This piece originally appeared on Reuters.com.

Only a few years ago I learned of my father's work in Chile's nitrate mines. Like other working-class men who faced crippling unemployment in the late 1960s, he headed north in search of better paying but dangerous mining work in Chile's dusty...

Back in March, my father wanted to cry for his earthquake-ravaged country. Last week, he cheered as Chile won its second World Cup game, a critical match against Switzerland and advanced to the round of 16 despite losing to Spain. Before its opening match, La Roja hadn't won a World...

Under Bloomberg's grim plan to close at least 50 senior centers by July 1, thousands of seniors will not have a place to eat Thanksgiving this year.

Some of my older neighbors, many of whom live alone, spent last Thanksgiving at our local senior center, where...

While you usually don't hear the words street vendor and hero uttered in the same breath, just two weeks after the Bloomberg administration proposed to drastically cut the number of art vendors allowed in four popular city parks, two Times Square vendors (and Vietnam veterans) are being hailed as heroes...