With 2022 now in the rearview mirror, 2023 is already ablaze with celebrations and controversy. Last week, as I looked ahead to the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday and March for Life events, I ...

My Uncle Clay was the oldest of four brothers, including my dad who was second oldest. Born in 1917 in Talladega, he was just short of 98 when he passed, now 10 years ago. Uncle Clay was a good man, ...

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the iconic I Have a Dream Speech my uncle, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., so famously delivered in 1963 from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. As he spoke ...

The last time I saw my great-uncle, he uttered six words that I will never forget. Struggling to speak, as he was already 102 years old, his mouth slowly formed each ...

To pitch a ‘My Turn’ guest column, email jdalessio@news-gazette.com. This one hits deep. Losing my Uncle Joe feels like losing the backbone of our family, the steady foundation that held so much ...

Ms. Kaminer is an editor at Times Opinion. The darkened sky stretches over miles of desert sand as in the distance, from an illuminated scaffold, the object rises that will change the world. The first ...