After a break-up, I needed a new place to live but was having trouble finding an apartment I loved. My aunt suggested moving to her retirement village, and they accepted my application despite my age.

Geographers define a village as a small settlement usually found in a rural setting. It is a dynamic and nurturing ecosystem that is built on the foundation of a sense of community. The workings of a ...

Editor’s note: This is the second of two essays The Root is publishing in partnership with Caught, a new podcast from WNYC Studios about the juvenile-justice system. We hope to generate a conversation ...

In this video you will see how I continue to build my mini-village in the middle of a dense forest. This time I am building a ...

After going home in 2016 to care for her mother in her final days, Jenn Prunty returned to Kalispell with a new understanding of and fascination for the dying process and end-of-life experience. It ...

Almost five years ago, my husband and I made a decision: It was time to move out of our city rental and into a house somewhere else. It was a choice no one expected from me, a lifelong city girl.

When I was a teenager, in the 1990s, I spent my summer breaks herding sheep from sunrise to sunset. My daily routine was nearly always the same. I released the sheep from the barn, steered them along ...

After years in cities like New York and Boston, my husband and I felt ready to move into a house. We realized quickly that a suburb wasn't the right fit for us as a child-free couple. We fell in love ...