Here’s a truth about Thanksgiving: No matter how much gravy-bathed turkey, marshmallow-topped sweet potato casserole and mounds of stuffing one may devour, when dessert time rolls around, there’s always room for pie. Pie had been a constant on Thanksgiving tables even before Abraham Lincoln proclaimed the day a national holiday in 1863. Pumpkin was the…
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court has kept its block in place against a federal mandate that all large employers require their workers to get vaccinated against the coronavirus or submit to weekly testing starting in January, declaring that the rule “grossly exceeds” the authority of the occupational safety agency that issued it. In a…
David Raleigh had been having trouble hailing cabs when he shoved Rick Bahl into the back of one at the end of their first date in 1995. “I don’t know if you remember,” Mr. Raleigh said, “but it was extremely difficult for Black people to get a taxi in New York City back then.” Mr.…
“Based upon the information on the public record, and the history of alleged mental health issues, I am shocked that the conservatorship was terminated without a current mental health evaluation,” said Victoria J. Haneman, a trusts and estates law professor at Creighton University. “I had no doubt that a clear path to termination would be…
Dr. Sarah Santucci and Kevin Zhang have always shared a love of plants. The pair met when Dr. Santucci stopped by the table for Mr. Zhang’s botany club at Princeton in 2013, when she was a freshman there, and he a sophomore. She impressed him with her ability to identify species on sight. “I was…
Around Christmas and New Year’s, my husband and I enjoy watching films from the 1930s and ’40s. I always admire the women’s glamorous loungewear, especially Myrna Loy as Nora Charles in the “Thin Man” movies. But every place I look for loungewear, the offerings are either decidedly un-glam jersey garments, or more luxe looking satin…
“The truth of the matter is industry develops drugs — you have to work with industry. The issue is disclosure in publication,” said Ellen V. Sigal, the founder and chairwoman of the nonprofit Friends of Cancer Research, which accepts industry funding. “Rob has done many, many clinical trials with industry, but he has not been…
These restorative exercises can help you feel better throughout the day.
In the decade I spent working in restaurant kitchens, I rarely felt an emotional connection with the food I was cooking. This feeling of distance from the food I encountered here in the United States began almost as soon as I arrived from Nigeria as a young college student. Very few dishes I ate growing…
For Kevin Renn, the writer of this week’s Modern Love essay, being a 6-foot-tall Black male nanny came with its challenges. But nothing could prepare him for the moment he would have to walk away from the tiny companion who stole his heart. [Like this newsletter? Sign up to receive it in your inbox.] We…