When designers showcased their spring collections last fall, no one knew what 2021 would have in store. Embracing a new world of live stream shows and digital formats, brands met the fashion moment with a much-needed spark of optimism. A happy array of mood-boosting hues, dreamy patterns, and playful silhouettes burst forth on the virtual…
April 2, 2021 Care and community take different forms after a painful year of plague and protest. By Gioncarlo Valentine and Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. After a year of disproportionate loss from the pandemic and the continuous threat of police violence, on top of centuries of discrimination and disenfranchisement, what does healing look like for…
Not everyone wants to be with one partner forever, even if monogamy has had a long history of being the norm in romantic relationships. As more people begin to challenge old traditions, new forms of relationships are emerging. At the start of the pandemic, when most of the world longed for connection, Haili Blassingame, the…
Over the years, we’ve defined wines most often by appellation, occasionally by grape and, once in a while, by popularity. But many readers have suggested that we look at wines by price. Essentially, this group resists all but the cheapest bottles possible. Most of the time for Wine School, that’s not practical. If you want…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its guidance for fully vaccinated Americans on Friday, saying that traveling both domestically and internationally was low risk. The long-awaited recommendations were issued by federal health officials after a series of studies found that vaccines administered in the United States were robustly effective in preventing infections in…
I was born on a cold day in April. There were tulips pushing up to bloom in banks of snow, they tell me. A terribly evocative image — or was my mother being melodramatic? It’s easy to forget that spring can take its sweet time. As I write this from upstate New York, most of…
I know Comando G has been inspired by Château Rayas, a cult Châteauneuf producer whose wines have always been shimmering and pure regardless of the fads of the moment. I suspect that Angela Osborne, the proprietor of A Tribute to Grace, has been inspired by them as well. While these two wines are entry-level introductions…
A few weeks ago, I wrote about unlikely sources of cooking inspiration, and asked you for yours. I got so many great emails. But among the many movies (“Big Night”), TV (“The Sopranos”) and books (“The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe”) you described, one reader’s email stood out: “I once served on a jury…
In a randomized clinical trial of nearly 5,000 emergency room patients, researchers found that the share of patients who were willing to take a rapid H.I.V. test climbed to 66 percent from 38 percent when the test was presented as a medical service they had to deliberately decline, rather than one they had to proactively…
That said, you can do only so much and, frankly, you have done enough. You may well be surrounded by people who are unwilling or uninterested in living in the real world where diversity exists. If that’s the case, it could be that you need to move on to an organization whose values are more…