#american-dream

#american-dream

A DJ booth, a gym bench and a giant sofa with an integrated iPad holder feature in this collection of collectible denim-clad furniture that designer Harry Nuriev is exhibiting at Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris.Taking over the gallery's entire ground floor, the Denim exhibition reinvents the iconic American fabric by applying it to unexpected everyday items.

When the glories of spring are still on the far-off horizon and the doldrums of late winter take hold, there's an escape within your grasp no matter your travel budget: a great new book.While the conversation in early 2023 was dominated by a certain prince turned memoirist, readers who looked beyond the big displays could be rewarded with an exciting debut novel, a memoir from a celebrated late journalist, and an exhilarating romance told in verse.

WEEDAR, a distribution ecosystem that mixes augmented reality (AR) - powered shopping and loyalty programs for cannabis brands, raised $1.5 million in a seed round.This funding was led by an anonymous private investor, bringing the company's total fundraising to $2.3 million.The company plans to use these funds to expand and improve the existing feature set, and scale marketing.

Ryan Zimmerman helps Washington Nationals owner Ted Lerner hold the World Series trophy during the team's 2019 World Series parade.(Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post) The Washington Nationals will honor late founding owner Ted Lerner by inducting him into their Ring of Honor during a pregame ceremony at Nationals Park on Opening Day.

Calling her the American dream, Joe Biden on Wednesday introduced his nominee to lead the US labor department, Julie Su, who if confirmed will become the first Asian American cabinet secretary in his administration.Julie is the American dream, the president said in a White House ceremony.Su is a civil rights attorney and a former head of the California labor department.

In the Housing Act of 1949, Congress set out a laudable goal for one of the world's wealthiest nations: to provide, as soon as feasible, "a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family."More than 70 years later, amid a deepening housing crisis, that objective remains frustratingly unrealized.

For so long, I thought I was my mind.The thoughts in my head controlled everything.My fear, my anxiety, my stress, these were all part of me and they made up who I am.Growing up, this was all I knew.In order to survive, I convinced myself that my constant thinking was my edge.My worrying, my productivity of always DOING -I thought this is what made me successful.

A plywood-clad building with an oculus in its roof provides space for the B=f(P, E) installation by American interdisciplinary artist Brigitte D'Annibale, located on the Point Dume promontory in Malibu, California.Situated on an acre of vacated construction land, D'Annibale transformed the former residence and stripped back its materials to provide the setting for her designs.

Palo Alto is divided into five sections that cover significant time periods of roughly 20-50 years, the last of which is 2000-2020.Both in subject and tone, Harris' writing merits comparison to the work of anarchist archivist David Graeber, a man described by The New York Times as a "caustic critic" in his 2020 obit.

EL PASO More than 2,000 miles from New York City, Mayor Eric Adams stood outside a church in Texas on Sunday and told a group of migrants that he would fight for them to be able to work and to experience the American dream.As the mayor's words were translated into Spanish, the crowd began to clap and cheer.

Biden is the first sitting president to deliver a Sunday sermon at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta.Brendan Smialowski /AFP via Getty Images Joe Biden delivered a sermon on Sunday at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, becoming the first sitting president to do so at the church where Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor.

Fine dining needs a therapist.Restaurants at the high end of the spectrum - ambitious chefs, multiple courses, impeccable service and prices that reflect all the effort - are having an understandable identity crisis.Getting to the top of the mountain takes a toll.Staying there can mean a world of pain.

The man, the myth, the legend has left the building and is returning home.Taylor Heinicke signed a two-year, $14 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons, which included a $4 million signing bonus.Not bad for someone who was unemployed and sleeping on his sister's couch a little over two years ago before signing with the Washington Commanders.

Chicagoans will elect a new mayor on April 4 after voters on Feb. 28 narrowed the candidates from nine to two: Paul Vallas and Brandon Johnson.We invited the former mayoral candidates to comment on their expectations for the city's next leader.To read each op-ed, click the links below.In this moment, Chicago needs to come together to make sure the next mayor - whoever that person may be - listens, is collaborative and understands that they have a mandate to see through reforms that have thus far been broken promises and missed opportunities.

Everything Everywhere All At Once entered the 2023 Oscars on Sunday with a leading 11 nominations and took home seven after an intense awards season, and an evening far removed from the drama-filled one last year.The German anti-war drama All Quiet on the Western Front another ambitious epic, albeit of wildly different stripe was second with the most Academy Award wins with four.

The Washington Nationals announced on Monday morning that the team's founding managing principal owner, Ted Lerner, passed away on Sunday at the age of 97.Lerner died at his Chevy Chase, MD home due to complications of pneumonia.Lerner, a billionaire real estate developer, helped bring the Nationals to Washington from Montreal for $450 million.

I learned about the shooting in my beloved city the morning after it happened.On Sunday, my sister-in-law called to rearrange the location of our New Year's lunch.But it was a puzzling conversation."I'm glad you are OK," she started."What do you mean?Why wouldn't I be OK?"I asked.

After thirty-eight years of building, managing, and growing Sugar Bowl Bakery as a family business, Andrew Ly, co-founder and current CEO & Chairman of the Board, has stepped aside from the CEO seat and appointed current President & COO, Joel Feldman, as his successor.Feldman will lead all cross functional activity and will formulate and execute the company's long-term strategy, while Ly will continue to guide Sugar Bowl Bakery serving as an ambassador of the company culture and the face of the brand as Chairman of the Board.

This post was written by intern Devin Sullivan.Should it be a federal crime to encourage an undocumented immigrant to remain in the country?In a friend of the court brief filed today with the U.S. Supreme Court, we argue that such a prohibition is facially unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds that it would sweep up and prohibit constitutionally protected speech.Our brief was filed in United States v. Hansen, a challenge to the Encouragement Provision in 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(1)(A)(iv), which makes it a federal crime to "encourage or induce" an undocumented immigrant to "reside" in the United States, if one knows that such "coming to, entry, or residence" in the U.S. will be in violation of the law.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday introduced Julie Su, his nominee for Labor secretary, touting the overwhelming support she enjoys among lawmakers and other Democratic supporters.Biden joked that if he didn't pick Su, who would be the first Asian American Cabinet secretary of his administration if confirmed, he'd be run outta town.

Let me tell you about the very rich, F. Scott Fitzgerald famously wrote in 1926.They are different from you and me.Maybe so, but when the rich person in question was the billionaire Sumner Redstone the former chairman of Paramount Global, who died in 2020 and is at the center of Unscripted, a new expose by the Times journalists James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams he apparently wasn't so different from a 15-year-old kid at summer camp in terms of his romantic crushes and his libido.

There might be a welcome development for parents who miss the beloved, iconic baby gear store that closed in 2018.Babies R Us - the Toys R Us for babies - is hoping for a comeback!What year is it!?Is something that was over in 2018 already the subject of nostalgia?Seems so!The brand and licensing management firm overseeing Babies R Us and Toys R Us hopes the favorite baby gear store - which originated in the mid-20th century and was practically everywhere before it shuttered fast - is ready for its debut again.