Alberta Jones, Louisville’s first female black prosecutor and a little-known civil rights figure, in a photograph provided by her sister, Flora Shanklin. Skip to contentSkip to site index Who killed Alberta Jones, Louisville’s first female black prosecutor, in 1965? Prodded by a professor, the…

I try to avoid social media ads as much as the next gal , but every now and again, the creepy, all-knowing internet presents a particularly persistent and perfectly targeted ad, and I can't resist clicking on it. This is how the Quip toothbrush came into my life. Rachel Miller / BuzzFeed (click to…

Carlo Allegri / Reuters Why is it that the more work I have to do, the more the internet beckons me into its endless maw of distraction? Oh Lord , I will say, appealing both to myself and to whatever blog-god might be listening, I have an hour to finish this article . But first, isn’t this Tasty…

It’s that time of year again. Pumpkin spice lattes, not one but two brand-new iPhones, and the latest and greatest in the world of iOS. Of course, this means all-new powers for your mobile devices (whether you shell out for the new iPhone X or not). This year, there are a couple of big changes with…

Yesterday President Trump placed a phone call to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles E. Grassley (R) to reassure him, according to Grassley’s tweet, that Trump was still committed to ethanol, an issue of great concern for Grassley’s corn-growing state of Iowa. Under ordinary circumstances,…

Ah, fashion week. The industry’s most drama-filled time of year…or so the stories might lead you to believe. There’s an aura of face-pressed-against-the-glass mystique that it seems to inspire, no doubt intensified by viral incidents like the outrage over Yeezy Season 4 , or former Vogue editor…

The cultural practice of Giving a Fuck has been ingrained in society long before Freud identified the mother-of-no-fucks-given id, the I’m-just-about-keeping-my-shit-together ego and the I’ll-dedicate-my-life-to-the-greater-good superego. These fucks are not straightforward, either. On a daily basis…

Daniel Day, known as Dapper Dan, outside the former home of Langston Hughes in Harlem. Credit... Andre D. Wagner for The New York Times Skip to contentSkip to site index Twenty-five years after luxury labels sued his Harlem boutique out of existence, Gucci looks to him for inspiration. Daniel Day,…

President Trump's former chief strategist, Steve Bannon, rarely speaks publicly and is known to egg on the president in his trashing of the mainstream media. But when he decided to break that silence, Bannon chose the venerable Charlie Rose as his interviewer and CBS's flagship Sunday-night show,…

‘I like young people. I get them’ ... Dov Charney, at his Los Angeles Apparel factory.Photograph: Melissa Lyttle/The Guardian D ov Charney, the man at least as famous for founding American Apparel as he is for being serially accused of sexual harassment, is showing me around his new factory in south…

Daniel Day stars in Gucci’s new tailoring ad campaign. Credit... Gucci In a twist of fortune that could hardly have been imagined back in the day, Daniel Day — better known as Dapper Dan, his nom de knockoff — is reopening his famous studio and atelier with the support of Gucci. For 10 years,…

From left, Alexandra Alvarez, Sherry Conklin and Kristie Olmeda packed water to bring to St. Thomas. Credit... Erika P. Rodriguez for The New York Times Leer en español FAJARDO, P.R. — Puerto Rico, dealt only a glancing blow by Hurricane Irma, has become an impromptu emergency hub for its Caribbean…

Has Dating in New York Gotten Easier or Harder? 8 New Yorkers Weigh In The Art of Trying to Coordinate Outfits, as Told by the ‘Little Women’ Cast’s Group Chat Harling Ross This Is Exactly What MR Readers Have for Breakfast Every Day Gyan Yankovich A Spectrum of Winter Whites Kaleos Eyehunters Albus…

Has Dating in New York Gotten Easier or Harder? 8 New Yorkers Weigh In The Art of Trying to Coordinate Outfits, as Told by the ‘Little Women’ Cast’s Group Chat Harling Ross This Is Exactly What MR Readers Have for Breakfast Every Day Gyan Yankovich A Spectrum of Winter Whites Kaleos Eyehunters Albus…

Everyone from Google to the NFL is using this practice, and you should too. Elle Kaplan Sep 19, 2016 · 5 min read How do you typically start your morning? For many of us, starting off on “the right side of the bed” involves almost immediately checking a smartphone or email, and then diving headfirst…

Getty Michael Grunwald is a senior staff writer for Politico Magazine . ORLANDO, Fla.—The first Americans to spend much time in South Florida were the U.S. Army men who chased the Seminole Indians around the peninsula in the 1830s. And they hated it. Today, their letters read like Yelp reviews of an…

Credit... Matt Chase Skip to contentSkip to site index Opinion What the Rich Won’t Tell You “There’s nobody who knows how much we spend. You’re the only person I ever said those numbers to out loud.” Credit... Matt Chase 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 Over lunch in a downtown restaurant, Beatrice, a New Yorker in…

Jennine Capó Crucet Miami Always Thinks the Storm Will Turn Attaching storm shutters on to a house in Miami preparation for Hurricane Irma. We are raised not to take them seriously. It will turn at the last minute, there’s no reason to cancel school, this is just a way for supermarkets to make…

Over the past few months, I’ve been consistently surprised at the assumptions people make about who is leaking—or lawfully and properly disclosing—material to newspapers that have been breaking stories on L’Affaire Russe . Anonymous sourcing has many benefits, but one of its pernicious features is…

