Sep 23 Soraya Santiago, Puerto Rico LGBTQ icon, dies at 73 By Dánica Coto, Associated Press Santiago was the first openly trans person to run for office in Puerto Rico. Continue reading
Sep 23 The Met Opera will be silent this season. Its 1st Black composer will open its return By Ronald Blum, Associated Press The Metropolitan Opera will skip an entire season for the first time in its nearly 140-year history. Terence Blanchard’s “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” will be the company’s first presentation by a Black composer. Continue reading
Sep 23 A poet and radiologist on how the pandemic has ‘concentrated’ his mind By Joshua Barajas Amit Majmudar said he hasn't written much about the coronavirus pandemic, but he has embraced the time to be productive. "The pandemic really reminded me of my own mortality," he said. Continue reading
Sep 23 Mars drops Uncle Ben’s, reveals new name for rice brand By Alexandra Olson, Associated Press The Uncle Ben’s rice brand is changing its name to Ben's Original. Parent company Mars Inc. is the latest company to drop a logo criticized as a racial stereotype. Continue reading
Sep 21 Millennials ‘Can’t Even’ get ahead — they’re already too far behind By Ko Bragg, The 19th Anne Helen Petersen’s new book “Can’t Even” interrogates the lies millennials were told about having it all. Continue reading
Sep 21 The ‘Pandemmys’ were weird and sometimes wonderful By Associated Press The “Pandemmys,” as host Jimmy Kimmel called this strangest of award shows, also worked pretty darned well at times. Continue reading
Sep 19 Ginsburg to be remembered with statue in her native Brooklyn By Associated Press A statue of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg will be built in her native Brooklyn, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Saturday. Continue reading
Sep 18 Watch 7:42 Medical professionals turn to music making as a tonic By Jeffrey Brown, Anne Azzi Davenport Where do healers find comfort? For some U.S. doctors and caregivers, the answer is in music. Jeffrey Brown went to Newton, Massachusetts, recently to see how medical professionals are regenerating their spirits -- and becoming better providers in the process. Continue watching
Sep 18 Last studio recording of jazz trumpeter Woody Shaw released By Russell Contreras, Associated Press "49th Parallel," a 1987 recording led by Canadian bassist Neil Swainson that features Shaw and tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, was made available this month. Continue reading
Sep 18 The Emmys are live and virtual this year: ‘What could possibly go wrong?’ By Lynn Elber, Associated Press Come for the awards, stay for the suspense of the first big Hollywood ceremony to attempt a live — but socially distanced — broadcast amid the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading