How a Monument to Women Finally Won a Place on the National Mall

How a Monument to Women Finally Won a Place on the National Mall

The end of a presidency tends to bring a rush of last-minute monument making, and Joe Biden’s was no different. In his final week in office, he designated nearly 850,000 acres of federal land in California as two new national monuments. Biden, headlines noted, had protected more land than any …

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The Bidens’ Style Legacy: American Designers and Biden Blue

The Bidens’ Style Legacy: American Designers and Biden Blue

As the Biden administration draws to a close, the assessments have begun to roll in. There have been looks back to the pandemic, the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the response to wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, the aborted second presidential campaign. Rarely, however, does anyone mention style. It is …

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Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve

Telemedicine for Seniors Gets a Last-Minute Reprieve

Since his cancer diagnosis last year, Kent Manuel has regularly seen an oncologist near his home in Indianapolis. It’s been a tough time: After spinal surgery for paralysis caused by his cancer, he is regaining the use of his legs with physical therapy but still uses a wheelchair. Now, Mr. …

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12 Predictions for Life in 2025

12 Predictions for Life in 2025

At the start of the year, did you foresee the fascination with what Gen Z-ers think, wear and do starting to fizzle? How about the explosion of theme dressing on red carpets? Or rosettes blooming as a popular motif in fashion? We did. Looking back on the past 12 months, …

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The President-Elect Comments Often on the Men Around Him

The President-Elect Comments Often on the Men Around Him

With all due respect, the look that Prince William sported at the starry reopening of Notre-Dame in Paris this month was nothing special: a well-tailored overcoat, a dark blue tie, a pressed white shirt. And, naturally, his new beard. But that simple outfit did not fail to wow one luminary. …

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