I live in one of those older New York apartments that is hot in some places and cold in other places. You can’t be inside in ...

In 1796, when slavery remained both legal and common in New York, a white man named Aquila Giles set out to free Hannah, a 30-year-old woman he enslaved, and her daughter, Abigail, who was about 5.

Before the 1930s, being a picky eater didn’t exist as a concept, much less as a normal or expected part of children’s identities.

If your child’s tooth isn’t hurting, it’s easy to assume everything is fine, but dentists say that’s not always the case, and February’s National Children’s Den ...

Millions of adults brush less when their gums hurt or bleed. Research shows this only worsens the problem, but ...

Meet the women who defied the odds, pushed boundaries and paved the way for generations to come. Harriet Tubman. Rosa Parks. Ketanji Brown Jackson. Simone Biles. These are just a handful of the many ...

Today in History for Feb. 24: ...

My family is inextricably linked to the Venezuelan petrostate, a history that includes family pride and family trauma, ...

Former Opinions Editor Nathanael Brown takes a deep dive into the history of the Swarthmore CO-OP's intertwined, and sometime fraught, relationship with Swarthmore College.

After years of using budget electric brushes, I tested a premium Sonicare model to see if smart features and serious power justify the hype and price drops ...

Follow the journey of abortion law in the United States — from criminalization in the late 1800s to legalization in the early 1970s — and the ongoing battles for abortion access. 1847: Formation of ...

Buying an electric toothbrush is a great investment for your oral health, but we don’t blame you if you’ve winced at the price tag on some models before — especially if you’re used to buying manual ...