Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The author on the front porch of his family's house in Freehold, New Jersey, on Sept. 5, 1973, his first day of kindergarten.

Like most of America, and in several others parts of the world, I went to see Greta Gerwig's "Barbie" movie last weekend. The PG-13 comedic fantasy made $155 million in domestic box office earnings ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One morning in 1960, amid the euphoria of Barbie’s first year, Mattel co-founders Ruth and Elliot Handler held a kind of debate.

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Angel Cruz. It has been edited for length and ...