Beyoncé’s ‘Black Is King’: Let’s Discuss

Six critics on the visual album rooted in her “Lion King”-inspired record “The Gift,” a grand statement of African-diaspora pride and creative power.

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This Week, Clean Your Stove

Some straightforward advice for a reader who feels directionless

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The Most Soothing Man on TikTok

By slowing down and soaking it all in, Larry Scott makes the whole TikTok experience … nice.

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Black Lives Matter and Italian Fashion

A new letter sent by independent designers to fashion executives demands reform, or at least a serious conversation about race.

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Randonautica: What Is It and Are the Stories Real?

An app that generates coordinates for adventurers claims to turn your thoughts into reality. TikTok and YouTube creators want you to believe it — but you shouldn’t.

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In 1920, Native Women Sought the Vote. Here’s What They Seek Now.

The 19th Amendment did not bring the right to vote to all Native women, but two experts in a conversation said it did usher in the possibility of change.

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Can’t Afford a Birkin Bag or a Racehorse? You Can Invest in One

Interest in fractional investments has grown as the pandemic has forced more people to spend time at home, but advisers say the strategy has risks.

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Trump on Twitter: I Regret Some Tweets, and Other Fratty D.C. Moments

Trump admits he regrets some tweets during this fratty, swampy summer, as nostalgia surges for Trump’s first underdog campaign and a more uncertain future looms.

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A Rockaway Life

Rockaway Beach has a land’s-end bacchanalian spirit, but it also a place where you can get to know people just by being there.

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Why Protest Tactics Spread Like Memes

When items like umbrellas and leaf blowers are subverted into objects of resistance, they become very shareable.

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Remote Work Isn’t Working? Maybe Your Company Is Doing It Wrong

Experts have tips on the office routines that need to change when everyone’s working from home. Meetings, for one.

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A Brief History of ‘Karen’

In 1965, it was the third-most-popular baby name in the United States. In 2018, it was the 635th — and today it’s even less popular. How did Karens fall so far?

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The Dog Days of Quarantine

Animal Haven was always rescuing animals. Now the shelter is doing it on the front lines.

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How Can I (Kindly) Tell People to Wear Masks in Public?

Our advice columnist tested a few possible lines. Here’s how that went.

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How I Spent My Summer Vacation: Singing, Dancing, Knife Fighting

When actor training migrated online, our reporter gave herself two weeks to learn as many theater skills — and knife skills — as she could.

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3-D Printing, a Boon for Racers, Inches Closer for Carmakers

The technology has helped F1 and NASCAR teams gain an edge, but it has not been practical on a large scale. That may be starting to change.

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Renée Fleming Streaming Concert, Plans Return to Metropolitan Opera Stage

America’s top soprano will return to the Met stage in 2022, starring in a new opera based on “The Hours,” by Michael Cunningham.

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Afraid of Airlines? There’s Always the Private Jet

Concerned about virus-related safety on commercial planes, many fliers are turning to private jets for the first time. The catch, of course, is the price.

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Coin Shortage? It May Be Time to Use Your State Quarters

In the midst of reduced coin circulation, the U.S. Mint is winding down its production of novelty quarters. Should they be saved, or spent?

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THE BOOK OF LOST NAMES by Kristin Harmel

A woman who helped Jewish children flee the Nazis during World War II now might be the only one who can unlock a code found in a religious text.

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AXIOM'S END by Lindsay Ellis

Cora Sabino finds herself caught between her estranged whistle-blower father and the extraterrestrials who have been living here for decades.

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NEAR DARK by Brad Thor

The 19th book in the Scot Harvath series. With a bounty on his head, Harvath makes an alliance with a Norwegian intelligence operative.

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Titans of Tech Testify in Their Trust-Me Suits

It’s a tongue twister, but also a strategy. Jeff Bezos, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai appeared before Congress and dressed the part.

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It’s Time to Head to the Woods

Answering a reader’s question about what to do with vacation time when standard travel seems problematic.

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Memers Have a New Campaign Aimed at Getting Trump Out of Office

Meme 2020, the social media collective that supported Michael Bloomberg’s presidential primary run, is back with a new focus: mail-in ballot registration.

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Black Book Clubs, From Oprah to Noname

Noname and other Black thought leaders have taken what Oprah built and made something new.

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The New College Drop-Off

A bittersweet family tradition has become an exercise in risk assessment, logistics and trying to understand ever-changing rules.

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Summer Garden Chores

Actually, there’s a lot you still need to do. Here’s a list to get you started.

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It’s Summertime, and the Gardening Should Be Easy, Right?

Actually, there’s a lot you still need to do. Here’s a list to get you started.

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‘Hidden Gem’ Made Popular by TikTok Is Shut to Keep Out-of-Towners Away

A lake in New Jersey was closed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, but some complaints about recent crowding there focused on the ethnicity of visitors.

