Commentary - America's Future

By AF Editors • Jun 18,2020 Culture, Leadership

The Deaf Community Taught Me How to Truly Listen

The first time I ever saw American Sign Language, I was swept away with the expressiveness and beauty of the language. It was during a loud basketball tournament, and only...

By Molly Keimach • Jun 17,2020 Policy

Technology is not the Panacea to our Educational Woes

Though public education has remained alarmingly the same for the last 150 years, technology has started to transform the outdated educational system as we know it. Add a pandemic on...

By Anja Baker • Jun 16,2020 Policy

Why I Broke up with Health Insurance

For someone in their mid-twenties with a mid-level private insurance plan, many would assume the bill following childbirth and delivery would be fairly standard. After a few days in NICU...

By AF Editors • Jun 15,2020 Career Advice

The Case for Keeping Dreams Alive

For as long as I can remember, I have always been fascinated with creating stories. It started when I was a “bossy little girl” playing house with my cousins. “You...

By Peter Lipsett • Jun 15,2020 Leadership

Small Charitable Practices To Cultivate Today

Someone, somewhere gave me a gift I didn’t want: the coronavirus. I’m almost two weeks into dealing with it, and I’m ready for it to shoo away. It’s a lingering,...

By Nic Lott • Jun 11,2020 Culture, Policy

These Are the Times that Try Men’s Souls

“These are the times that try men’s souls,” Thomas Paine once wrote. Today, that statement rings true. America is undergoing a national discussion about race. It is not an easy...