Arts & Life

Cunningham shot this image of Paige Alms during a free surf in Maui on Jan. 12, 2018

Arts

Need A Day At The Beach? Tag Along With Big Wave Photographer Sachi Cunningham

7:38pm July 07, 2020

by Adriana Cargill

When Cunningham started photographing surfers two decades ago, there were very few women in her field. "I wanted to take photos of women because I had never seen photos of women," she says.

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Some are upset over dictionaries including "irregardless."

Arts

Regardless Of What You Think, 'Irregardless' Is A Word

5:28pm July 07, 2020

by James Doubek

Grammarians are up in arms over dictionaries including "irregardless." The Merriam-Webster dictionary responds: "We do not make the English language, we merely record it."

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Books
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'Want' Captures The Precariousness Of America's Middle Class

4:54pm July 07, 2020

by Maureen Corrigan

The family at the center of Lynn Steger Strong's novel is on the brink of bankruptcy. Want is a portrait of how close to the edge people are — despite the seeming safeguard of middle-class jobs.

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Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy, by Larry Tye

'We've Got To Learn From Our History,' 'Demagogue' Author Warns

3:32pm July 07, 2020

by Terry Gross

Author Larry Tye chronicles Sen. Joseph McCarthy's infamous smear campaign in a new book. He says both McCarthy and Trump are "bullies" who exploit fears and "point fingers when they're attacked."

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Arthur Jafa, photographed in Milan, Italy on Jan. 14, 2020.

Arthur Jafa's Glorious Vision And Kanye West's Gilded Faith

3:25pm July 07, 2020

by Tavia Nyong'o

Arthur Jafa, the celebrated artist, translates a new song from West into his own film-visual language, both elevating and transcending it.

Ingrid Wall and Joachim Wall, parents of murdered journalist Kim Wall, are interviewed at the inaugural grant ceremony for The Kim Wall Memorial Fund at Superfine on March 23, 2018 in New York City.

Journalist Kim Wall's Parents Show She Was More Than A Victim In 'A Silenced Voice'

11:58am July 07, 2020

by Annalisa Quinn

Kim Wall was 30 when she was killed by a source. Her parents are working to make sure her name will not be a warning but a tag under ambitious investigative pieces, a line on resumes, a calling card.

Billy Smith counts rows in the knit structure of a mask to ensure that specifications for fit and sizing meet company standards.

Arts

Want To Create A Better Mask? It's Harder Than It Seams

8:34pm July 06, 2020

Brothers Billy and Nick Smith have designed a reusable mask that's knit, not sewn. Seamless and sustainable, it's made from polyester, spandex, nylon and an antimicrobial silver-coated yarn.

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Friends and Strangers, by J. Courtney Sullivan

Books
Arts

Privilege Takes Many Forms In 'Friends And Strangers'

4:15pm July 06, 2020

by Mary Louise Kelly

J. Courtney Sullivan's new novel examines the relationship between a mother and her child's caregiver — both women with significant degrees of privilege, despite their surface economic differences.

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Visitors wearing face masks wait to see the Mona Lisa at the Louvre Museum on Monday. The most visited museum in the world reopened to the public after closing in March.

France's Louvre Reopens Most Of The Museum — Sans Big Crowds

4:15pm July 06, 2020

by Rebecca Rosman

One museumgoer says it's a "much more comfortable experience" to view the Mona Lisa without the mobs of tourists. The Louvre put in place mask-wearing, one-way paths and other distancing measures.

Nick Cordero attends the 68th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall on June 8, 2014 in New York City.

Arts

'Never Known A Kinder Person': Actor Nick Cordero Dies Of COVID-19 At 41

4:15pm July 06, 2020

by Jeff Lunden

The Broadway actor was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance in Bullets Over Broadway. Cordero had been working on a production of Rock of Ages when he developed symptoms of pneumonia.

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