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In a New Series, Kerry James Marshall’s Black Birds Take Flight

Inspired by John James Audubon, the painter explores the societal “pecking order” in two new works that dovetail with “this mystery about whether or not Audubon himself was Black.”

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High Schoolers Across the Country Are Seeking ‘Teenager Therapy’

A podcast started by five teens from a bedroom has become a lifeline for students.

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Secondhand Shoppers Worry About Their Favorite Local Spots

Sites like Poshmark and Thredup have thrived during the pandemic, but your neighborhood thrift store is not doing so well.

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What Does It Mean to ‘Look Like a Mom’?

As the Wall of Moms movement spreads across the country, so, too, does that question.

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Where to Safely Store Your Gold

A multitude of options, from burying in the backyard to posh steel-lined vaults.

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A Close Look at a Fashion Supply Chain Is Not Pretty

A new report on factories in Malaysia that create products for Brooks Brothers, Levi’s, LL Bean and others examines the high prices workers pay for their jobs.

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In the Hamptons, the Architectural Equivalent of an Old Sports Car

The vintage Norman Jaffe house was in bad shape, but the new owners were appalled by the suggestion that they should tear it down.

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Longer, Slower, Farther: Savoring the Prospects of Future Travels

In the travel lull induced by the pandemic, many people are planning ambitious, once-in-a-lifetime trips. Optimists are targeting 2021. For others, their next big trip will be in 2022.

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Can Unsexy Beauty Be Sexy?

A new guard of beauty brands is using slick packaging and candid messaging to sell products women were once embarrassed to buy.

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'Challenge Accepted' on Instagram: Black and White Selfies for Women

A campaign that purports to be about “women supporting women” is filling people’s Instagram feeds with striking, if opaque, imagery.

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Kansai Yamamoto, Designer With Ziggy Stardust as a Client, Dies at 76

Unapologetically flamboyant, he shaped the look of David Bowie’s alter ego and also worked with Elton John and Stevie Wonder.

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You Won’t Find These Masks at 7-Eleven

Motorized air purifiers and heated sanitizers. Breathable fabrics and chic prints. With face coverings here to stay, consumers are starting to demand more than cheap throwaways.

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Shopping for Shelving Units

If you’re overrun with clutter or don’t have enough closet space, open shelving could be the answer.

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Black Yoga Collectives Aim to Make Space for Healing

Instructors and students say that diverse communities can benefit from classes focused on people of color.

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Functional Fashion, People With Disabilities and Love of Clothing

But #disabledandcute influencers say the fashion industry has been slow to embrace them.

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‘Disabled People Love Clothes Too’

But #disabledandcute influencers say the fashion industry has been slow to embrace them.

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Everlane’s Promise of ‘Radical Transparency’ Unravels

Employees past and present are challenging management, saying the company’s ethical image was an illusion.

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Things To Do At Home This Week

This week, tie-dye with veggies, listen to Michelle Obama’s new podcast and celebrate the singer and activist Mavis Staples.

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The Great Au Pair Rush

When the Trump administration shut the borders to many new au pairs, those already in the country found they had something new: options.

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Tailors Know New Yorkers’ Pandemic Secret: ‘Everybody Got Fat!’

Tailors across New York City are expanding waistlines and moving buttons to accommodate the “Quarantine 15.”

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Elon Musk: The Maureen Dowd Interview

The billionaire space oddity on life with Grimes and Baby X, Trump, Tesla, tunnels, short shorts, stock surges, Facebook fumbles and everything else under the sun.

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Travel the World Through These Dance Tutorials

Here are eight cultural dances that you can learn at home through online tutorials or mobile dance apps.

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True Crime Podcasts at the Intersection of Race

True crime is the lifeblood of podcasting. Here’s a list of shows that make racial justice their focus.

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Comic-Con Is Online, and So Is the Artist Alley

Indie artists who make a significant portion of their income at fan conventions are hoping virtual attendees will be willing to spend.

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How to Talk to Your Friends About Money

New financial hardships may be hitting those closest to you. It doesn’t have to be awkward.

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A Telephone Is Your Friend, but a Tablet Can Betray You

A reader wants to know how screen breaks should work when our mental escapes also come via screens.

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Love Letter: Breaking the Cycle of Abandonment

Plus: The new rules of dating.

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The New ‘Kissing Booth’ Star on ‘Cats,’ Selena and Greased Abs

Taylor Zakhar Perez, 28, plays Marco, a new love interest in “The Kissing Booth 2,” Netflix’s sequel to the 2018 high school rom-com.

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Why Did She Leave Me There?

A young man returns to the Vietnamese orphanage he had spent 25 years trying to forget.

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These Hand Sanitizers Smell Good, Kill Germs

Now that hand sanitizers have become an accessory of the new normal, upscale brands are introducing their own portable cleansers.

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Jason Rodriguez’s Vogue Family Values: Positivity, Trust, Love

The dancer and choreographer strives to empower a generation: “If you’re not expressing your most confident self, you’re not voguing.”

