Mutual Aid: How College Students Survive

At many colleges and universities, from underfunded institutions to top-tier private colleges, many students have found themselves unable to meet basic needs during the coronavirus pandemic. Financial insecurity, previously accelerated by rising tuition costs and living expenses, has become even more acute because of the closure of campuses, loss of jobs and slashing of budgets.…

‘Love at First Fight’

When Alys Daly met Dan Peters in August 2018 through the dating app Bumble, she was no dating neophyte. She’d been at it for decades, actually, and had developed a board game, “Landing Mr. Right,” which was designed to help women attain a sense of levity during the tribulations of dating. She had also written…

In a Pandemic, Even Minimalists Need Space

For years, Erin Boyle wrote about living in a tiny apartment on her blog, “Reading My Tea Leaves,” detailing the creative, thrifty ways she made a roughly 500-square-foot one-bedroom in Brooklyn Heights work for her, her husband, James Casey, and their two children, Faye, 6, and Silas, 3. One post described making old wooden crates…

Drag Proms and Comfort Food With Truffles

With the New York charity circuit on hiatus, here is how some philanthropists and society figures are spending their time and resources during the pandemic. Georgina Bloomberg Age: 37 Occupation: equestrian show jumper, young adult novelist, philanthropist Favorite Charities: the Humane Society of the United States, the Rider’s Closet Where have you been sheltering? We…

Seasonal Movies

We’ve reached that time of year when the small screen is filled with Christmas movies, populated by happy folks in coats and scarves, frolicking in the snow. This will not be a list of those kinds of films. This collection is more for all of you who love the chilly weather, but who can’t stand…

Holiday Table Decoration Activity

This Thanksgiving, whether you’re hosting guests or sharing a meal via Zoom, it’s worth the effort to dress up your table to make the day feel different, special even. Fall leaves are an obvious and lovely decorative element but if yours have withered or blown away, create a few leaves of your own from accordion-folded…

Inside America’s Thanksgiving Travel Chaos

After a record-setting election and record-setting unemployment claims, within a frightening pandemic and between strict diets of misinformation and disinformation, America is ready to have a great meal with loved ones, put our feet up and breathe … on each other. Half of the states have travel restrictions of some kind. Nearly 4 out of…