“For the 9-11 special section, we’re going to try something different. We’re talking here about a rare journalistic species. But it does exist and it’s a beautiful thing.” That’s how Dan Meyers, ...

Every fall, teens applying to college ask themselves the same well-worn questions. Who is my best role model…in an essay of 500 words. What experience have I learned the most from…in an essay of 500 ...

Usually, Elizabeth Karp enjoys writing. But this year, she said, was a little different. As the first four-time winner of Mankato’s Laws of Life essay contest, Karp has been a regular attendee at the ...

This essay explores which lessons, if any, U.S. adults are taking away from the coronavirus outbreak. We surveyed 10,211 U.S. adults from July 13 to 19, 2020. All respondents were first asked whether ...