Remembrance: Writing Advice From An American Who Made a Difference. In 2009 Nancy Dupree and I sat across a Kabul table filled with tea cups and a plate of poundcake she liked. “You know what Louis said,” she told me, her white hair stacked in a bun atop her head…

I have spent the last three years reporting, writing, and sharing a military story. A story of war. A story of love. A story of friendship. And above all, a story of unrelenting grit. Writing Ashley’s War has showed me three things I did not fully understand before tripping across…

A story of friendship, courage, and valor — “You are my MOTIVATION.” That is the first sign I saw when I walked into the bedroom in Marlboro, Ohio, that once belonged to 24-year-old Ashley White to speak with her mother Debbie. And the first sign that this was a story I had to tell. That sign led me…

Why the world should care about Malala — and all the girls like her, all around the world — A year ago I sat in a New York City public high school and listened to a girl from West Africa tell me about her own personal and years-long fight to stay in school. She wanted to stay in the classroom, even go to college, but her father wanted her…