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My House Has Not Kept Up With the Pandemic

We’re home all the time, but since no one is ever coming over, is there really any reason to tidy up?

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He’s 83, She’s 84, and They Model Other People’s Forgotten Laundry

The owners of a laundry shop in central Taiwan have become Instagram stars for posing in garments left behind.

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Tyler Mitchell: ‘Black Beauty Is an Act of Justice’

His debut photography monograph, “I Can Make You Feel Good,” suggests an Edenic timeline for Black American life, but also shows its inherited traumas.

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How to Move During the Coronavirus

But you’re scared about doing it during a pandemic. Here’s our F.A.Q. on changing homes (and cities) safely.

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Is Corporate Change Really Possible?

On setting boundaries in an unpaid internship, navigating corporate bias and mandatory social check-ins.

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The Art of the Cookie Drop

My Cookie Dealer, a bakery that delivers and ships orders placed through Instagram, has fared well in the time of socially distant dining.

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Omegle Is Where People Meet Online Now

Omegle, a precursor to Chatroulette, has grown in popularity during this indefinite period of social isolation.

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An Upended Fitness Industry Sweats Over Black Lives Matter

Instructor walkouts and motivational messages in a predominantly white industry decimated by the coronavirus.

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Eight Artists on the Influence of Tom of Finland

Touko Valio Laaksonen, who would have been 100 this year, transformed depictions of queer eroticism in art through his hyper-real, hypermasculine style.

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Suggestions, Distractions and Diaries. Our Staff Is an Open Book.

Worry is a drumbeat. Above it, though, there’s a melody: a craving for distraction and joy, for intimacy, for serendipity.

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Do We Need to Tell Our Son That His Dad Has Coronavirus?

He is 8 years old and very afraid of us getting sick.

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Angels and Artisans

And lots of ambition at Valentino and Dior, the last of the pandemic-designed digital shows.

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Ascena, Owner of Ann Taylor and Lane Bryant, Files for Bankruptcy

Ascena Retail is the latest retailer to fall during the pandemic. The disappearance of some of its 2,800 stores is a fresh blow to shopping malls.

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Tesla Turns a Profit in a Pandemic-Squeezed Quarter

The result was achieved “despite tremendous difficulties,” said the chief executive, Elon Musk, including a plant shutdown and lower sales.

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‘Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful’ Review: Man With a Camera

This cheery, chatty overview of the life and work of the photographer Helmut Newton prioritizes gossip over critique.

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Convertibles for Summer Driving: Going Topless and Turning Heads

Station wagons outsell them, but convertibles hold a special place in the hearts of drivers, and automakers still offer a smorgasbord of models.

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A High-Tech Array of Travel Tools: ‘Smart’ Health Cards,Temperature-Reading Glasses and More

Products that rely on artificial intelligence aim to make travel safer during the pandemic. But hefty prices and privacy concerns are issues.

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How Equity Is Lost When Companies Hire Only Workers With Disabilities

Employment remains an elusive goal for many. A recent hiring strategy may win pats on the back, but advocates fear it may pigeonhole people with disabilities.

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UTOPIA AVENUE by David Mitchell

The glories and misadventures of a 1960s British band told from several perspectives with cameos by real-life musicians.

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CAJUN JUSTICE by James Patterson and Tucker Axum

Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans, gets in the thick of things as the head of security for a chief executive in Tokyo.

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A WALK ALONG THE BEACH by Debbie Macomber

After dealing with loss and setbacks, two sisters take risks on dreams and love.

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PEACE TALKS by Jim Butcher

The 16th book in the Dresden Files series. Chicago's only professional wizard tries to keep the peace during a summit of the Supernatural nations of the world.

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THE ORDER by Daniel Silva

The 20th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered.

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Getting Your Hair, Nails and Tattoos Done at Home

Scared to go out for that manicure, dog grooming or tattoo renewal? These businesses will come to you.

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Can the Army and Navy Ban Users From Social Media?

Army and Navy channels banned viewers from their live streams when they asked about war crimes. Accused of censorship, now the Army says it will pause streaming.

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Tony Elliott, Whose Time Out Clued Readers in, Dies at 73

Mr. Elliott said, “I had one idea, but it was a good one.” On it he built a global publishing empire.

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'Preppy Handbook' Author LIsa Birnbach on the Brooks Brothers Bankruptcy

The author of ‘The Official Preppy Handbook’ mourns the decline of a 202-year-old institution.

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As Summer Takes Hold, So Do the Jumping Worms

These invasive pests, which ravage the soil and damage plant life, are easiest to spot now, in their adult form. But what to do if you see them?

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The Fight for Fertility Equality

A movement has formed around the idea that one’s ability to build a family should not be determined by wealth, sexuality, gender or biology.

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When Brad Photographed Gwyneth

And other tales of celebrity portraiture-by-partner, courtesy of the new Valentino campaign created during lockdown.

