BRICK TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Darkness had fallen by the time a crew unloaded the 17 boxes filled with bones from a truck on a Thursday night in September. After all the boxes were carried into a Home Depot near the Jersey Shore, some of them were placed near its entrance, while others spent the night…
Name: Saad Amer Age: 28 Hometown: Medford, N.Y. Now lives: Shares a two-bedroom, walk-up apartment in Midtown Manhattan with a roommate and a dog. Claim to fame: Saad Amer is a socially connected climate activist and founder of Plus1Vote, a nonprofit that mobilizes young voters through social media, fashion designers, celebrities and old-fashioned canvassing. Past…
The rules were loosely defined, which is to say, there were none. My boyfriend and I didn’t discuss what was happening, other than a breathless, “Isn’t this incredible?” We knew the Third’s internship would end in August regardless, so why fret? There was no time to waste. In mid-July, I realized we were falling in…
By the end of June, their connection had deepened, courtesy of a few more casual meet-ups at clubs and parties in Manhattan. In July, both had trips to Berlin scheduled for a fashion trade show. “We were like, OK, cool, I’ll meet you there,” she said. The rendezvous in Germany brought them closer still, but…
Taylor Many Scruggs was reading through Natalie Anne Labriola’s profile on Hinge when an astrological prompt caught his eye. “Natalie’s said, ‘Way to win my heart is to guess my sun, moon and rising signs,’” Mr. Scruggs said. An astrology enthusiast himself, his interest was piqued. Though he didn’t guess her Taurus sun or Sagittarius…
Something on Robert Alexander Sparks’s Tinder page made Katherine Leonard Turner hesitate. “His profile read ‘I don’t have kids, I don’t want kids,’” said Dr. Turner, who has a Ph.D. in History from the University of Delaware — and two children. But she was just looking for something fun so she messaged him anyway, saying:…
When Janine Renae Lee and Janeine LeCorday Spencer met in 2006 at the Chevron Corporation in Concord, Calif., where each had worked, they quickly bonded over their commonality. Both were biracial Black women with a similar given name (though spelled differently, it was pronounced the same). One day after work, Ms. Spencer invited Ms. Lee…
Scary movies, books and podcasts can help people think through how they would respond to threats and prepare them for worst-case scenarios, say experts who study the psychology of fear.
Courtesy There comes a point for most people—usually in your twentysomethings—when your social calendar is suddenly filled with weddings upon weddings. It’ll hit you fast. One day, you’re celebrating singledom with your besties, and the next thing you know, you’re booked with nuptials every weekend from May to October. Weddings can be a real party,…
Many medical residency programs that are educating the next generation of obstetricians and gynecologists are facing a treacherous choice. If they continue to provide abortion training in states where the procedure is now outlawed, they could be prosecuted. If they don’t offer it, they risk losing their accreditation, which in turn would render their residents…