Topic: opinion piece

Visa officers will now check your social media accounts for the past five years before deciding whether to grant you entry. Yes, your tweets, Instagram captions, and those late-night Facebook rants could make or break your American dream.

As the world becomes increasingly fragmented, the act of returning—of claiming space in a land where one’s ancestors may have once walked—is a powerful declaration. It communicates a strong message that, 'We were never lost.'

Not everything handed down deserves to be passed on. Maybe you grew up in a home where no one said “I love you.” That doesn’t mean you can’t flood your own children with words of affirmation.