Sexually transmitted infections have soared in recent years in the United States, prompting an urgent search for solutions. New research suggests that a widely available antibiotic, taken after sex, may help stem the tide. A single dose of doxycycline taken within 72 hours of unprotected sex dramatically cuts the risk of a bacterial S.T.I., studies…
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This article is part of our Design special section on how the recent push for diversity in design is changing the way the world looks. Calling attention to commonplace accessories, humdrum crafts, misplaced masterpieces and blithe inequities is a focus of much contemporary design scholarship. We see it on a global scale in several new…
This article is part of our Design special section on how the recent push for diversity in design is changing the way the world looks. In 2020, Jomo Tariku, a furniture designer who was born in Kenya and raised in Ethiopia and who had a second career as a data scientist with the World Bank,…
This article is part of our Design special section on how the recent push for diversity in design is changing the way the world looks. Growing up in federal public housing on the Oneida Indian reservation five miles west of Green Bay, Wis., Chris Cornelius did not envision a future as an architect. He was…
The photos immediately started winning awards, but Ms. Bright found that many white viewers could not get over their own internal stereotypes. “I was told by a publisher I didn’t have enough signifiers in there to show the work was Black,” she said. A consultant told her, “This looks like my house. There is a…
This article is part of our Design special section on how the recent push for diversity in design is changing the way the world looks. Even when Tione Trice was a child in Atlanta in the 1990s, he nurtured a love for a design style he called African Essentialism that was nothing like the Eurocentric…
This article is part of our Design special section on how the recent push for diversity in design is changing the way the world looks. At age 24, Shalini Misra took her first international flight from India, destination Manhattan. “Everything is quite low-rise where I grew up, and coming to New York was a real…
This article is part of our Design special section on how the recent push for diversity in design is changing the way the world looks. People with a history of moving between worlds bring a unique perspective to designing for the home. Teresa Rivera, 30, grew up in New York’s Dominican diaspora but now lives…
Designers know what they’re getting when they work with Isamaya Ffrench, the makeup artist and founder of the makeup line Isamaya — and it’s never “French girl” beauty or “no-makeup makeup,” fashion week clichés for designers who prefer that beauty silently accessorize their clothes with invisible makeup and non-hairstyles. In February, Ms. Ffrench spent days…