Celebrity Life
Pregnant Asylum-Seekers Needed Help at the Border. Inside the Program That Provided Care—and Community
Xiomara was already having labor pains when she presented herself to U.S. Border Patrol officials to make a claim for asylum. She had fled gang violence in El Salvador six months earlier, working under the table in Mexico to afford bus tickets for her and her three young children to make it to the border.…
These Mothers Wanted to Care for Their Kids and Keep Their Jobs. Now They’re Suing After Being Fired
When Lauren Martinez arrived home after work to find her teenage daughter feverish and vomiting, she knew her pandemic plans were about to fall apart. It was May 2020 and her day care had closed, so Martinez, an assistant office manager at a dentist’s office in Florida, had been relying on the 14-year-old to care…
I Avoided Facing My Mental Illness for Decades. The Pandemic Changed That
The "Ordinary Girls" author writes about dealing with mental illness during the pandemic—and how women carry the weight in times of crisis
Linda Perry’s Rock ‘N’ Relief 2-Day Drive-Thru Concert Event and Live Stream Benefits Core Response
Concert event on March 5th and 6th also features performances by Foo Fighters, DeadMau5, Carly Simon, Sheryl Crow, Ziggy Marley, Silversun Pickups, Gavin Rosdale, Juliette Lewis, Macy Gray, and more
Met Gala to Resume In-Person in September 2021 and May 2022
First post-Covid Gala in September will be a "more intimate" event, followed by a return to the full celebration in Spring 2022
‘Tip Of the Iceberg’: Interpol Says Fake COVID-19 Vaccines Were Smuggled Across Continents
The international police agency says smuggling ring brought counterfeit shots from China to South Africa
Watch Dolly Parton Get Her Covid Vaccination and Implore ‘Cowards’ to Get Theirs
"I'm old enough to get it, and I'm smart enough to get it," the country legend said of the Moderna shot
The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Global CO2 Emissions Didn’t Last Very Long
Progress made and then lost again
Amy Klobuchar, John Cornyn Urge White House to Use Venues as Vaccination Sites
Senators who spearheaded Save Our Stages legislation issue open letter to Coronavirus Response Coordinator Jeff Zients
CMA Fest 2021 Canceled Over Ongoing Covid-19 Concerns
Nashville's annual multi-day country-music event looks to resume June 2022
When a Texas County Tried to Ensure Racial Equity in COVID-19 Vaccinations, It Didn’t Go as Planned
Texas threatened to slash Dallas County's vaccine doses if it prioritized vaccines for the mostly Black and Latino people in medically vulnerable zip codes
Trump Got Vaccinated Secretly, Because Otherwise He Might Have Helped the Country
Getting vaccinated publicly could have gone a long way toward dispelling Republican doubts about the Covid vaccine — so of course Trump didn't do it