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As Summer Takes Hold, So Do the Jumping Worms

These invasive pests, which ravage the soil and damage plant life, are easiest to spot now, in their adult form. But what to do if you see them?

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In Electric Car Market, It’s Tesla and a Jumbled Field of Also-Rans

Most traditional carmakers are struggling to produce and market electric vehicles even as Tesla sells hundreds of thousands of its luxury models.

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Once Science Fiction, Gene Editing Is Now a Looming Reality

The prospect of erasing some disabilities and perceived deficiencies hovers at the margins of what people consider ethically acceptable.

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Diane von Furstenberg’s Brand Is Left Exposed by the Pandemic

The fashion designer’s potent personal profile obscured the fact that her company, DVF, had been losing money for years. The coronavirus crisis changed all that.

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Help! My Ship Is Supposedly Still Sailing, and I Don’t Want to Be On Board

The future of the cruise industry remains very unclear, so it’s not totally unreasonable to be anxious about what next spring will look like.

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Tapestry C.E.O. ‘Compelled to Resign’ After Misconduct Allegation

The unexpected move came after Tapestry, which owns Coach and Kate Spade, hired a law firm to look into the claim against Jide Zeitlin, one of only four Black chief executives in the Fortune 500.

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That ‘Home Office’ of Yours? It Needs an Upgrade

You may be working from home for a while. It’s time for something more professional than a corner of the dining table.

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Vivienne Westwood Dresses Like a Canary for Julian Assange

The British fashion designer came out of lockdown to perch inside a giant bird cage, suspended 10 feet in the air, outside the Old Bailey criminal court in London.

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That ‘Home Office’ of Yours? It Needs an Upgrade

You may be working from home for a while. It’s time for something more professional than a corner of the dining table.

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‘Total Bellas’ Refuse to Be Knocked Out by Quarantine

The twin reality stars and retired WWE champions Nikki and Brie Bella are both pregnant and making TV.

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American Fashion Nominates the Designers of the Year. They Really Make You Think.

But not in a good way. The Oscars of fashion reflect exactly what the industry needs to change.

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A Glimpse Inside the Workshops of the World’s Finest Panama Hat Makers

Creamy as silk and costlier than gold, a Montecristi superfino Panama hat is as much a work of art as it is of fashion.

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Building Accessibility Into America, Literally

Thirty years on, the Americans With Disabilities Act has reshaped the way designers and the public have come to think about equity, civil rights and American architecture. But it’s only a start.

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How to Date During a Pandemic

Some people are single and ready to mingle (or … more than that), even amid a global pandemic. Here are some tips for doing so safely.

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Frans Nieuwendam, Who Knew Style and Had It, Dies at 60

He was a quiet force in fashion, though others knew him as the guy to try to impress on the rope line. He died of the novel coronavirus.

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Family-Friendly Movies Made by Diverse Filmmakers

These 8 movies were written, directed by and star people of color, and depict complex stories that can spark conversation.

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Things To Do At Home This Week

This week, watch Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville,’ learn the history of the ballot and chuckle at stand-up comics.

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How Can We Be of Service?

We know you have questions about how to manage life at home, life with family, with roommates, all alone, especially as the summer stretches onward toward September’s call.

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Milan Has Some Reasons to Be Cheerful

Amid a glut of designer infomercials, the hopeful audacity of one show stands out.

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Love Letter: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic

Plus: Tackling a Covid-19 scare together.

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A Fashion Show Epilogue. Or Was It an Elegy?

Gucci brought a messy digital fashion week to an end, though there was food for thought (and the future) at Prada and Maison Margiela.

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‘At First I Didn’t Want to Show My Face’

Three Black jewelry designers talk about thriving in an industry that hasn’t always embraced them.

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Buying Fine Jewelry on Instagram (Without Tears)

Eager to order a new sparkler? Here are some tips to help make it a pleasant experience.

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Disability Pride: The High Expectations of a New Generation

Millions of young people grew up knowing the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act as a birthright. They now demand its guarantees — and even more.

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How the Central Park Barber Spends His Sundays

Herman James has set up shop under a pergola near Strawberry Fields, where he has provided free haircuts since May.

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Au Pairs, in an Altered America

More time with host families; less socializing and personal travel.

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Trying to Feel Love-Worthy (While Working for a Dating App)

Being awash in romantic complaints has left me — a Black woman who’s had heartache — feeling dismayed but hopeful.

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Taylor Lorenz on Reporting, Teens and Internet Culture

Taylor Lorenz spends most of her days reporting on the ways we use the internet. Here’s how she does it.

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Isolated Thunderstorms today!

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Washington Redskins Fans Collected Memorabilia for Years. What Now?

The Redskins’ decision to rebrand transforms decades of memorabilia into artifacts of a racist name.

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Vogue Editor Edward Enninful Racially Profiled at Condé Nast Office

Edward Enninful, who is Black, said in an Instagram post that he was told by a guard this week to “use the loading bay” as he arrived at work.

