If you hope to avoid dementia in old age, having an upbeat view on aging itself might help, new research suggests. Researchers found that people with positive beliefs about aging
While President Donald Trump’s recent “shithole” comment degrading Haiti and African countries roiled politics at home and abroad, some argue that it was also a statement emblematic of the West’s
You know why the phrase “there’s an app for that” has become cliché? Because there really is an app for pretty much anything and everything. Within five years of the
EVENT CATEGORIES Art Music Dance Theater Discussions Festivals ART Through March 2 Bled From the vision of red twilight to the enigma of the blue fall, Buenos Aires-born
Cover Story Haitian Ambassador Paul Altidor: Come Visit Our 'Shithole' Country The last time Ambassador Paul Altidor graced our cover in 2012, Haiti was digging out from one of the
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On March 8 we celebrate International Women’s Day, highlighting the rights of women and girls all over the world. The #MeToo campaign is a forceful reminder of the importance of
Last September, during a meeting with African leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, “President Trump came up with a new African country,” smiled Caroline Andjaba, wife of Namibian Ambassador
The U.S. government is inching toward joining the rest of the developed world in allowing fathers to take time off from work upon the birth or adoption of their children
History textbooks have a way of glossing over tragedy and confining the truth inside neat timelines and orderly rows of facts and figures. But history is messier and bloodier than
“Familiar,” the latest play by playwright powerhouse Danai Gurira, performed at Woolly Mammoth Theatre as part of the esteemed citywide Women’s Voices Theater Festival, brings to life the cultural struggles
Color and whimsy meld together brilliantly at the Phillips Collection’s exploration of the pivotal role played by the Swiss-born German artist Paul Klee in post-war American art. “Ten Americans: After
To celebrate the centennial of Estonian independence, the National Gallery of Art takes an even longer view of the country’s history by examining the work of painter Michel Sittow, considered
EVENT CATEGORIES Art Music Dance Theater Discussions Festivals ART April 1 to Aug. 5 Sharing Images: Renaissance Prints into Maiolica and Bronze Inspired by the acquisition of the
