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Elegantly Old School: Nostalgia Books On The Rise

Whatever happened to good manners, cocktail hour or knowing how to darn a sock? Sally Singer, editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, selects three new books that celebrate nostalgia and looking back to more exquisite, more refined times.

'The Dinosaur Artist' Dusts Off The Debate Over Who Should Own Fossils

Author Paige Williams brings the discussion to life by recounting the exploits of commercial fossil hunter Eric Prokopi, highlighting one find — a 24-ft.-long Tarbosaurus fossil, the book's star.

Deb Haaland, who made history this week by becoming the first indigenous Interior Secretary, promised to begin repairing a legacy of abuses committed by the federal government toward tribes.

The Celebration Over, Deb Haaland Now Faces A Long To-Do List At Interior

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has a long and seemingly insurmountable to-do list, including a pledge to begin repairing a legacy of broken treaties and other abuses against tribes.

Ali Smith Brings Her Seasonal Quartet To A Close With 'Summer'

In Ali Smith's new novel, she reveals the overarching connections between the characters and themes of her previous three. Critic Heller McAlpin says connection is the great theme of these works.

"Buildings are beautiful when people feel well in them," Anne Lacaton explained <a href="https://archleague.org/article/lacaton-vassal-lecture/">in a 2017 lecture at the Architectural League of New York</a>. Above, the, Ourcq Jaures Student and Social Housing in Paris, built in 2014.

2021 Pritzker Prize Goes To French Architects Who 'Work With Kindness'

Often referred to as the "Nobel Prize of Architecture," this year's Pritzker was awarded to Anne Lacaton and Jean-Philippe Vassal, a design pair who emphasize reuse and equitable housing.

Summer's Best Sci-Fi: Planets, Politics, Apocalypse

These five books will suck you into strange worlds, but leave you full of questions about our own. These page turners have pleasingly complicated political and social subtexts, morphing space battles into philosophical debates and zombie hordes into political satire.

A city street is closed this month for repairs and upgrades in Orlando, Fla. As part of an infrastructure proposal by the Biden administration, $115 billion is earmarked to modernize bridges, highways and roads.

Biden Claims GOP Voters Support His Infrastructure Plan; Poll Shows They Don't

An NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll finds most support the plan, but three-quarters of Republicans do not. "Listen to your constituents," President Biden says, but that may mean little to no GOP votes.

Myanmar poet Khet Thi died in police custody early last month. Authorities "said he died because of heart disease," his widow Chaw Su says. "But they just beat his head in."

He Used His Poetry To Speak Out Against Myanmar's Coup. It May Have Cost Him His Life

"They shoot in the head, but they don't know the revolution is in the heart," Khet Thi wrote. He died in police custody. In opposing the coup, "I have decided to sacrifice my life," he told a friend.

Pound, mash and chop up your feelings with recipes from a host of new catharsis cookbooks.

Eat Your Feelings — And Cook Them, Too, With These New Catharsis Cookbooks

A lot has been said about the joy of cooking, but what about the fury? A host of new cookbooks right now aim to help cooks pound, grate and shred their feelings about the state of the world.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin appears at a Senate hearing earlier this month. On Tuesday, he said he will support long-debated changes to the military justice system that would remove decisions on prosecuting sexual assault cases from military commanders.

Defense Secretary Will Back A Seismic Shift In Prosecuting Military Sex Assault Cases

Lloyd Austin endorses removing the prosecution of sexual assaults and related crimes from the military chain of command, but Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says the recommendation doesn't go far enough.

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