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Falling leaves provide shelter for the insects that pollinate our flowering world. They nourish the soil, keeping it alive. Let’s rethink what we do with them.

Closing up our summer retreat was when I first experienced what my grandmother called “the pain of a heavy heart.”

I refuse to embrace the title of elderly. No, I am in that age range which I have labeled “twelderly”; like “tween” is to teen.

A 2012 Columbia University study on addiction medicine found that only one in 10 drug or alcohol addicts gets medical treatment, leaving more than 20 million Americans untreated.

Thinking about my youth in Amagansett both takes me back in time and roots me firmly in the present.

Memories of Sixto Rodriguez, singer-songwriter who found late fame.

The lessons of Barry Commoner, the “Paul Revere of the modern environmental movement,” are now more important than ever.

I am 17 years old and would like to share my experience as a minor in a county jail for eight months.

This experiment would be part of my personal plan to adopt a more planet-friendly lifestyle.

Refreshing humanity and entertainment in an afternoon with comic books.

Jerry Herman, the musical man, was more than just underrated.

It seems that everyone wants to write a children’s book, and while lots of people think they can, I beg to differ.