Gan Jing World’s 2023 #GJWBestDad Hashtag Photo Awards recently announced the results of the Father’s Day “Best Dad” photo contest.  Suzi Anna’s winning submission of a father and son playing outdoors will receive a cash prize of $1,000.  Judges praised the photograph’s quality and depth of interpretation in its meaning and message. “The photo depicts…

Roughly one in four U.S. children are living in fatherless homes, causing undeniable negative effects on the children’s behavior and mental health, according to a report published by the America First Policy Institute (AFPI). Comparing several dozen studies conducted from 1987 up to 2022, the AFPI—a non-partisan research institute working “to advance policies that put…

ATLANTA, Ga.—The opening notes of an instantly recognizable action-movie theme resonate through a darkened theater, slowly building to a crescendo. Transfixed, 8-year-old Royce Diaz perches on the edge of his seat. He and his older brother and sister came to see superheroes, but not the kind who outsmart villains, punch through walls, or fly. The…

Though not a wealthy man, Hody Childress was rich in heart. After he died at 80 years old on Jan. 1, 2023, it became known that Childress had been making monthly donations of $100 to the local pharmacy in the small town of Geraldine, Alabama, for 10 years. Brooke Walker, the owner of Geraldine Drugs,…

LOS ANGELES—Jayson Tatum scored 44 points, Jaylen Brown added five of his 25 in overtime, and the Boston Celtics blew a 20-point lead in the second half before rallying from a late 13-point deficit for a thrilling 122–118 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night. Marcus Smart hit four 3-pointers and scored 18…

It’s late October in Sharon, New York. The hills are painted red, orange, and yellow. Mist hangs in the earth-scented air, far below the migrating birds. “The retreat of bugs and peepers creates a pensive silence this time of year,” said traditionalist farmer and cidermaker Michael Thomas in an Oct. 27 text message–one of a…

Two parents whose son’s life came to an early and unfortunate end remember him each year by giving youth the joy of fishing. On July 30, two dozen children, most from the Big Brothers and Big Sisters program, took a few hours to cast from the shores of Echo Lake, about an hour east of…

A man named Seneca Scott built community in West Oakland by building a community garden. Bottoms Up Garden lost its crops during the pandemic, but the community it built is still there. Seneca was no farmer when he moved to West Oakland from inner-city Cleveland via Cornell. But his neighbor Jason Byrnes was from rural…

In this episode of Counterculture with Danielle D’Souza Gill, Danielle shines a light on the deep problems Americans in the country are facing: they can’t find baby formula, are paying high gas prices, and are dealing with skyrocketing inflation. She interviews Ken Paxton, attorney general of Texas, about these problems, among others. * Click the…

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday the first use of his presidential powers to grant clemency, pardoning three felons and commuting the sentences of dozens more. The U.S. Constitution grants presidents the power to forgive convictions or shorten sentences. Biden is pardoning former Secret Service Agent Abraham Bolden, 86. Bolden became the first black man to…