What is a friend? I’ve always been under this weird impression that a friend is someone you choose to hang out with—who also chooses to hang out...

It took Laila one day of planning, $100 for a bus, and three hours to get to the Massachusetts State Penitentiary to see her mother.  When the bus...

I swirl my spoon in aimless circles through the thin chicken soup, around and around. There are still two hours and 30 minutes left in the school day....