If you were standing at a self-checkout kiosk and realized no one was watching closely, would the temptation feel different than taking something directly from a cashier’s…

Have you ever hesitated when a black cat crossed the street in front of you? For centuries, moments like these have been wrapped in symbolism. In some…

I was once told I would be the best aunt ever. After years of infertility, that promise became the closest thing I had to motherhood. I poured…

My mother wore the same charcoal-gray coat for thirty winters, and for most of my childhood, I was ashamed of it. The elbows were worn thin, the…

For nearly twenty years, my world has moved on wheels instead of footsteps. But before the accident, life was fast, simple, and full of motion. My son…

For thirteen years, Afsheen Gul saw the world from a tilted perspective—literally. A resident of Mithi in Pakistan’s Sindh province, Afsheen lived with her neck permanently bent at…