Mall of America

Somewhere in the midwest, Brian Sonia-Wallace rides an Amtrak — an antiquated experience suitable for an artist of a dying breed. Typewriter in tow, he’s documenting, in poetry, the lives of characters encountered. Sonia-Wallace won Amtrak’s writer-in-residence contract in 2016...

As millennials and older generations gear up to save this holiday season, the decade's long tradition of the Black Friday and Thanksgiving evening sales rush has dwindled for 2016. While the Thanksgiving week sales are still newsworthy, the extravaganza had fewer participants. Some retailers even...