Celebrity Life
Live From the Trans-Tasman Bubble: How Australia Brought Concerts Back
With fewer than 1,000 reported deaths due to Covid-19, the pandemic was a different experience in Australia. Now, the country — and its neighbor New Zealand — have fast-tracked the return of live music. A report from the Lands Down Under
How My Research Into the Biology of Mothers Helps Me Imagine a Post-Pandemic Future
For America’s exhausted mothers, the pandemic has offered a million unwelcome lessons. A personal example: if you let an unsupervised 7-year-old swing, Tarzan-like, on a jump rope hung from the sun-porch ceiling, she will eventually kick out a window. Mostly, we moms learned that we aren’t as invincible as society expects, or as we aspire…
Florida’s Mile 0 Fest: On the Ground at One of the First Music Festivals Back
American Aquarium, Morgan Wade, and a cadre of Red Dirt artists descend upon Key West, Florida, to play for a live (and mostly maskless) audience
Behind the Scenes of Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World
Global Citizen announced Vax Live: The Concert to Reunite the World, a virtual concert and broadcast to […]
Michael Lewis Found the People Who Should Have Been in Charge During the Pandemic
In his new book, The Premonition: A Pandemic Story, Michael Lewis does what Michael Lewis does better than anyone: He makes a problem of apparently ungodly complexity not only comprehensible but also a pleasure to be around. He does this by finding someone who sees the problem more clearly than others do (and invariably more…
8 People Involved in Tokyo Olympic Torch Relay Infected With COVID-19
It's the latest sign of trouble for Japan as it both struggles with a spike in infections and prepares for the Olympics
Hong Kong Is Testing Out a Vaccine Passport for Bars. Will It Boost Lackluster Vaccination Rates?
Hong Kong’s vaccine passport experiment could offer clues for other countries considering expanding privileges for vaccinated people
It Isn’t Just Modi. India’s Compliant Media Must Also Take Responsibility for the COVID-19 Crisis
India's media is holding the government to account for the COVID-19 catastrophe, but far too late argues Debasish Roy Chowdhury
If Biden Wants to Help America’s Kids, He Should Call for Free Day Camps
In the last week, as a board member for the Los Angeles Unified School District, I’ve seen students return to school campuses after more than a year of distance learning. As a leader for a nonprofit camp program, I also watched kids participate in an outdoor camp program after more than a year of limited…
America’s Single, Fully-Vaccinated Seniors Are Looking for Love Again
A few Saturdays ago, a charming teacher asked Katherine Palmer, 64, on a date at a local tavern. After a year of staying six feet apart from others, meeting up outside and wearing face masks, spending time with someone in person made her nervous at first. However, as she she started to relax into the…
America’s 1% Got Way Richer During the Pandemic. We Need a Onetime Wealth Tax to Help Rebuild the Country
The coronavirus has been nothing less than a calamity. But more than a year into the pandemic, it is distressingly clear that although the virus affects everyone, we are not all in this together. Instead, the disease highlights and worsens existing fault lines in American society, especially economic inequality. The Biden Administration recognizes the problem.…