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Letting Your Insurer Ride Shotgun, for a Discounted Rate

Most big car insurers offer apps that monitor your driving, and one start-up requires it. The trade-off in privacy is a premium that could be substantially cheaper for safe drivers.

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FaZe Clan President Leaves to Start XSET

Greg Selkoe is leaving the successful esports conglomerate to start a new venture that’s less “frat house” and more diverse.

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Saying Goodbye to Totokaelo

A shopping refuge for irreverent luxury.

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Must We Make Your Stepfather’s Coronavirus Sickness a Political Issue?

My liberal-leaning son doesn’t think I’ve been taking the pandemic seriously. Now my husband is sick, and my son says it’s our fault.

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THE LOST AND FOUND BOOKSHOP by Susan Wiggs

Natalie Harper takes over the care of her mother’s bookshop and her ailing grandfather.

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OUTSIDER by Linda Castillo

The 12th book in the Kate Burkholder series. A cop goes into hiding on an Amish widower’s farm while a killer lies in wait.

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A BEAUTIFULLY FOOLISH ENDEAVOR by Hank Green

Mysterious books hint at what caused the untimely demise of April May and the sudden disappearance of robots known as the Carls.

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DESOLATION ROAD by Christine Feehan

The fourth book in the Torpedo Ink series. A biker wants to know what a local librarian is hiding.

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Tips on Buying Bulbs for Fall Planting

But there are a few things to consider before you go shopping.

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What to Do When Most Days Feel Like Wednesdays

Seek diversion from what’s happening in your head and in our world, if just for a moment of recharge and reflection. It works.

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Thunderstorms Late today!

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For Paris Men’s Wear, the Next Stop Is California

Men’s wear shows in Europe this lockdown season may be virtual, but the dominant California vibe is very real.

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Yes, It’s Already Time to Buy Bulbs for Fall Planting

But there are a few things to consider before you go shopping.

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New Twists on Home-Sharing: 4 Airbnb Alternatives

They are small, ambitious and target savvy travelers. But their main goal is to improve the home-sharing experience for hosts and renters alike.

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Teenage Angst, Revisited in Isolation

Those who moved back to their childhood bedrooms during quarantine are finding more than just N’Sync posters.

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The Phantom Handbag

No one needed a bag when we were stuck in lockdown. Will we ever embrace the accessory again?

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The Return of Jane Elliott

Before anti-racist reading lists and Instagram allyship, white people were presented with the “Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes” exercise. Its 86-year-old creator can’t believe she’s still being asked about it.

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The 6 Things You Need to Preserve the Summer’s Bounty

If you have a garden or just like shopping at farmers’ markets, preserving fruits and vegetables can be easier than you think.

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Your New Home Office May Be in the Backyard

With more people working from home, business is booming for companies selling livable sheds.

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German Court Says Tesla Self-Driving Claims Are Misleading

A ruling by a state court contradicts Elon Musk’s bullish view of autonomous driving technology.

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How to Make Your Own Printer's Hat

All the news that’s fit to cover your cranium.

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Thereza de Orléans e Bragança, Brazilian Society Doyenne, Dies at 93

Once called “the best dressed woman in Rio de Janeiro” by Life magazine, she was an “old money” style-setter in the 1950s and ’60s before marrying into Brazilian royalty.

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Mostly Clear today!

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Taylor Lorenz Explains the Cake Meme

Welcome to the viral world of hyper-realistic cake slicing videos.

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Disabled Do-It-Yourselfers Lead Way to Technology Gains

So long to overhyped innovations. Hello to tech that embeds accessibility into everyday devices.

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The Black Photographer Making History at Vanity Fair

Viola Davis appears on the cover of this month’s issue, the first by a Black photographer, in an image meant to be a protest.

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Automakers Are Making Cars, but Virus Surge Puts That at Risk

Some workers are calling on the industry to shut down plants in states where virus cases have increased sharply in recent weeks.

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The 6 Things You Need to Preserve the Summer’s Bounty

If you have a garden or just like shopping at farmers’ markets, preserving fruits and vegetables can be easier than you think.

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Black Behind the Wheel

On a road trip to Detroit, reflections on the car as a symbol of aspiration and adventure. But if you’re Black in America, that lovely machine isn’t always a refuge.

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Your New Home Office May Be in the Backyard

With more people working from home, business is booming for companies selling livable sheds.

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This Year Will End Eventually. Document It While You Can.

Museums are working overtime to collect artifacts and ephemera from the pandemic and the racial justice movement — and they need your help.

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Black Behind the Wheel

On a road trip to Detroit, reflections on the car as a symbol of aspiration and adventure. But if you’re Black in America, that lovely machine isn’t always a refuge.

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Milan Digital Fashion Week: Streaming Live Video

Here’s where to watch the shows this week, from Prada, Ferragamo, Gucci and Zegna.

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Staying in New York During the Pandemic

Most New Yorkers who own a second-home hit the road as soon as the virus hit, but a few stayed behind.

