Tonya Mosley

2 weeks ago | wfdd.org | Tonya Mosley

Hollywood celebrity memoir nonfiction memoir 0:00/7:26 There was an error loading the media player. I was raised by sensible Midwesterners who believed that no good could come of psychology or introspection. That may be why I get impatient with memoirs that dwell on their writers' inner lives. What I want are memoirs that go beyond the personal to offer a portrait of something larger: a culture, a historical period, a whole way of living.

4 weeks ago | kuow.org | Tonya Mosley

Five years ago, Melinda French Gates stood at a crossroads. After 27 years of marriage to Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, she decided to walk away, not only from a relationship that had defined much of her adult life, but eventually the philanthropic empire they built together. Last spring, she left the Gates Foundation, the organization that had become the heartbeat of her professional identity. "Great wealth does not shield you," French Gates says.

4 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Tonya Mosley

13 hours agoMelinda French Gates: I’ve Learned To Live Life BackwardsPhilanthropist and author Melinda French Gates talks about a chapter from her new book addressing the death of a close friend, who taught her a unique way of thinking about living.

1 month ago | nhpr.org | Tonya Mosley

J&J recently lost a bid to settle lawsuits that claimed its talc powder products, including baby powder, caused cancer. Author Gardiner Harris says the company's defense "is beginning to crumble."

1 month ago | wgbh.org | Tonya Mosley

April 03, 2025 On March 25, Rumeysa Öztürk , a 30-year-old Turkish doctoral student at Tufts University, had just stepped out for dinner when she was arrested on the street by six federal agents in masks and plain clothes. Though Öztürk held a valid F-1 student visa, it had been revoked, reportedly without warning. A judge ordered her to be detained in Massachusetts, but authorities moved her to a detention center in a remote part of Louisiana. Öztürk’s case is not an isolated one.