Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Michael Goldstein is a journalist and playwright based in Los Angeles. This year marks twenty-four years since the 9/11 attacks on ...

At some point in every year’s 9/11 ceremonies, it feels to some of us like it all just happened yesterday — then we realize some of those reading the names are the grandchildren of those lost that ...

Olivia, a 21-year-old college student, was sitting in an English class at her Minnesota school last week when her professor began talking about the challenges in writing about traumatic events. But ...

The camera zooms in on the flames and black smoke pouring out of the building more than 90 stories up. Papers fly down as people on the street stare up. The cameraman says it was an explosion. But ...