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Mostly Clear today!

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Los Angeles Apparel Factory Shut Down After More Than 300 Coronavirus Cases

The company’s chief executive, Dov Charney, had staged a professional comeback by making masks. Four workers have died from the virus.

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How I Came Out About My Disability

Three writers share how they revealed their disability, to a family member, to a love interest on a dating app and to oneself.

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Shopping for Medicine Cabinets

Is your bathroom a mess? Here are five ideas for cleaning it up.

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You Know What Else Sold Well During the Pandemic? Weed Edibles

Pandemic anxiety and mounting concerns about vaping have helped shift sales of cannabis products.

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TikTok Star Drama Is Good for Reality TV

The drama among influencers at Hype House and Sway House seems like a natural fit for TV. Will the industry bite?

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Who Was That Masked Man?

President Trump finally wore a face mask to visit Walter Reed. It was weirdly anticlimactic.

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Thunderstorms today!

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How to Make Beads From Your Newspaper

All it takes is your trusty Times, a little glue and these templates.

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TikTok Users Respond to Potential Ban

Gen Z and millennial users have found community on the app, particularly during the last few isolating months. And for some of them, it’s their livelihood.

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What’s the Value of Harvard Without a Campus?

Many first-generation, low-income Harvard students feel that the elite institution has failed them.

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Who Gets the Banhammer Now?

In a single week, some of the internet’s biggest platforms banned users and groups they had tolerated for years. What changed?

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A Glimpse Into My Son’s Magnificent Mind

Our house is a mess of misplaced possessions. I’m grateful for what this — and my son’s autism — has taught me.

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‘It Would Be Like Losing a Little Bit of Me’: TikTok Users Respond to Potential U.S. Ban

Gen Z and millennial users have found community on the app, particularly during the last few isolating months. And for some of them, it’s their livelihood.

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Martha Rocha, 87, Dies; to Brazil, a Beauty Queen Denied a Crown

Popular opinion has held that she came in second in the 1954 Miss Universe pageant because she didn’t conform to a North American standard of beauty.

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Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’

The comedian performs a kind of racial high wire act on her Instagram Live show, but she really just wants to heal.

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‘This Is Not a Boring History of Nagging Spinsters’

Women’s suffrage is the story of a political revolution — with all sorts of parallels to today.

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No Coronavirus Reopening for Those at High Risk

As stay-at-home orders are relaxed and others venture back out, people with pre-existing conditions see even greater risk from the coronavirus.

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Moving to New York During the Pandemic

There aren’t many of them, but some buyers and renters are coming to New York even while thousands have left to escape the coronavirus.

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Garden Design Ideas

Whether you want to frame a view or block one, sometimes all it takes is a few well-placed plants — and some guiding principles.

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Staying in New York

Most New Yorkers who own a second-home hit the road as soon as the virus hit, but a few stayed behind.

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Left Behind as the World Reopens

As stay-at-home orders are relaxed and others venture back out, people with pre-existing conditions see even greater risk from the coronavirus.

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Reckoning With Ghosts of Social Media Past

Grappling with a former online presence while facing the world with a new, more enlightened outlook. Plus: Mandatory white fun.

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Brave New Arrivals

There aren’t many of them, but some buyers and renters are coming to New York even while thousands have left to escape the coronavirus.

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What Happens When You’re Disabled but Nobody Can Tell

The author and clinical psychologist Andrew Solomon examines the disabilities that ramps and reserved parking spots don’t address.

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Staying in New York

Most New Yorkers who own a second-home hit the road as soon as the virus hit, but a few stayed behind.

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Helen O’Hagan, Fashion Executive Who Personified Saks, Dies at 89

As the store’s head of publicity, she promoted top designers. She also lived a glamorous life as the friend and caregiver of the actress Claudette Colbert.

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Ziwe Fumudoh Asks: ‘How Many Black People Do You Know?’

The comedian performs a kind of racial high wire act on her Instagram Live show, but she really just wants to heal.

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TikTok Stars Race to Land Reality Shows

The drama among influencers at Hype House and Sway House seems like a natural fit for TV. Will the industry bite?

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Digital Dior. Remote Chanel. What’s Couture With No Runway?

The first streamed couture shows were more like mini-movies, music videos, trailers and perfume commercials. There were some clothes, too.

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Shoppers Should Wear Masks. Shouldn’t Protesters, Too?

A reader believes there’s a “double standard” for cooperation with public safety measures.

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Would You Like to Come Over for Dinner … in 10 Years?

Because that’s when I think I may be ready to entertain again.

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How Everclear Became a Pandemic Favorite

Long the stuff of fraternity parties, the 190-proof grain alcohol wants to go from D.I.Y. germ killer to cocktail ingredient.

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The True Story of My Marriage to a Pot

How did it come to this? My stars were not aligned.

