Ina Garten on Calvin Tomkins's “Good Cooking”

By 1974, when Calvin Tomkins wrote his definitive Profile of Julia Child, she had published both volumes of the wildly successful “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” and was twelve years into her television show, “The French Chef,” on public television in Boston.

The Queen of Bad Influences

Throughout her childhood, Constance called the gorse that grew on the hillsides above her house \"honey-bottle,\" and gathered fistfuls of it despite the spines, so that her hands would smell of it, a smell that seemed to combine oatmeal and hot metal and sun.

BODIES, BODIES, BODIES

The British artist Jenny Saville has dedicated her career to painting human flesh.

WITHOUT BORDERS

A Palestinian doctor in Israel treats people on both sides of the conflict.

VISITING DIGNITARY OLD HAUNTS

When Stephen Colbert landed in New Zealand in 2019, his ride from the airport was Jacinda Ardern, the Prime Minister.

ACTION!

Inside the world of intimacy coördinators.

TOXIC

What the pop culture of the two-thousands did to millennial women.

GOINGS ON JUNE II - 17, 2025

What we're watching, listening to, and doing this week.

MEETUP: A NATTERING OF NAOMIS

At any given moment, there may well be a number of people named Naomi scattered across Prospect Park’s five hundred-odd acres.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

Everett F. Drumright, the American consul-general in Hong Kong, believed that the United States was confronting a grave threat to its national security.

WHIZ KID

What Old Hollywood’s “boy genius” understood.

MATCH ME IF YOU CAN

“Materialists.”

TRAILBLAZER DEPT.SPACE ODYSSEY

The other day, amid throngs of schoolkids, a septuagenarian woman with a puff of gray hair, in a black turtleneck and pearl earrings, stepped into the Rose Center for Earth and Space.

PHOTO BOOTH

How American Photography Came Into Its Own

ENDANGERED SPECIES: MEAT HOOKS

You pronounce John T. Jobbagy's last name with the accent on the first syllable: “Joe-bagee.”

AAWIC celebrates 25 years of trailblazing cinema with encore presentation, special honors, and a call to support the future of the arts

The 25th Annual African American Women in Cinema (AAWIC) Film Festival marked a historic milestone this spring, celebrating its 25th anniversary with a dynamic three-day hybrid festival held May 15-17, 2025, at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NY.

'It's the bond market, stupid' - Just ask Moody's

Back in the early 1990s when I was running as a Republican candidate for Congress, a governor from Arkansas, Bill Clinton, once said during a three-way race for president the following, “It’s the economy, stupid.” Well, today, I would change that slightly to: “It’s the bond market, stupid.” (It must be noted that President Clinton was the last president to balance our budget.)

Sixty Years of Head Start

\"The bread that is cast upon these waters will surely return many thousandfold. What a sense of achievement, and what great pride, and how happy that will make all of us who love America feel about this undertaking.”

How to protect our judges

American Voices

Black Wall Street

ScoopUSA Newspaper Black History Archives This article was originally published in ScoopUSA Newspaper in June 2009 and was published every June until 2016. We need to tell these stories...

Stop the Double Standard

Lord, We Thank You For Waking Us Up This Morning. Give Us The Will To Live And Think Today By Your Standards. Amen.

Marian Wright Edleman

Marian Wright Edelman (born June 6, 1939) is an American lawyer, educator, and children's rights activist.

Tulsa's new Black mayor proposes $100M trust to 'repair' impact of 1921 Race Massacre

Tulsa's new mayor on Sunday proposed a $100 million private trust as part of a reparations plan to give descendants of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre scholarships and housing help in a city-backed bid to make amends for one of the worst racial attacks in U.S. history.

New national study by ByBlack and fund for social equity finds Black-owned business seals boost consumer spending

A groundbreaking national study found that when Black-owned brands lead with their identity and market themselves as certified Black-owned businesses, consumer likelihood to purchase their products rose as much as 30%.

META TRACKS ANDROID USERS WITHOUT CONSENT

Meta has been covertly tracking Android users' web browsing activity through its Facebook and Instagram apps without their consent, according to researchers at Radboud University and IMDEA Networks. The tracking involves apps collecting data from websites visited on Android devices.

CHATGPT ENHANCES CAPABILITIES WITH FILE, EMAIL AND MEETING NOTE SEARCH

OpenAl has introduced new features allowing it to search users' files, emails, and meeting notes, aimed at enhancing productivity for business users. The updates enable the AI to connect with internal data sources and provide real-time context for queries.

APPLE VISION PRO BRINGS IMMERSIVE MUSIC AND FILM TO LIFE

A young musician in Chicago slips on a headset, and suddenly she's not just listening to Bono's voice-she's standing beside him at New York's Beacon Theatre, feeling the pulse of the crowd as he sings \"Vertigo.\" Earlier this week, Apple's Vision Pro headset made such moments possible, launching immersive experiences like Bono's \"Stories of Surrender\" film and Metallica's Mexico City concert, redefining how Americans connect with music and cinema. This leap in spatial computing promises to blur the line between audience and performer, reshaping entertainment in a vibrant industry.

DENVER RESEARCH SHOWS ROBOT COMPANIONS ENHANCE SENIOR QUALITY OF LIFE

Denver researchers announced that artificial intelligence-powered robot companions can improve the quality of life for senior citizens by addressing loneliness and supporting daily activities. The findings, part of ongoing studies at the University of Denver, highlight the potential of these robots to provide social interaction and assistance in assisted living facilities.

Strike-Back

APPLE'S NEXT CHAPTER MAY SHIFT THE FUTURE OF AI

ELON MUSK'S STARLINK SET TO LAUNCH SATELLITE INTERNET IN INDIA

Union Minister of Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia announced earlier this week that Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk's SpaceX, will soon commence operations in India. The Department of Telecommunications issued a Letter of Intent to Starlink, signaling progress toward providing high-speed internet connectivity to remote and rural areas.