2,996 people were killed. I knew one of them, and I knew of...

By Ken Gord: I know exactly what you’re dying to ask. Go ahead. You want to know how many pounds I’ve gained since holed up here in...

By Flora Gonska: “OK, Boomer”—and if you’re reading this, I am talking to you. Whether you are a Baby Boomer, a member of Gen Z, or...