Our name means “the people.” It is the root word of democracy, and it reminds us that the true source of our greatness is the diversity of our people. This case study examines how two Michigan cities, ...

501(c)(3) nonprofits, which are charities like the Easter Seals, the Boys & Girls Club and, well, ProPublica, are exempt from paying most federal income tax, and donations to them are exempt from tax.

Fabrics are made by repeatedly intertwining yarns into characteristic patterns. Many of their properties, such as stretchiness, arise not only from the material itself but also from how the yarns are ...

Thirty minutes after YarnCon kicked off on Saturday, the fiber fair was already buzzing with chaotic energy. Crowds were spilling into booths full of sweaters, shawls, spindles and needles. Makers ...

Cheap and easy to pick up, knitting can help to fight addictive behaviours, from nail-biting and doomscrolling all the way up to helping people struggling with street drugs. The only side-effect? Too ...

When you imagine what an Olympic-level athlete might pack to take to the Winter Games, you probably imagine things like ski goggles and athletic gloves. For a growing number of athletes, the packing ...

All metaphors about knitting and writing have already been made: storytellers and knitters both spin yarns, tie up loose ends and hunt for new material. The vocabulary of each is tangled up in the ...

Prayer can be frustrating for some of us, as we try to pray a whole litany of prayers, but nothing seems to happen. We might think that God isn't listening to us, as we don't hear any audible voice ...

The rhythmic click of needles. The softness of yarn running over fingertips. The satisfying logic of knit, purl, repeat. Knitting—and other so-called “grandma hobbies”—is making a comeback, especially ...

On a cloudy day in Salt Lake City, Utah, the warmth of the knitting circle at the THRIVE Center for Survivors of Torture offers a comforting contrast to the winter chill outside. Refugee women from ...

Teachers recruited friends as volunteers to help run a popular knitting club and other new clubs at Longfellow Elementary School in Spokane, Wash. Credit: Neal Morton/The Hechinger Report The ...