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Two Museums Turn a Seaside Haven Into a Car Lover’s Dream

History, experiences and more at the Audrain Automobile Museum and the Newport Car Museum.

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AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins

A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.

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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng

An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

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DARING AND THE DUKE by Sarah MacLean

The third book in the Bareknuckle Bastards series.

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MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

In 1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden.

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HOME BEFORE DARK by Riley Sager

When Maggie Holt inherits the Vermont estate that was the setting of her father’s horror memoir she is confronted by some of the people and relics he chronicled.

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THE NICKEL BOYS by Colson Whitehead

Two boys respond to horrors at a Jim Crow-era reform school in ways that impact them decades later.

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FRIENDS AND STRANGERS by J Courtney Sullivan

Complications ensue when a New York journalist downshifts to become a mom in a small town and hires a senior at the local women’s college to babysit.

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SEX AND VANITY by Kevin Kwan

A nod to “A Room With a View” in which Lucie Tang Churchill is torn between her WASPy billionaire fiancé and a privileged hunk born in Hong Kong.

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Naya Rivera, ‘Glee’ Actress, Is Missing at California Lake

Rescuers were searching Lake Piru in Ventura County for the 33-year-old actress late Wednesday night.

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Watch: The Paris Men's Fashion Week Videos

From Paris, it’s fashion, directly to your eyeballs. JW Anderson. Prada. Ferragamo. Gucci. Zegna. We’ll be here all week.

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Partly Cloudy today!

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What Does it Mean to be ‘At Home’ These Days?

People are experiencing the reopening of the country in different ways in different regions. They are responding to it differently, too.

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Stephen Gan Is the Latest Magazine Editor Under Fire

Former employees at V, the title he helped found, are criticizing his leadership there, as an industry reconsiders past norms of judgment and exclusion.

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Brooks Brothers, Founded in 1818, Files for Bankruptcy

The retailer, which has dressed all but four U.S. presidents, will close 51 U.S. stores as it looks for a buyer.

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Ben Folds Puts His Live-Work Sanctuary in Hudson on the Market

The indie-rock musician and his wife renovated the three-story former department store in upstate New York from top to bottom.

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The Greatest Wedding Reception Dance Songs

Wedding D.J.’s share their top tunes that are guaranteed to get all of your guests dancing.

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The Boohoo Disaster, Explained

Boohoo was one of the fastest growing retailers in Britain. Now the company is in trouble after revelations about working conditions in supplier factories.

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Designing a Garden? You’ll Need a Plan

Whether you want to frame a view or block one, sometimes all it takes is a few well-placed plants — and some guiding principles.

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They Splurged on Fancy Clothes Before Quarantine. Now What?

Fashion purchases innocently made before the spread of coronavirus are poignant markers of canceled activities.

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A Fashion Model For the Moment

How a digital avatar helped the fashion designer Hanifa go viral during the pandemic.

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What Does Simp Mean?

An insult takes a dizzying trip through rap, men’s rights, misogyny and TikTok.

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What Does Simp Mean?

An insult takes a dizzying trip through rap, men’s rights, misogyny and TikTok.

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Randy Rainbow’s (Upper) West Side Story

The writer, performer and self-described ‘Cuomosexual’ is finally living in the apartment he always dreamed of.

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Are Accessible Cosmetics the Final Frontier in Makeup Inclusivity?

Makeup companies are creating products that are easier to open and apply, especially for people living with A.L.S., Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, arthritis and other disabilities.

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In Paris, Haute Couture Face Masks for All

The seamstresses of Chanel, Dior and more formed a network to make face masks in quarantine. They’re not done working together.

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Hostels Try to Adapt for the Covid-19 Era

Hostels are built on the idea of community and sharing, can they survive in a time of social distancing? As European hostels reopen, they are confronting new challenges.

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In Nick Cordero’s Death, a Reminder of Covid-19’s Unknowns

The Broadway star died from the coronavirus, despite being just 41 and in apparent good health. Cases like his, experts said, are growing.

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7 Inequities: A Weeklong Look at the Biases Women Face

Double standards abound from the salary she earns to the unpaid hours she works.

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Mostly Clear today!

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From ‘Game of Thrones’ to Digital Couture

Carice van Houten, the Red Priestess, brings an Iris van Herpen dress to life in a short film.

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What We Learned in 100 Days of Life Interrupted

Four first-generation college students in Newark, N.J., tell the story of the pandemic, their uprooted plans — and what they found out.

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Living With Your Desk Mates

Five work colleagues, living alone during the pandemic, decide to rent a house in the country and quarantine together.

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A Teacher Held a Famous Racism Exercise in 1968. She’s Still at it.

The day after Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated, Jane Elliott carried out the “Blue Eyes, Brown Eyes” exercise in her classroom. Now, people are returning to her work.

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Uber to Buy Postmates for $2.65 Billion

The ride-hailing company’s core business has struggled in the pandemic, and it is betting on growth of its Uber Eats division.

