Visits: 34 The folk art monument in the desert near the Salton Sea grapples with extreme weather, social-media-fueled tourism and its own tattering beauty. Salvation Mountain, a sculpture by Leonard Knight in California. Kitra Cahana for The New York Times …
Redefining the ‘New’ in Lunar New Year
Visits: 67 Hands jostled around a large metal basin, plastic gloves crinkling as they massaged pounds of julienned radish, green onion and a spicy, fragrant paste of red pepper flakes, brined shrimp, ginger and garlic. “This goes so much faster …
The Public Life of the Kardashians’ Private Chef
Visits: 25 Chef K has worked with some of the biggest celebrities. Now she’s taking center stage. On the penultimate episode of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians,” Kim Kardashian walked into a rental mansion on Lake Tahoe. “Did I not …
Don’t Call It a Swimming Pool
Visits: 24 Plunge pools have become an alternative for homeowners who want a simple, less expensive way to cool off. When Amy Holland bought her house in Austin, Texas, in 2020, she and her husband knew they wanted to have …
What’s It Like to Have Kamala Harris as ‘Momala’? We Asked Her Stepkids
Visits: 25 Cole: Also just a quick note, but we do call Doug “Doug” at home and always have. I consider it a term of endearment. “Doug” and “dad” are both one syllable; they sound similar so it almost felt …
Meena Harris, Building That Brand
Visits: 23 Meena Harris, a lawyer and former tech executive, used to make statement T-shirts as a side job. Her most famous read, simply, “Phenomenal Woman.” (Perhaps you saw it on Instagram, worn by celebrities including Serena Williams, Lizzo, Ciara, …
Hollywood’s New Dialect Coaches Address Racism
Visits: 55 Tré Cotten got his big film industry break this year in “One Night in Miami,” the first feature directed by Regina King. Mr. Cotten is an expert in voice and speech training and a self-described “research nerd,” adept …
Katie Hill is Trying to Move Forward
Visits: 252 If Katie Hill were a different person, she might have gone away and found religion. Perhaps she would have tearfully apologized, a dutiful husband by her side, and vowed to do better. Maybe she would have checked herself …
Mask Fights: America Is Fighting Over Coronavirus Safety
Visits: 38 On any given day, somewhere in the United States, someone is going to wake up, leave the house and get in a huge argument with a stranger about wearing masks. Grocery store managers are training staff on how …