On Fashion Runways, Inclusion Is About More Than Color
It's a tricky thing, casting. Directors have a vision for their lines — but what if that vision doesn't include a more inclusive palette?
Art & Design
From Striking Photos To Surprising Stained Glass, A Wide-Ranging Whitney Biennial
There are 63 artists in this year's Biennial, including An-My Lê, whose photography touches on immigration, and Raúl de Nieves, who made a stained glass window with tape, paper, beads and more.
Mystery Guest
This episode's Mystery Guest, Autumn Stanford, just started an interesting late-night business. Can you figure out what it is before Ophira and Jonathan?
Vietnamese American Photographer An-My Le Selected For Whitney Biennial
Vietnamese American photographer An-My Le is one of 63 artists selected for this year's Whitney Biennial. Her new work was shot in Louisiana.
A New Card Game Asks, 'Who's Blacker?'
What does it mean to be black? What does it mean to be blacker?
Covert Fashion Provides Camouflage Against Surveillance Software
Hyphen-Labs is a group of women of color who are scientists, engineers, architects and designers who have designed clothing that camouflages against facial recognition software.
Malcolm Gladwell: Do More Choices Make Us Happier?
We assume that our choices come with prepackaged consequences. But author Malcolm Gladwell explains how we aren't simply passive recipients of our decisions.
When Clothes Make The Man Appear Dangerous
The revival of playwright Luis Valdez's "Zoot Suit" reminds us that clothes and garments have long been the site upon which bigots can project their prejudices and fears.
A Green Beret Sits For A Portrait By His Former Commander In Chief
After leaving office, President George W. Bush picked up painting — first fruit, then pets, then people. His book Portraits of Courage features paintings of more than 60 American service members.
Gustav Metzger, Whose Creations Were Works Of Destruction, Dies At 90
The artist, who lost most of his family to the Holocaust when he was young, founded the auto-destructive art movement. He explored how destruction could become an act of creation and dissent.