Some folks have family trees that go back generations, others don’t know who their birth mothers are. No matter what, the human desire to know where one came from runs deep.

The Doe’s writers approach ancestry—race, lineage, language—warts and all. 

The Doe takes a look back through the generations. Our roots and how history has shaped who we are today.  Let's open our mind to truly listen!

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Business Class

I Work for My Estranged Father

Higher Power

Embracing My Muslim Identity in America Is Impossible

Why I Won't Take an Ancestry DNA Test

What Americans Can Learn From the Immigrant Spirit

Up, up and away! Time to get out of the house with The Doe.

Travel

Stories that can only be told from the land of the free, home of the brave.

American Stories

LGBTQ Voices

Motherhood

Earth Day or any day, let's celebrate our planet. 

Mother Earth

Tearjerkers

The Doe celebrates its authors this Black History Month.

Black Voices

Stories of starting over and finding the fresh.

New Beginnings

Extra, extra, read all about it! The news-media industry has shifted dramatically over the last decade—heck, within the last two years. Between print journalism, podcasting, social media and infotainment, The Doe turns over every rock in this evolving ecosystem.

Front Page

The ol' nine to five has changed quite a bit in the past couple of years, from working remotely to, well, not working at all. This month we take a look at how cash still does rule in our capitalist society and what the future of business and money might just look like.

The Doe's editorial team takes a look back at the year and shares its favorite narratives.

Best of 2021

Lord help us: They say it's not polite to talk about religion or politics, but—hey—we've already talked politics, haven't we? Prayer's up.

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