Doctor Who Survived Ebola Says He Was Unfairly Cast as a Hazard and a Hero
Dr. Craig Spencer, New York’s first and to date only Ebola patient, said in an essay published on Wednesday that he was falsely accused of putting the public at risk…
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In poignant essay, Oliver Sacks says he has incurable cancer
In a New York Times essay that received instant acclaim for its poignancy, beauty and determination, the renowned scientist and doctor revealed that he has incurable cancer. “Over the last…
29 Meaningful Pieces Of Advice For New Moms, From Parents Who’ve Been There
After reading Jenny Studenroth Gerson’s viral essay “They Should’ve Warned Me,” fellow mom and blogger Stephanie Sprenger felt compelled to respond. In addition to writing her own thought-provoking essay, Stephanie…
New Republic Confronts Its ‘Perceived Legacy Of Racism’ In First Issue Since Staff Exodus
An upcoming issue of The New Republic — the magazine’s first since a large number of its writers and editors resigned in December — will grapple with TNR’s “perceived legacy…
Walter Dean Myers: ‘Once I Began To Read, I Began To Exist’
The following is an excerpt from Scholastic’s Open a World of Possible, a book tied to the publisher’s reading initiative aimed to donate books and raise literacy levels. This essay,…
The First English Word I Learned Was ‘Loser’
We believe your college essay is more than just a Word document saved on your desktop and deserves to be shared. That’s why HuffPost Teen is featuring college admissions essays…