Culture
August 4, 2025
“I Do Belong in This Room” — How a Young Performer Turned Anxiety Into Art
A rising alt-pop artist with over 100 million streams, Presence is learning that healing through music doesn’t mean reliving the pain — it means making room for honesty, even when your hands are shaking.
June 4, 2025
How an Acting Teacher’s Tough Lesson Changed my Life
"You’re talented, but uneducated." That tough-love line in acting class jolted Reporter Cristiano Vásquez onto a 10-year climb — from 5 a.m. assembly lines to an NYU master’s degree and a life powered by learning.
May 20, 2025
Is New York City’s Textured Hair Law Working?
In 2023, New York adopted a bill for salons to include training for textured hair Nearly two years later, has the law made a difference? Or are Black women still getting excluded from luxury hair treatment spaces?
May 2, 2025
A Gender Affirming Hairdresser is Changing Lives in SoCal
Scissor skills and acceptance.
April 17, 2025
Alison Hicks: Chelsea’s Closet Co-Founder Lives Her Daughter’s Legacy
Alison Hicks created the Chelsea Hicks Foundation, a costume dress-up play therapy program, after losing her vibrant, dress-up loving, five year old daughter in 2009.