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"Breakdancing is an American art form": From its origins in 1980s New York to the Paris Olympics
Ask any b-boy or b-girl in the world that name the moment that changed everything, someone says in the Andscape documentary “Breakin’ on the One,” and they’ll cite the battle at Lincoln Center that took place on August 15, 1981. The face-off between the Rock Steady...
Rep. Clyburn weighs-in on Trump's backhanded "Black jobs" comment
During Thursday night's shambling vs. rambling first televised presidential debate of 2024, which aired on CNN to 20-year record low debate viewership, Donald Trump spoke of undocumented immigrants "taking Black jobs," causing many to wonder . . . what exactly is a "Black job?" Speaking to CNN's Dana Bash —...
Kelly Jaggers on cooking for one, embracing leftovers and making the kitchen a more enjoyable place
Cookbook author Kelly Jaggers knows how tricky it can be to avoid the siren song of DoorDash and whip up fresh, hot meals nightly. She also knows how annoyingly inconvenient it can be to modify recipes built to serve four when you're only looking to cook for yourself. So, she's put together "The Ultimate Meal Planning for One Cookbook," which helps to arrange and strategize your kitchen plans, ensuring that the dish you make on Monday night will supply you with leftovers to repurpose on Tuesday.
What I wish I'd known about bisexuality and the truth about love
“My mom is a lesbian,” my then-third-grader announced one evening at dinner. We were sitting around the dining room table, and I hadn’t even dug into my salad. My father raised his eyebrows. It was an otherwise unremarkable night during a slow-to-warm spring. “Well, not a lesbian per...
A house divided, perhaps fatally: What's the pathway to a reunited America?
They're rioting in Africa. They're starving in Spain. There's hurricanes in Florida and Texas needs rain. The whole world is festering with unhappy souls. The French hate the Germans. The Germans hate the Poles. Italians hate Yugoslavs. South Africans hate the Dutch. And I don't like anybody very much!. Unless...
There is one big reason why Joe Biden refuses to step aside
President Joe Biden is running against a man with 34 felony convictions, two impeachments and a historically bungled attempt to manage a pandemic. Even worse, former President Donald Trump is the only president to ever refuse to accept the results of an election if he lost, a petulant and politically perilous practice in which Trump has indulged since before he became president.
Expert: UK's Tories committing "electoral suicide" — but the far right will be back
By the end of this coming week, the United Kingdom will almost certainly have a new prime minister, Keir Starmer of the Labour Party. That will also bring an early end, in all probability, to the political career of Rishi Sunak, the Conservative Party's current whiz-kid prime minister, who at 44 is just about young enough to be Joe Biden's grandson. But the contest between those two distinctly unimpressive party leaders is only a footnote to the real story.
Mass extinction is a choice. A new study shows how we can dramatically reverse it
Extinction is a natural byproduct of life and evolution, but an alarming number of species have entered the dustbin of history thanks to human activity — which is anything but natural. In a 2023 study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, scientists learned humans...
Alec Baldwin judge refuses to drop charges after evidence damaged
Alec Baldwin faced another setback in court on Friday, with a judge rejecting a motion to toss his case after the FBI destroyed a key piece of evidence: the firearm that mistakenly discharged on set. Baldwin, who was involved in a 2021 accidental shooting on the set of his film...
"The Bear" brings Syd and Carmy to a boiling point, but here's why they can't be endgame
Season 3 of “The Bear” begins by tossing fresh meat to SydCarmy loyalists – an aiguillette of hamachi with a blood orange reduction, if you want to get technical. The dish stars in Carmen Berzatto’s (Jeremy Allen White) memory of a tortured day working for Joel McHale’s cruel NYC chef at his five-star establishment.
Once branded as “cheap eats,” Asian cuisine is finally getting the awards it deserves
Chef Christina Nguyen kickstarted her restaurant career in 2011 when she and her husband Birk Grudem opened Hola Arepa, a food truck serving platters of Venezuelan street food. Three years later, the pair opened its brick-and-mortar location in South Minneapolis and, in 2018, added Southeast Asian restaurant Hai Hai to their résumé.
CNN reports 20-year record low debate viewership
CNN reports indicate that just 47.9 million people tuned in to the first 2024 presidential debate. The 2020 re-match saw a 35% dip in audience from the first clash between Joe Biden and Donald Trump, which drew 73.1 million viewers in September 2020. The debate, hailed by many as catastrophic...
Why Chappell Roan is your dream girl’s dream girl – and 2024's breakout artist
In August 2023, Chappell Roan released a music video for her 1980s electro-pop throwback “HOT TO GO!” Set in Springfield, Missouri — she grew up in nearby Wilder — the clip centers around a choreographed dance in which she spells out the song title with her arms.
Hillary Clinton and top Democrats rally around Biden as media pushes drop out message
After Joe Biden’s mediocre debate performance drummed up immense support from the pundit class for him to drop out of the race, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and other Democratic lawmakers rallied around the president. Clinton, who lost to Donald Trump in 2016, framed the race as a choice between...
6 ways to stay safe at the beach this summer
Summer has officially arrived, and with it comes a renewed interest in frequenting places of sand and surf. Growing up along the Jersey Shore, I learned how to "do" the beach from an early age. I know its unspoken rules of etiquette, like avoiding parking oneself too close to fellow beachgoers and keeping music at a respectful volume. Once the spring season turns, my weekends become synonymous with scavenging for seashells and quietly evaluating swells for the most suitable time to bodysurf.
Grief is brutal, but there is value in it, experts say. So why do we try to "cure" it?
Cody Delistraty wanted to get good at grief. After his mother died of melanoma when he was in his early twenties, he found, as he writes in his new book “The Grief Cure: Looking for the End of Loss,” “There was no control to exert. No blueprint to follow.” So, feeling frustrated and exhausted, he did just what a mourner who’s also a journalist might do — he investigated.
The New York Times wants Biden gone — but they seem OK with a convicted felon
A day after the first presidential debate, President Joe Biden energetically took the stage in Raleigh, N.C. to talk about his less-than-stellar performance in Atlanta on Thursday night. “I know I’m not a young man. I don’t walk as easy as I used to. I don’t speak as smoothly as...
Senate Republicans set to seize on Supreme Court’s abortion opening
For 50 years, Americans counted on Roe v. Wade to protect not only the right to abortion, but the ability to receive lifesaving care for miscarriages and the chance to build families through fertility care. Roe was never perfect. For too many, it was a right in name only – a right that slipped increasingly out of reach as Republicans chipped away at abortion access in states across the country. Then, two years ago, anti-abortion Supreme Court justices handpicked by Donald Trump overturned Roe once and for all.
No, the L.A. synagogue protest wasn't a "pogrom" — that's a gross misuse of history
Leading Democratic elected officials, from Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass to California Gov. Gavin Newsom to President Biden, have spoken out to condemn the pro-Palestinian activists who protested in front of the Adas Torah synagogue on the west side of Los Angeles last Sunday. Jewish, Israeli and conservative leaders, including...
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