One of the consequences of a hot and bothered planet is that human migration will surely be the most intractable, life-threatening issue of the coming decades. Dwindling water supplies, food security, and the accompanying violent... Read More

When we launched Foreword This Week all those years ago, the mission we assigned ourselves was to connect Foreword reviewers with the most unforgettable authors we cover in the magazine—to banter and challenge and jovially engage in... Read More

Okay, sport, hungrily scanning the menu at your favorite café, would you order the Salad Only the Devil Would Eat? Considering the Devil’s svelte figure, this recipe comes highly recommended: bitterbrush, burro weed, jumping cholla,... Read More

Shame on all you nebulous, all-purpose words—having sacrificed your uniqueness, what do you have now that your true meaning is lost to the ages? Take “nature,” that most lovely of ideas now defined to exclude humans and things... Read More

Behind bars: might as well mean left behind, given up on, out of sight-out of mind. In effect, our criminal justice system routinely throws away the key—to helping prisoners rejoin society, support themselves and their families, pursue... Read More

We’re blessed as a species—no need to play the fight or flight game anymore, food arrives at our doorsteps minutes after we make the request, disease is mostly understood and cured with medicine—but that doesn’t mean life is easy... Read More

Cross this grand land of ours and you’ll scarcely find a more culturally rich region than South Carolina—with its strong African and Caribbean influences, bountiful coastal waters, and three hundred-plus years of adventurous cooking... Read More

Look back over the past twenty five years or so and put your finger on some of the ways society has changed for the better. LGBTQ+ rights, for example. Would you have guessed that gay marriage would be overwhelmingly accepted now, when... Read More