Aisha Sultan

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Aisha Sultan

Previous generations of newly minted graduates have faced rough job markets. But few have done so while also reeling from the widespread loss of positions they had already been promised. Many recent graduates are having opportunities and positions suddenly revoked — including research jobs, slots at graduate programs and work in the nonprofit sector.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Aisha Sultan

James Seger put on a large, hooded onesie with wings attached on the back, covered his face with a mask and walked into the training room to greet Annie, a 6-year-old goldendoodle. Annie was nearly halfway through a 12-week certification course to become a Duo Touch therapy dog. She faced Seger, her trainer, who was disguised in a low-budget eagle costume. This was her second temperament test. Annie looked at the winged creature, confused for a second, then quickly approached him, tail wagging.

1 week ago | stltoday.com | Aisha Sultan

Photographer Bailey Rogers, of Des Peres, was taking photos of a subject — a mother who had lost her son to gun violence — when she noticed dozens of police cars speeding down the road. The mother, Margaret Jones, had chosen the site where her son, Jermaine West-Jones, 26, had been murdered in 2017 as the location for this photo shoot. As Rogers, 38, made searing portraits of Jones, the police cars were heading a mile down the road toward a teenager who had been fatally shot. Another victim.

1 week ago | washtimesherald.com | Aisha Sultan

The surest signs of marital stability in my childhood home were my mother’s cooking and my father’s appetite. They had an arranged marriage — meeting and speaking to one another for the first time on their wedding day. For the past 52 years of marriage, food has been their most fluent love language. kAm|J A2C6?ED D92C6 2?

1 week ago | uexpress.com | Aisha Sultan

When our children were young, many of our vacations involved piling into our Prius and driving 750 miles to visit my family in Texas. Our fancier trips took us to theme parks or beaches in Florida or national parks in the West. I didn’t grow up in a family that took vacations -- not the weeklong getaway kind. There were too many of us, my parents worked all the time, and I’m sure they couldn’t afford it.