The Gordon Parks Foundation has spent two decades making the case that creativity is among the most powerful tools in the fight for social justice, and the organization’s 20th anniversary gala at Cipriani 42nd Street was a testament to that. The electric evening raised a record-breaking $3 million—including $1.2 million from a lively auction of […]
For people of a certain vintage, or students of history, the idea of Texas being an absolute wasteland for Democrats seems a bit strange. From Reconstruction until the 1950s, the Lone Star State was part of the Solid Democratic South. The state gave us all sorts of colorful Democratic political i… More »
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This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City. Across the country, thousands of immigrants have been arrested on the street and in immigration courts as part of Trump’s mass deportation agenda. In the New York metro area, including Long Island and
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This article was originally published by Documented, an independent, non-profit newsroom dedicated to reporting with and for immigrant communities in New York City. Across the country, thousands of immigrants have been arrested on the street and in immigration courts as part of Trump’s mass deportation agenda. In the New York metro area, including Long Island and
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Elon Musk in a black suit” width=”970″ height=”647″ data-caption=’SpaceX’s IPO will bring Elon Musk’s rockets, Starlink, xAI, X and decades-long business ambition into one $1.75 trillion conglomerate. <span class=”lazyload media-credit”>BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images</span>’> Elon Musk’s SpaceX is set to go public next month. While the hype around it has lifted other space-related stocks, this
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For the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and librettist Nilo Cruz, Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are no mere historical figures. The giants of Latin American art, twice married, are larger than life, their legacies transcending time and place. So when Cruz started writing an opera based on their life together, he set out to do more
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There was nothing bitter about the reception at Cannes for Bitter Christmas, Pedro Almodóvar’s latest Spanish melodrama—his 23rd feature and the eighth one he’s had at the festival (not including 2023’s Strange Way of Life, his 30-minute queer western starring Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal). A standing ovation greeted him as he entered the Grand
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New York’s paid medical leave system is broken. Today, a New Yorker facing a serious illness is only eligible for up to $170 a week in wage replacement through the state’s Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) program—a benefit level that has not changed since 1989. That means someone recovering from cancer treatment, pregnancy complications, or a
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This spring, the president of the United States posted a picture depicting himself as Jesus Christ. That bizarre exercise in self-hagiography was only the latest in Trump’s decade-long campaign of anti-democratic actions and statements, including but not limited to blatant efforts to use the government to silence press critics, efforts to prosecute those the president
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May 27, 2026 Being stuck in an office or at a cramped desk at home can get tedious. And if the pandemic taught us anything, it’s that you can work from almost anywhere. While many people have since returned to the office, work has remained flexible for others. Having the right place to work remotely
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