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Couture Fashion: Here's What Happened

Security guards. Musicians. Florists. Drivers. They make the magic happen. Here’s what happened to them.

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Paris Couture Fashion Show Live Videos and Schedule

Live — kind of! — from Paris, the couture houses stream video.

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With Department Stores Disappearing, Malls Could Be Next

Brick-and-mortar retail was in the midst of seismic changes even before the pandemic. Analysts say as much as a quarter of America’s malls may close in the next five years.

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Thunderstorms/Wind today!

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The Shaman of Instagram

Durek Verrett, friend of Gwyneth Paltrow and consort of the Princess of Norway, wants to bring spiritual healing to the masses.

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The Fashion Week Schedule and Guide

What to watch, where to watch it, where to buy itand what the heck is going on.

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Black in America, Through a Camera

In a photography show and auction Jamel Shabazz and others take an up-close look at Black culture and community.

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What to Do At Home This Week

See the Mona Lisa, up your baking skills and get some answers to your salacious questions about dinosaurs.

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‘I Am Here to Prove You Wrong’

At Miss Muslimah USA, a pageant for young Muslim women, the complexity of modesty is on full display.

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How to Make the Best Paper Planes

Make this newspaper into a paper airplane. The sky’s the limit.

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The Unsung Heroes of Fashion, Now Mostly Unemployed

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This Year’s Summer Campground: Our Bedrooms and Living Rooms

Summer camp in the pandemic looks just like a screen. But what happens when kids run away from the computer?

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11 of Our Best Weekend Reads

The tragic history of “I can’t breathe.” Why you can have a kid or a job right now, not both. How Brooklyn Drill went global. Farewell, Carl Reiner. And more.

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Mostly Clear today!

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Don’t Call Him Machine Gun Kelly

The rapper and actor has a real name: Colson Baker. And he’s finding his voice during the lockdown.

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The #Vanlife Business Is Booming

Coronavirus is just a distant memory while zipping around in a several-hundred-thousand-dollar custom van on the open road.

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The #Vanlife Business Is Booming

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TikTok Stars Tati and Devin Will Meet

Two rising stars on the app have amassed a huge audience by playing along with their followers’ fantasy of romance.

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TikTok Stars Tati and Devin Will Meet

Two rising stars on the app have amassed a huge audience by playing along with their followers’ fantasy of romance.

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Mostly Clear today!

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‘Defund the Police’? Easy for You to Say

A reader wonders who the neighbors think will protect them if local law enforcement faces budget cuts.

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Tesla Deliveries Slipped in Second Quarter as Pandemic Hit

The electric carmaker’s deliveries fell as people around the world were forced to stay home by government orders and fears over the coronavirus pandemic.

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Driving Older Cars: Light on Tech, Heavy on Fun

“There is no nanny system. It is just you and your steering wheel and your right foot and the road.”

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Descendants of Suffragists Reflect on the Fight for Women's Right to Vote

One hundred years after the 19th Amendment, suffragists’ descendants consider how far we’ve come and how far we still have to go.

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The Boat Business Is Booming

Dealers are in short supply as coastal Americans plan for more local summers. As one buyer put it: “Boats are sexier than sitting in your car.”

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PARTY OF TWO by Jasmine Guillory

Olivia Monroe’s past is uncovered when her relationship with a junior senator is made public.

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THE LAST FLIGHT by Julie Clark

Claire Cook escapes from living with her quick-tempered husband and assumes another woman’s identity.

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Test Drive: The 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo

Put through its paces on a motor club’s racetrack, the 2021 Porsche 911 Turbo S growls with a gaudy 640 horsepower and handling that lets even amateur drivers feel like superheroes.

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What's an Autonomous Zone?

Autonomous zones, protest camps and intentional communities alike thrive on hard work and consensus — and can become disastrous rapidly.

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My Other Car is a...Mercedes Camper Van?

The bustling RV business gets a jolt from a ritzy new Mercedes-Benz rig.

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My Other Car is a...Mercedes Camper Van?

The bustling RV business gets a jolt from a ritzy new Mercedes-Benz rig.

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Automakers Laud U.S. Consumer 'Resilience' Despite COVID-19 Hit to Sales

Major automakers posted lower U.S. monthly or quarterly new vehicle sales on Wednesday due in large part to weak fleet orders, but said consumer demand remained robust despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

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Revisiting a New York That Doesn’t Currently Exist

Seeking escape, diversion and a way of feeling about the world that doesn’t hinge on the latest news conference.

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How a Black Cowboy Became a Disinformation Target

Adam Hollingsworth, a formerly incarcerated Chicago native, is trying to spread a positive message on horseback. But a popular video of him has been widely misinterpreted.

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Hydrangeas: Uncommon Varieties for Your Garden

But they’re not all created equal. Here are some uncommon varieties you may not have considered.

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It Isn’t Summer Without Hydrangeas

But they’re not all created equal. Here are some uncommon varieties you may not have considered.

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