Kids can learn through food, publisher says When Philip Lee talked to educators about what they needed to close that achievement gap, their answer surprised him. Ruby de Luna
A Ghanaian 'Housegirl' Navigates A Complex Maze Of Culture And Class Michael Donkor's debut novel is a story of two teenage girls, pushed and pulled between two worlds. Audie Cornish
From ‘the projects’ to the Supreme Court: Justice Sonia Sotomayor shares her life story with young readers John O'Brien
A Documentary Swipes Left On Dating Apps Journalist Nancy Jo Sales investigates the impact of online dating tech on offline culture in her first film Swiped: Hooking Up in the Digital Age. Predictably, some of her findings are pretty bleak. Michel Martin
Female Breakout 'Captain Marvel' Screenwriter Is Disrupting The Superheroine Trope Geneva Robertson-Dworet, who wrote Marvel's first female-led film, doesn't want to be a rarity in Hollywood. To advance these dynamic roles, her suggestion is simple: Hire more women. Emma Bowman
Next time you shuck, try adding granita to your oysters This week, Chef Jay Guerrero met me at the Denny Regrade market to talk granitas. Ruby de Luna
Naked Burt Reynolds, a Native canoe paddle, and the male gaze This is the story of how naked Burt Reynolds became immortalized on a Native canoe paddle. Sydney Brownstone