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Karol G at the 2026 American Music Awards.David Becker/Getty ImagesThe 2026 American Music Awards were held in Las Vegas on Monday night.Stars including Teyana Taylor and Hilary Duff stood out on the red carpet.Other attendees, like Queen Latifah, missed the mark with their outfits.If you missed the 2026 American Music…
When my parents and I immigrated from Liberia to the US in the 1990s, our first home was my grandmother’s two-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment in Worcester, Massachusetts.Her house became a refuge as my parents found their footing in a new country. Living with her gave them childcare help and the breathing…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jillian Kurovski, a 27-year-old Ph.D. student living in South Korea for a year. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I was doing spider research in Guam when I got an email saying that my birth mother…
I was a 90’s kid in San Diego. That meant playing outside or at the park alone, walking our dog around the neighborhood, and going to the nearby store to buy snacks and treats when our mom was at work. Loading audio narration… While we weren’t exactly latchkey kids, we…
I was sitting in my cargo bike outside my son’s børnehave (kindergarten) on an especially bitter February morning in Copenhagen, crying over forgetting his Fastelavn costume at home. Loading audio narration… Fastelavn, for the uninitiated, is Denmark’s candy-filled, costume-wearing, barrel-smashing children’s tradition, somewhere between Halloween and Carnival. It’s something Danes…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Charles Yang, the founder and CEO of Vibe, a US-based AI workspace startup. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I started my first company with my friend after finishing my third year at Zhejiang University.I…
I met my wife, Cece, in 2014 at a music-video shoot in Austin. A mutual friend invited a group of us, we got talking, and we had our first date the next night. Loading audio narration… Two weeks later, she flew to Australia. After nine months of long-distance, she moved…
Small and seasonal US businesses rely on about 100,000 international students to boost their staff each summer. Loading audio narration… This year, though, demand threatens to outweigh supply.”We’re seeing the same number of businesses participate. However, the requested number of supplemental participants might be slightly less,” Kasey Simon, president of…
When I left the US in 2018, I wasn’t trying to lose weight. I simply wanted to feel better in my body. Loading audio narration… After over 15 years of working in education, I felt undervalued, overworked, and mentally and physically exhausted. It didn’t help that I relied on fast…
Sydney Sweeney has unveiled her second American Eagle campaign using her now-signature move: a sly wink at the camera. Loading audio narration… Nearly nine months after the brand’s “Great Jeans” campaign sparked online outrage, Sweeney reunited with American Eagle to promote its new denim shorts collection. The campaign, dubbed “Syd…
