Celebrity Life

As a synonym for a break-up note sent by a woman to a man in uniform, the Dear John letter made its debut in a major national newspaper in October 1943. Milton Bracker, a seasoned correspondent stationed in North Africa, wired a story back for publication in the New York Times magazine. “Separation,” Bracker observed,…

I recently went back to visit the high school where I used to teach. I met with a handful of kids in my old classroom, and as I looked around at the same pictures on the walls, the wooden desks, the view from the window, I was stunned thinking about the last time I sat…

Federal law enforcement officials are looking into a white father and son who allegedly chased and fired shots at D’Monterrio Gibson, a 24-year-old Black FedEx delivery driver, moments after he delivered a package in a predominantly white section of Brookhaven, Miss. Carlos Moore, the driver’s lawyer, tells TIME that he has had conversations about the…

In New York City, Mayor Eric Adams wants to crack down on crime. And the state’s bail system, which both criminal justice advocates and lawmakers have worked to reform in recent years, has been one of his focal points. Within Adams’ recently-released gun violence blueprint—which primarily addresses law policing strategies for addressing crime and gun…

On Tuesday night, President Joe Biden took to Twitter to condemn a controversial bill that’s swiftly moving through the Florida legislature. The proposed law, often referred to by critics as “Don’t Say Gay” legislation, bans public school districts from “encouraging” classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity. State Rep. Joe Harding, a Republican who…

Public school enrollment dropped 3% in the 2020-21 academic year compared with 2019-20, in part because of upheavals arising from the COVID-19 pandemic

At least 19 states passed 34 laws restricting access to voting in 2021, according to the Brennan Center for Justice. In Georgia, Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law limiting the number of drop boxes for ballots; in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law banning 24-hour and drive-thru voting. The laws came after record turnout…

The statewide mask rule will end March 7, but individual districts still will be able to require face coverings in school after that

While mountains of studies and the paucity of African Americans in most professions have long signaled the prevalence of hiring discrimination, the insidiousness of the practice typically makes it difficult to prove. It’s why the recent lawsuit filed by former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores–who alleges the New York Giants and the Denver Broncos…

New training guidelines years in the making lack a major safety component: minimum behind-the-wheel training time for truckers, despite an increase in fatal crashes involving big-rigs

Thierry Mugler had that fire. He had the passion, not only the big vision but also the meticulousness needed to design clothes well—down to what exactly a curve should look like, and how it should be executed. I first met Mugler, who died at 73 on Jan. 23, in 1989 when he discovered my off-Broadway…

In the days following the death of her mentee-turned-close-friend Cheslie Kryst, King has been asking herself the same questions over and over