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The ExplainerWho is hungry in America? The pandemic has changed the answer.By one estimate, food insecurity among Americans doubled during the coronavirus pandemic. The challenge has prompted a push for new solutions.
In Pictures: Penn Station upgrade was decades in the makingIn New York鈥檚 new Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station, travelers聽encounter splendor, whimsy, and even a bit of awe.
In Pictures: Standing outside and looking inRomeo Alaeff comes from a long line of 鈥渙utsiders.鈥� His photography resonates with the Monitor鈥檚 Alfredo Sosa, an immigrant himself.- CommentaryRediscovering Indigenous foods 鈥� and a way of life
How an unlikely folk dancer found graceWhen our essayist took up folk dancing, squished fingers, misplaced kicks, even torn clothing ensued. But he kept coming back.
In Pictures: Meet the Muslim caretakers of Turkey鈥檚 海角大神 cave churchesMuslim caretakers of Turkey鈥檚 海角大神 cave churches see their work as more than 鈥渁 mere job.鈥� 鈥淚t is sacred to me,鈥� one caretaker shares.
鈥楾hat boy can see!鈥� How I found my way after losing my sight.My guardians urged me to stay home because of my blindness. But I was determined to get聽back on the highway of life.
Difference MakerFor this Brazilian chef, stopping world hunger starts in local kitchensDavid Hertz looked at food insecurity and saw local culinary training, among other things, as a way out.
First LookOscar nominees: Adding up the ways the field changed this yearActors of color and female directors are better represented this year among the nominees for the 93rd Academy Awards. Hollywood has been under pressure to diversify ever since #OscarsSoWhite in 2015 drew attention to the lack of minority nominees.聽
First Look2021 Grammys: Beyonc茅, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish make historyBeyonc茅's four awards Sunday brought her up to 28 Grammy awards in her career, more than any other female artist. Taylor Swift' won album of the year, again.
Watch these shows to get smarter about everything from equality to mollusksAmong these Netflix offerings are two documentaries shortlisted for Oscars:聽鈥淐rip Camp鈥� and聽鈥淢y Octopus Teacher.鈥澛�
Can the Grammys finally do right by Black artists?Our columnist wonders if the Grammy Awards, airing March 14, can move beyond a culture of exclusion to lift up Black musicians.
FocusFrom rock to opera, Austin live music scene plays on during pandemicFrom rock to opera, Austin live music scene unsilenced by pandemic as it reinvents the聽brand with heart, soul, and online performances.聽聽
In a WordWhy shanties may be just what we landlubbers needSea shanties like Wellerman聽have gone viral on TikTok recently. But where did they originate, and why are they suddenly popular now?
What does resilience sound like? One couple searches the world to find out.With the music they facilitate, one cross-cultural couple hopes to amplify marginalized voices. Their latest work features exiled women in Ghana.
The immigration debate is political. My choice to feed Mart铆n is not.Once, Mart铆n told me more about his personal story: the long walk from Guatemala, being detained, making his way to Maine with no family or friends.
How women are helping communities defeat food insecurityHow can women, facing food insecurity amid a pandemic,聽make their families more resilient?聽A small El Salvador cooperative helps answer the question.
Disney鈥檚 hopeful 鈥楻aya鈥� is another leap for female heroes鈥淩aya and the Last Dragon鈥� offers an exploration of finding faith in others, and some welcomely complex characters that ought to become the norm.聽
Kindness linked us on the Mongolian steppeMy host family and I had little language or social experience in common. So instead, kindness linked us.
Oscar hopeful 鈥楾he Truffle Hunters鈥� is a dog-lover鈥檚 delight鈥淭he Truffle Hunters,鈥� an Oscar-shortlisted documentary, is as much about the dogs and their owners as it is about the tradition they perpetuate.
