Author Archives: Jack

“I couldn’t stop talking about Emmanuel and even pulled out my phone to show a picture. Then my friend asked, ‘Is he poor? Does he live in a mud hut?’ I was completely taken aback. It never crossed my mind that she wouldn’t be as accepting as I was. I left soon after and never […]

“Some years ago, I was stuck on a crosstown bus in New York City during rush hour. Traffic was barely moving. The bus was filled with cold, tired people who were deeply irritated with one another, with the world itself. Two men barked at each other about a shove that might or might not have […]

The Bajau people are the first tribe in the world to have evolved to adapt to life under the sea. They spend their entire lives living on the water and searching for food on the ocean floor. They live in temporary stilt houses and on their boats, scattered throughout the seas of Indonesia, Malaysia, and […]

On a quiet autumn morning, as the golden sunlight spilled across the fields, Mr. Harold, an older man with a kind soul, strolled through his farm. His routine walk to check on his crops and animals often brought him peace, but that day, something felt different. As he reached the edge of the field, he […]