Capitol Men, the fine new book by Philip Dray, tells the story of the men who became the first black Congressmen in the ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1965.

When Southwest Airlines canceled system-wide flights during the 2022 winter holidays, stranded passengers sleeping in airport hallways made headlines. The scenes were eerily reminiscent of something ...

When Southwest Airlines canceled system-wide flights during the 2022 winter holidays, stranded passengers sleeping in airport hallways made headlines. The... [Originally published in Synapse on ...

towards the earth at different rates.

I miss my parents, but I don’t know if I’d be able to bear the constant saying goodbye ...

Surgery — one of the three primary treatment options for cancer, alongside radiation and chemotherapy — had always been a theoretical concept for me, something I had only watched in videos or learned ...

Welcome to the Year of the Snake! Snake is the yin to last year’s Dragon yang. That said, Snake does not settle for mediocrity, either. We’re likely to see significant developments in the area of ...

In his essay “Resistance to Civil Government, or Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau writes: “Can there not be a government in which the majorities do not virtually decide right and wrong, but ...

Originally published in Synapse on February 10, 2009. Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and witnessed the inauguration of our nation's first African ...