Visits: 49 An inside look at how and why the animal rights activists returned to disrupting the runways. A young woman crouched in the tall grass, waiting for her moment to strike. It wasn’t until seven models stalked past her …
A Twitch Streamer’s Giveaway Caused Mayhem in New York
Visits: 34 Kai Cenat has been charged with inciting a riot, among other charges. Victor J. Blue for The New York Times This newsletter is designed to make you the smartest person in the room on any given internet topic, …
Love Letter: Honoring O’Shae Sibley at the Stonewall Inn
Visits: 37 “He was just a beautiful spirit, a wonderful person, just exercising his freedom to be alive.” On Thursday evening, 80 mourners gathered at the Stonewall Inn, a New York City bar known for its pivotal role in the …
The Gray Suit Takes Center Stage
Visits: 28 Thom Browne makes his couture debut, while Schiaparelli, Dior and Iris Van Herpen spin their own dreamy tales. In 1955 the idea of the gray flannel suit as the symbol of the soul-deadened corporate drone entered the American …
The Return of Justin Jones and the White Suit
Visits: 31 The Tennessee lawmaker has become a viral symbol. Once again the white suit rears its powerfully symbolic head. There are few garments in the political wardrobe that have been worn so deliberately and become as imbued with meaning. …
Why D.C. Rioters Wore Costumes to the Capitol
Visits: 42 They came dressed for chaos. They came in red, white and blue face paint and star-spangled superhero outfits, in flag capes (American, yes, but also Confederate and Trumpian) and flag jackets and Trump bobble hats. One man came …
A Civil War Political Movement Reawakens — Complete With Capes
Visits: 41 In January, the artist Hank Willis Thomas began enigmatically summoning designers, musicians and activists he knew to his studio in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. He was working on something big, bringing a force of history back to life. …
What’s an Autonomous Zone?
Visits: 31 ImageSeattle police and other workers in the protest zone on July 1, 2020.Credit…Ruth Fremson/The New York Times At first they called it the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone. In early June, protesters aligned with the Black Lives Matter movement …
How a Black Cowboy Became a Disinformation Target
Visits: 55 In late May, as protests against police brutality began to seize American cities, videos of a Black man on horseback wearing a bulletproof vest spread widely on social media. In many of the posts, users suggested that he …
Boogaloo Extremists Took the Hawaiian Shirt. What Now?
Visits: 43 It’s one of the most discussed street styles of the spring: tactical body armor, customized assault rifles, maybe a sidearm and helmet, paired with the languid floral patterns of a Hawaiian shirt. While it’s not uncommon to see …