Youngest US champ at 13, left the sport at 16, Bay Area skater Alysa Liu returned to win the 2025 World Championships and Grand Prix Final, emerging as a leading 2026 Olympic contender.
Filmmaker Fawzia Mirza reflects on how grants and fellowships empower Muslim artists to tell authentic, universal stories that challenge stereotypes and center joy.
Sha’Carri Richardson electrifies every race with power, presence, and an unmistakable voltage. She’s the rare athlete whose elegance and ferocity merge into something the sport can’t look away from.
Shohei Ohtani’s 10 strikeouts and 3 home runs in Game 4 sealed the Dodgers’ pennant, bridging Japan and America through one transcendent night of baseball.
Running for the Texas Senate, former teacher and seminarian James Talarico is reframing politics as moral work, challenging the rise of Christian nationalism with a theology of empathy, courage, and civic grace.
Jane Goodall, pioneering primatologist and global conservationist, has died at 91. Her groundbreaking chimp research and relentless activism reshaped science and inspired generations worldwide.
Jean-Michel Basquiat transformed graffiti aesthetics into a striking and influential form of modern art. His work confronted themes of race, identity, and power, reshaping the art world in the process.
