Culture (Page 2)

December 15, 2020
Redefining Beauty and Fitness for Arab Women
Ahlam Assaf's women's-only gym in Jordan is breaking cultural barriers and redefining what it means to be fit as a woman.

December 14, 2020
Video: Life as a Black Artist in 2020
Watch a candid interview with artist Kristin Yancy, as she talks about how her life and work has changed over the course of a traumatic year.

December 13, 2020
Qing Guo Alley’s Big Bet and the People It Wagered
Welcome to twenty-first-century Chinese style gentrification, where old is hip, and everyone is after a little taste of moderate prosperity.

December 12, 2020
Mad Platter Record Store Is No More, but Vinyl Lives On
Even in a year saddled with economic troubles, record stores provide a sense of belonging, amplified by the unlikely comeback of the vinyl LP.

December 12, 2020
Workers Keep Going in an Empty Times Square
The COVID-19 pandemic has stripped the area of its famous crowds. But the street workers soldier on.