MIAMI — This could be The Big One, again, and everyone knows it, and if people here are getting a bit frantic, that might not be an irrational response. Hurricane Irma is about as big as a tropical cyclone can possibly get, and the latest computer models show it aimed at South Florida as if…

Donald Trump Jr. was interviewed by the Senate Judiciary Committee in Washington on Thursday. Credit... Carlos Barria/Reuters 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump Jr. told Senate investigators on Thursday that he set up a June 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer because he was intrigued that she…

Despite his famous last name and wavy red mane, Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Mass.) has kept a low profile on the national scene since being elected in 2012. | Michael Dwyer/AP Democrats are in search of new leaders to take on Donald Trump, and Rep. Joe Kennedy could fit the bill. But it's not clear he wants…

A post shared by Amazing Grace Ladoja (@graceladoja) on Aug 17, 2017 at 7:39am PDT What could be cooler than collabing with your best friends to craft a sneaker design? The International Girl Crew — composed of music, fashion, and media powerhouses Paloma Elsesser , Grace Ladoja , Phoebe Lovatt ,…

Ben Strauss is the co-author of Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA , winner of the 2017 PEN/ESPN award for literary sports writing. On the afternoon of June 23, a civil rights activist sent an email directly to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, hoping to save the league…

Series: Documenting Hate Tracking Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents Nearly a month before a car driven by an alleged neo-Nazi plowed into counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Aug. 12, white supremacists planning the “Unite the Right” rally joked about using vehicles to run over their…

Opinions. Every asshole has one, or something. Opinions are good! People who have no opinions are boring. But what about opinion sections of newspapers? Are they good? Should newspapers even have them? First, let’s talk about me, the Leah of Leah Letter. I would like you to know more about me, and…

James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee in May, less than a week before he was fired by President Trump. Credit... Gabriella Demczuk for The New York Times WASHINGTON — The special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, has obtained a letter drafted by…

216 points User submission 196.4K 1.6M Funny 2 years ago 1.6M views Community member One of the many joys of working in an office is having to deal with passive-aggressive emails from your co-workers. Perhaps they sit right opposite you, or maybe they work in a different office completely, but as…

REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst President Trump is historically unpopular. His overall approval ratings languish at around 37 percent , and his specific actions often poll even lower. (On the eve of the Joe Arpaio pardon, just 21 percent of Arizonans favored such a move.) As Trump moves ever-further into the…

Viridiana Hernandez spoke out on Friday in Phoenix against the pardon of Joe Arpaio, former sheriff of Maricopa County. Credit... Caitlin O'Hara/Reuters Months before President Trump issued his Friday-night pardon of Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona sheriff, the president asked his attorney general…

Donald J. Trump with Felix H. Sater, right, and Tevfik Arif at the official unveiling of Trump SoHo in September 2007. 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 WASHINGTON — A business associate of President Trump promised in 2015 to engineer a real estate deal with the aid of the president of Russia , Vladimir V. Putin ,…

Melania Trump is the kind of woman who travels to a flood-ravaged state in a pair of black snakeskin stilettos. Heels this high are not practical. But Trump is not the kind of woman who has to be practical. Heels this high are not comfortable. Comfort is not the point. Neither hers nor yours. Trump…

As rescuers continued their exhausting and heartbreaking work in southeastern Texas on Tuesday afternoon, as the rain continued to fall and a reservoir near Houston spilled over, President Trump grabbed a microphone to address hundreds of supporters who had gathered outside a firehouse near Corpus…

President Donald Trump, accompanied by first lady Melania Trump, holds up a Texas flag after speaking with supporters outside Firehouse 5 in Corpus Christi on Aug. 29, following a briefing on Harvey relief efforts. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — It was a presidential trip to a deluged state where the…

In a joint news conference with the president of Finland, President Trump defended his controversial pardoning of the former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio. Credit... Al Drago for The New York Times WASHINGTON — President Trump offered a fiery defense on Monday of his decision to pardon Joe Arpaio , the…

Some respondents to a new survey described President Donald Trump as “contemptible” and “crazy.” “Outrageous,” “disastrous,” “abject disappointment,” “unique,” “off the scale,” “contemptible,” “crazy”: Donald Trump seems to have lost Pittsburgh, at least based on a focus group held in the city…

Air travel New York City Photographer: MickeyCZ/Getty Images/iStockphoto Photographer: MickeyCZ/Getty Images/iStockphoto Until recently, if you had even mid-tier elite status with an airline, you could bet on getting upgraded from economy to business or first class on many, if not most, of your…

IDEAS Carter, known as Jay Z, is a lauded recording artist, philanthropist and father Seventeen years ago I made a song, “ Guilty Until Proven Innocent .” I flipped the Latin phrase that is considered the bedrock principle of our criminal justice system, ei incumbit probatio qui dicit (the burden of…

While vacationing at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Tuesday, President Donald Trump took some time in between threatening to attack North Korea with “ fire and fury ” and hitting the links to be briefed by the President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and Opioid Crisis. Oh,…

White House Memo A pair of memos circulating in the White House seeks to codify a more formal process for how President Trump receives information. Credit... Al Drago for The New York Times 阅读简体中文版 閱讀繁體中文版 For months, the White House under President Trump operated with few real rules, and those were…