In journalism, they teach you that when somebody dies, the proper words to use are just that: "So-and-so died," and here's what you need to know about their death. No need for "passed away" or any other euphemisms of the sort. Just say what they did, what happened to them: they died. We were taught this in our journalism classes. I was told this...

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We're almost eight months into 2022, and I never set a "new year's goal" for myself. Not a "resolution," per se – but every year, for the past few years, I've picked a word to live by for the year as a sort of philosophy for how I wanted to approach life. Last year was "encourage" with the goal of maximizing the ways...

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“Why, when you look at news about our communities, is it all just so negative these days?”I’ve thought a lot about that question since someone asked it to me a few weeks ago. It’s a tough question, to be honest: on the one hand, we’ve faced an increase in hate crimes these last couple of years; on the other hand, my 8 years...

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When we launched José's show in 2014, I recall a meeting early on where he was adamant about his sign off: "Thank you for the privilege of your time.""Why are you thanking them?" I asked. Isn't he just doing his job? Shouldn't the viewers be thanking him?He shook his head. "But without them, I wouldn't have a job and an opportunity to bring...

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When I turned 25, I asked friends and family to share wisdom for that "quarter life crisis" everyone jokingly told me I was about to enter. I created a Google Form and sent it out to people to tell me what I should know about being in this "new" chapter of my life.  I took some of the responses and wrote them on...

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