The ugly (and glorious) truth about American supermarkets
Benjamin Lorr just spent five years exploring the glorious veneer and dark underbelly of an American institution that, in its way, is as much a symbol of 20th-century capitalism as...
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How Lenny Kravitz keeps his cool
In "Let Love Rule," his new memoir, Lenny Kravitz recounts the first 25 years of his life, ending with the release of his debut album in 1989. The story he...
Now’s the time for wigs, if you have them
Mia Birdsong is one of many women in the United States, particularly Black women, who have changed their hair routines and stocked up on wigs. They fear future salon closures...
The home schoolfluencer
Ainsley Arment has emerged as one of the most prominent voices in a grassroots community that, long before social distancing, decided to reject mainstream schooling and rather educate within the...
A quadriplegic, a specialty van and a lifetime of adventures
Kirk Williams loved racing mountain bikes and "enjoyed playing on anything that had a motor," he said. Williams never lost his adventurous spirit, and with a specially outfitted van, he...
Baseball fans find unusual vantage points to watch MLB games during pandemic
Even in the grip of a pandemic, it's hard to keep all fans from enjoying a quintessential American pastime: taking in a ballgame in the summer. The coronavirus chopped baseball's...
After storms, they built higher. They dread doing it again.
In the weeks after Hurricane Laura submerged neighborhoods, obliterated businesses and unearthed coffins, many residents have begun agonizing over what feels like an impossible choice: Rebuild yet again or this...
Pandemic baking just got weirder
Many artists and amateur bakers had been creating confections at home, not out of practicality or as part of a campaign, but for art's sake. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/style/pandemic-cakes-anarchist-femme-baking.html
As concerns over climate change rise, more developers turn to wood
Developers are turning to wood for its versatility and sustainability. And prominent companies like Google, Microsoft and Walmart have expressed support for a renewable resource that some experts believe could...
A stained-glass gift, from God and Gerhard Richter
The three windows — with deep reds and blues prevailing on the two outer displays and the central one dominated by radiant gold — are made in stained glass to...