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A book, typewriter and journal are pictured among other decorative items in this undated stock photo. (RETROSUPPLY/UNSPLASH)
False balance in science writing can have unintended, deadly consequences. There’s never a bad time to reflect on your reporting practices.
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A “Red Congo” philodendron plant is pictured at McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, Fla., on Friday, April 2, 2021. (LINDSEY LEAKE/JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY)
Lindsey Leake writes a museum exhibit blurb for a “Red Congo” philodendron (Philodendron “Rojo Congo”) she saw at McKee Botanical Garden in Vero Beach, Fla.
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A man flips through a magazine at the Eudora Welty Library in Jackson, Miss., Saturday, April 6, 2019. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)
Federal money makes up a meager portion of public library income in the Magnolia State, but literacy advocates say its erosion puts vulnerable communities in peril.
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Funeral director Donita Greene views a decedent ahead of a visitation at Greene Funeral Home in Alexandria, Va., Thursday, Oct. 18, 2018. This image has been partially blurred to protect the identity of the deceased. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)
For centuries, funeral homes have been passed down from father to son. That trend has met its demise.
In this Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018, portrait, youth services librarian Letitia Van Campen poses with a stuffed puppet at George Mason Regional Library in Annandale, Va. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)
As the Institute of Museum and Library Services receives another stay of execution, a Virginia librarian illustrates the vital need for federal library funding.
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Jefreena Packianathan, vice president of the Indian American Catholic Association, walks across an aisle of the Upper Church at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, Saturday, Sept. 8, 2018. Hundreds of Catholics of South Asian descent convened for IACA’s 21st Annual Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)
The Indian American Catholic Association hosted the 21st Annual Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni. Hundreds traveled through a late summer downpour to congregate at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington.
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Darin Atwater's Soulful Symphony performs "MLK 50: Requiem for a King" at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, Friday, April 6, 2018. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)
Darin Atwater’s Soulful Symphony took the stage at the National Museum of African Amerian History and Culture to honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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Decorative items for sale are pictured at the Sugarloaf Crafts Festival at the Dulles Expo Center in Chantilly, Va., Friday, March 23, 2018. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)
The first Sugarloaf Crafts Festival was held 42 years ago, in the spring of 1976 in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
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Members of the Honor Flight Network’s Columbus, Ohio, branch pose for a photo at the World War II Memorial in Washington on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017. (LINDSEY LEAKE/AMERICAN UNIVERSITY)
The Honor Flight Network exists “to bring World War II veterans to Washington to visit their memorial, essentially, before it was too late for them,” said tour guide Alan Lewis, visiting with the national organization’s Columbus, Ohio, hub.
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