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In New Orleans’ trendy Faubourg Marigny district, a former church, school house, rectory and convent, is now the sprawling Hotel Peter and Paul – an Ash property. The hotel’s check-in and concierge is tucked to the side of a grand staircase that…

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Looks great, feels weird. Is there anything stranger than an airport? In our Airport Code series, writers pick a travel hub to unravel. I lower my mask and lift an $82 Le Labo Cedre 11 candle to my nose. Even on one of the stickiest days of summer,…

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When the United States went into lockdown in the spring of 2020, Sydnee Washington joined millions of others in panicking. “I thought: I don’t cook, I don’t clean, and I’m not married,” said the New York-based comedian and podcaster. “I don’t know…

There’s a series of television commercials I always look up from my phone to watch. They’re for Progressive home and auto insurance. I don’t own a home or a car, but I appreciate the cleverness of the ads: As people in their mid-thirties—not much…

Like some people, I sent the early days of the pandemic the best version of myself. I perfected a number of low-fat Instapot recipes and froze the leftovers like a version of Sandra Lee who was really into CrossFit; I bounced from free trial of…

They’ve posted viral tweets, thirst traps, and meme’d every moment of the year, and now they’re helping you shop for the holidays! These days internet gift guides are as common as holiday films (of which, they are 82 out this season, including…

Just before the GOP caucuses in 2015, I wrote a short letter to the editors of the Telegraph Herald,the paper of record in my hometown of Dubuque, Iowa. I urged voters to reject the xenophobia of then long-shot candidate Donald Trump. I reminded…

Meet 50 talented, visionary individuals pushing culture forward right now.

When the national conversation turns to any topic, the public looks to celebrities for their thoughts, reactions and inevitable mess ups. So while protests against systemic racism spread nationwide, naturally a number of famous names have entered the…

Protests in New York began in the afternoon and continued until after midnight. While Friday's protests mostly occurred in Foley Square and parts of Brooklyn, Saturday's protests permeated most of New York City. Thousands marched on Harlem, the East…

The issue of cash bail, the practice of paying a deposit for the release of a person who has been arrested, is in and out of the news. In the 2020 Democratic Party primary for president, several candidates called for ending cash bail within their…

On Friday, news networks broke from coronavirus-related coverage for the first time since mid-March. George Floyd's death on Monday in Minneapolis, has ignited nationwide protests against police brutality and systemic racism. Social media has lit up…

Friday night, protesters marched in cities across America — from LA to Denver — demanding justice for George Floyd and calling attention to systemic racism. The protests, as organizers warned may happen, turned violent in many instances resulting in…

Between Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, Apple TV, Disney+, and HBO GO, we've almost reached the point where all our streaming services add up to the cost of cable. Enter Quibi, which launches today. While it adds a few bucks to the bundle, it aims to…