Ashley McGuire, a single mother, was left in the lurch when her husband, Charles Withers, disappeared during her pregnancy with their youngest child. According “I'm trying to track him down to get his signature on a few papers so I can finally close this chapter and move on with my life,” Ashley wrote. Soon after he was found Ashley wrote …
With the passing of media executive Clarence Avant on Monday, Hollywood lost an industry magnate whose impact and reach was unquantifiable. “He had an innate sense of goodness and fairness and was able to have the drive and willpower to succeed without compromising his values, and use that success to help more people,” said filmmaker Reginald Hudlin, who profiled Avant …
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Douglas Guzmán’s TikTok feed was dotted with workout routines and videos showcasing his favorite parts of his country. Such governments use influencers because their content “doesn’t look as much like propaganda and is more about shaping the narrative in more subtle ways.” Under Bukele, El Salvador constructed a sophisticated communications machine. With it, an “entire …
The Francis Scott Key monument in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park is one of those old-fashioned pieces of public art that, shall we say, lays it on thick. A high school junior in New York City made news by refusing to record the song for her school’s socially distanced “virtual graduation.” A petition posted on Change.org advocated dropping the song …
