Greenland was the stepping stone that made the Viking discovery of America possible. After Erik the Red founded the Greenland settlement, his son Leif Erikson used it as the launch point for voyages ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

In 1973, Yale sociologist Kai T. Erikson got a phone call from an attorney, asking him to recommend a graduate student who could consult on a class-action lawsuit in West Virginia coal country. The ...

When we think of Vikings, images of horned helmets, mighty beards, and fearsome warriors spring to mind. These impressions, popularized by myths and modern media, don’t necessarily reflect historical ...

For five years now, Briefing readers have eagerly awaited Fridays for a chance to put their penguin-hunting skills to the test. Each week, Leif Penguinson, a Rockhopper penguin, travels to ...

Just over 500 years ago, on 3 August 1492, Christopher Columbus, the admiral from Genoa underwritten by Ferdinand II and Isabella I of Spain, set off on the first of 4 trips across the Atlantic. He ...

John A. Erickson, Jr., or Jack to all who knew him, passed away December 17, 2025. He was born in Worcester, Massachusetts to John A. and Doris Erickson, the younger brother of Linda (Erickson) St.

Lenora S. Hicks (Erikson), 83 passed away peacefully on December 12, 2025, with family by her side. Lenora was a devout catholic with an independent spirit that would not wither and a mischievousness ...

Nicole Briese is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. Her work has previously appeared in Us Weekly, Brides and MTV News. dianaross/Instagram Diana Ross has ...

Bo Erickson is a US politics correspondent based in Washington, DC. He covers Congress and reports on how lawmakers’ decisions impact their constituents far from the capital, as well as federal ...

Madam & Eve has been having fun with Trump’s expansionist ambitions, and why not? As noted before, they have no oil for him ...

Editor’s Note: This story contains explicit details about child sexual abuse material and exploitation. Three prominent Metro Detroit professionals — a doctor, an attorney and a psychotherapist — are ...