The road trip has long been considered part of the great American experience, but the feeling of freedom often associated with getting in a car and seeing the country hasn’t always been extended to African-American travelers, who often worry about discrimination and racism while traveling. After publishing a story on the concerns and anxieties many…
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Melodie JengGetty Images Pride Month is a celebration, a moment for the LGBTQ+ community to band together and proclaim their identities to the world. It’s a time of parades and elaborate parties, more often than not featuring colorful ensembles that spread joy. And though the scene is fun filled–many argue that Pride Month has become…
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Affordable fine jewelry may sound like an oxymoron, but thanks to a recent boom in direct-to-consumer brands, the landscape is changing. And thanks to the advent of Instagram, it feels as though new brands are popping up every week with an interesting twist to stand out from the pack. Still, you don’t have to pick…
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Courtesy of companies The COVID-19 pandemic has changed every aspect of the world we live in—the way we work, communicate, and even the way we connect with one another. Perhaps no one has felt the impact of this virus more than those suffering from it and their families, and our brave frontline workers who are…
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Coronavirus or not, one thing is certain: People will find each other, they will fall in love, and somehow, they will say their vows. “Love is going to survive this,” said Kate Edmonds, a wedding and event planner in New York. “I don’t think it’s emotionally sound to keep postponing weddings. There needs to be…
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There is nothing like a good cup of coffee. In fact, that good cup of coffee could be one of the most productive ways to get your day started. It’ll provide you with the energy and get and go that you need to get moving. However, this is only the case if you can whip…
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The first weekend in June, Cyré Olivia Coleman, 29, a student in Randolph, Mass., did something that even a month earlier would have felt like a far-fetched dream: took a family vacation. Since March Ms. Coleman hadn’t left her home, which she shares with her mother, brother, 4-month-old-daughter and the father of her child. “We’ve…
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When lockdown began a few months ago, as some women adopted sweatpants and worn-in tees as a virtual uniform, others were buying apparel that’s considerably more alluring: lacy push-up bras, slinky thongs and other undergarments that are more characteristically reserved for P.P.E.-free, socially undistanced activities. On La Perla’s website, for example, sales of the Ambra…
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At the end of yet another long day indoors, when I want to unwind, I’ll put on the commercial breaks from the 1985 American Music Awards or CBS’s May 3, 1983, broadcast of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame.” I am transported to a magical time, full of smiling faces and hokey jingles, when you could…
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A previously unpublished piece by Louisa May Alcott, the author best known for her novel “Little Women,” is now available in print for the first time. The piece, “Aunt Nellie’s Diary,” is one of Alcott’s earliest works. She hand-wrote it in a journal in 1849, when she was only 17. The story offers a new…
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