The "Wicked" movies arrived exactly when I needed something to shake the dust off my heart.

Twenty years after Massachusetts became the first state to legalize same-sex marriage in 2004, and a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling extended marriage equality nationwide in 2015, a key question lingers: do same-sex marriages last as long as marriages between men and women?

Back in August, a publication written by and for US military members groused about the danger of National Guard troops performing lawn care in the nation’s capital.

Since Trump has been back in office, energy prices have increased at more than double the rate of inflation. The Consumer Price Index from the end of October reports an “all items price index” increase for food, shelter, and transportation of 3.0% over a 12-month period, while energy services for the same period rose by 6.4%.