From time to time in the course of history, the enemy of your enemy turns out to be Republican former Ohio Gov. John Kasich. At the opening night of the Democrats’ virtual national convention, nominally held in Milwaukee but actually held online due to coronavirus concerns, Kasich addressed his rival […]
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As the 2020 Democratic and Republican conventions unfold, one race will come more sharply into focus: the music race. Joe Biden has revealed his running mate, but has he selected a theme song? Will Donald Trump continue to keep using his already well-known music picks from the rally circuit, almost […]
The claim: Vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris called young voters “stupid” The 2020 election season is in full swing and Joe Biden has selected his running mate. His choice of Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., may have been in part due her potential appeal to women, people of color and young voters. […]
Photo credit: Photo by Bre’Ann White, courtesy Carrie Mae Weems and Library Street Collective From Harper’s BAZAAR Referring to the recommended six feet of separation required for proper social distancing, artist Carrie Mae Weems’s Resist COVID Take Six! public awareness campaign aims to get information and resources to combat the […]
Aug. 17, 2020: Nordstrom is joining forces with nonprofit Shoes That Fit for the 10th year in a row to provide new sneakers to children in need in local communities. This year, the department store has enlisted the help of Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas to encourage people to help […]
A group of former Glossier retail employees sent a letter to the beauty and skin care brand demanding “accountability” and “change” amid accusations that the company’s culture has been far from inclusive. Over the weekend, “a collective of former Glossier retail employees” banded together to create a series of social […]
TLDR: In the Master Product Photography Course, you’ll learn everything you need to know to capture stellar product images and start building a career as a professional photographer. Photography comes in many shapes and sizes. And while you may instinctively think of a professional photographer as someone who captures nature […]
HP Lovecraft’s god-like creation, Cthulhu It’s 2011 and somewhere in the snow-capped depths of British Columbia Tom Cruise is strapped to the back of a sleigh, screaming. He disappears into a tunnel. It is dimly lit yet visibly crowded with over-sized figures. A torch is switched on, Cruise points his […]
“I acutely understand that beauty is so specific to different cultures and different backgrounds — that element of the storytelling is so exciting to me.” Julee Wilson In our long-running series “How I’m Making It,” we talk to people making a living in the fashion and beauty industries about how […]
Man giving a presentation at work. Imagine a world where your first and last name start with two letters with sounds that can be difficult for you to vocalize clearly in front of others. Saying my name can be challenging in unfamiliar group settings. Where folks usually keep their introduction […]
BOSTON — Sen. Ed Markey is going where few Massachusetts Democrats have dared to go before. He’s not only attacking his challenger, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, he’s throwing shade at the Kennedy family, the state’s equivalent of political royalty. In an ever more contentious battle between a septuagenarian senator and […]
Traci Wells was at a school board meeting when she found out the springtime balancing act between her job and helping her children with online schooling would stretch into the fall. “I was like, I cannot do six more months of this,” says Wells, a mother of four, who is director […]
Photograph: Carolyn Kaster/AP The Democratic national convention begins on Monday with a star-studded lineup and heavy emphasis on unity aimed at presenting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris as the US’s best hope for healing a deeply divided nation reckoning with the parallel crises of a global pandemic and racial injustice. […]
The Tennessee Titans inked inside linebacker Nick Dzubnar to a one-year contract earlier this offseason to assume the role of special teams ace, and he’s ready to bring the same approach that worked so well for him as a member of the Los Angeles Chargers. So, what’s Dzubnar’s (pronounced duh-ZOOB-nar) […]
From Cosmopolitan Overview: The world often asks, “What do you need to do?” But the stars ask, “Who do you need to be?” Tuesday’s New Moon in Leo wants you to choose to be the most secure, powerful, and open-hearted version of yourself you’ve ever been. On Wednesday, messenger planet […]
From North Miami to Kendall to Key Biscayne and down the Florida Keys, Miami-Dade and Monroe county residents on Tuesday will select their voices in Tallahassee by voting for representative in the Florida House. Some races will be decided on Tuesday; others in November. Here are our recommendations for the […]
Joe Biden, scarred by tragedy and in the twilight of a long career, is finally being elevated as the Democratic presidential nominee, betting he can win over Americans tired of his polar opposite: Donald Trump. If Trump brought brash and bombast to the White House, wrecking everything from convention to […]
Not long ago, a successful Silicon Valley tech entrepreneur decided to make a risky new investment he’d been toying with for years. “I’d just hit 50 and sold my second company,” he recalls. “I looked at myself and thought, I have another 20 years of work in front of me, […]
Tianna Singer, a TIkTok influencer, in Los Angeles, Aug. 12, 2020. (Rozette Rago/The New York Times) This spring, Marcus Olin moved into a sprawling mansion in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles with seven other TikTok creators. His bedroom overlooked downtown Los Angeles, and waking up to the view […]
Lionel Messi’s body language said it all as Barcelona were sent into full-blown meltdown in their historic Champions League quarter-final humiliation at the hands of Bayern Munich on Friday. He could only look on helplessly as the club to which he has brought so much glory succumbed to a record […]