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  • Nasrat Khalid founded a company called Aseel to sell crafts from his native Afghanistan online. He pivoted to charity work after the Taliban took over, initially drawing on cash reserves to provide shelter and food to displaced Afghans. He now works from Arlington, Virginia, where he was photographed on Aug. 31.
    He wanted his company to be the Etsy of Afghanistan. Now it has a crucial new mission
    As international charities pulled out or faced funding issues after the Taliban takeover, Aseel, an online business that sells local crafts, wondered: Could it help ease the rising wave of hunger?
  • Sixth graders from Habu Primary School in Botswana on a safari. The trip is the high point of a multi-pronged effort by the nonprofit Wild Entrust to resolve a chronic conflict between rural villagers and the wild animals that destroy their crops.
    Elephants are a menace for these 6th graders. Then they went on a safari ...
    Botswana has one of the last thriving elephant herds – and a history of human-elephant conflict that threatens both sides. A nonprofit has a program to shift that dynamic. Will it work?
  • Thrive: Women, Growth and Business
    The Thrive: Women, Growth and Business event has been created to give women in business and women entrepreneurs a place to network and to learn from other women in business. The event includes keynote speakers Sarita Maybin and Vanessa Elle Wilde; four workshops and a panel discussion. A light breakfast and lunch are included in the price of the tickets. A networking space is scheduled at the end of the event with a cash bar. The event will take place on Thursday, Feb.7, 2022, from 9:30am to 4:00pm at the Chula Vista Golf Course, located at 4475 Bonita Rd, Bonita, CA 91902. For more information on this event please visit HERE!
  • This photo provided by Kawena Alo-Kaonohi shows a view looking down into Kahakuloa village in Wailuku, Hawaii, on Jan. 18, 2020. The village was the scene of a brutal attack in 2014.
    Two Native Hawaiians get prison in a crime that exposed the state's racial complexity
    The victim, who was brutally attacked after he tried to move into their remote village on Maui, wouldn't have been beaten if he wasn't white, a U.S. judge said in sentencing two men for a hate crime.
  • New Jersey touts abortion protections to lure businesses
    Gov. Phil Murphy sent a letter to nearly 60 businesses suggesting they could expand into New Jersey because the state protects abortion rights.
  • Robert Gottlieb describes editing as a service job: "Our job is to serve the word, serve the author, serve the text."
    He's edited Caro, le Carré and 'Catch-22,' but doesn't mind if you don't know his name
    Robert Gottlieb has been working in publishing since 1955. The documentary Turn Every Page, by daughter Lizzie Gottlieb, examines his decades-long editing relationship with author Robert Caro.
  • Adam Sandler accepts Mark Twain prize on March 19.
    Big names including Steve Buscemi, Conan O'Brien come out to honor Adam Sandler
    Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston and Chris Rock were also among those in Washington, D.C. this weekend to celebrate Sandler, who worked on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s and moved on to films.
  • A "Help Wanted" sign is posted at a restaurant in Los Angeles on Feb. 2, 2023. U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs last month, a number that indicates the labor market remains fairly hot.
    The job market slowed last month, but it's still too hot to ease inflation fears
    U.S. employers added 311,000 jobs in February, only a modest slowdown from the previous month, indicating the labor market remains hot. The unemployment rate rose to 3.6% from 3.4% in January.
  • Ariel Quartet: Beethoven Cycle, Final Concert
    From the organizer: Distinguished by its virtuosic playing and impassioned interpretations, the Ariel Quartet has earned its glowing international reputation. Formed in Israel nearly twenty years ago, the Quartet was recently awarded the prestigious Cleveland Quartet Award. The Ariel serves as the Faculty Quartet-in-Residence at the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music, where they direct the rigorous chamber music program and perform their own annual series of concerts in addition to their busy touring schedule. In honor of Beethoven’s sestercentennial in 2020, the Ariel Quartet will perform the complete Beethoven Cycle. This ArtPower exclusive video release includes six of the 16 Beethoven string quartets. The presentation of the complete Beethoven cycle concludes in 2021–22 season with a live performance by Ariel Quartet. Program: Beethoven: String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4 String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74, no.10 String Quartet B-flat major, Op. 133, no. 17, Grosse Fuge Related links: Art Power website Art Power on Facebook Art Power on Instagram Ariel Quartet website Ariel Quartet on Instagram
  • Anti-abortion and abortion rights activists protest in Washington, D.C. at the March for Life rally in January. The decision triggered strict abortion bans in more than a dozen states. A new study shows widespread confusion about abortion bans at Oklahoma hospitals.
    In Oklahoma, a woman was told to wait until she's 'crashing' for abortion care
    A new study shows women who call the hospitals in Oklahoma get confusing information about the state's abortion bans. One family lived through that confusion with dire consequences last month.
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