Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Storm Ascher On (Re)Building Black Arts Infrastructure in the Hamptons
Damien Davis’s “Hedges and Edges: Barbershops, Community Gardens” opened on July 18 at the Southampton African American Museum, presented by Hamptons Black Art Council. CARLOS HERNANDEZ 2025 Storm Ascher has a reputation for wearing multiple hats: gallerist, curator, artist and community organizer among them. She has long advocated for art’s power to transform communities and…
Read MoreRobbie Williams Speaks Out After White Substance Falls on Mic During World Cup Broadcast
“It was just sad and depressing and tiring, and the heart ached,” he continued. “And I was lost.” And Williams credits his wife Ayda Field and their kids—Theodora, 13, Charlton, 11, Colette, 7, and Beau, 5—for helping him turn his life around. “It just moved too fast for me to understand what it was,” he said, calling…
Read MoreICE Considers Expanding Detention at Guantanamo Bay and 13 Other Sites
A recent surge of new detainees has exacerbated the overcrowding problem in ICE facilities nationwide. ICE is currently detaining more than 60,000 people, according to data from the watchdog organization Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse. Over the past year, various problems have been reported at some of the facilities including a measles outbreak, expired food, air…
Read MoreIs Taylor Swift’s Version of Her Debut Album Coming? Untangling the Colorful Easter Eggs
24. According to an interview, her favorite lyrics off of her Lover album are, “Ladies and gentlemen, will you please stand? / With every guitar string scar on my hand/I take this magnetic force of a man to be my lover.” 25. Taylor is a billionaire! According to an Oct. 2024 report published by Bloomberg,…
Read MoreThe Seventeen U.S. Service Members Killed in the Iran War
Declan Coady Sgt. Declan Coady was 20 and lived in Des Moines, Iowa, according to the Army Reserve. Coady, who was a student at Drake University, joined the Army Reserve in 2023, working as an Army information technology specialist. He received several accolades for his service, including the Army Service Ribbon, National Defense Service Ribbon, and…
Read More5 Key Moments From Andy Burnham’s First Day as U.K. Prime Minister, Including His Invite to Trump
The aim is to “help people to live well” by building “a more preventative state, investing in people’s success, rather than paying for failure,” Burnham added. The newly-instated Prime Minister has not yet laid out plans for how his cost of living measures or housing plans will be funded. Burnham also vowed to advocate for…
Read MoreZara Larsson’s New Depop Drop Lets Fans Shop Her Personal Y2K Closet
“Fashion has always been one of the ways I express myself,” said Zara Larsson in a statement. “I love mixing vintage with newer pieces and finding things that feel unexpected. That’s why I’ve always loved Depop. There’s something really exciting about discovering an item that nobody else has, and I wanted this campaign to capture…
Read MoreAn Insider’s Guide to a Smarter East Hampton Weekend, With the Right Detours
The Hamptons has been synonymous with summer since the Long Island Rail Road first reached the South Fork in the 1870s, when New York’s wealthiest families began building vacation cottages along the dunes of Southampton and East Hampton. Artists followed a few decades later, and by the mid-20th century, the potato fields of Springs had…
Read MoreInside DataBank’s Third Wave: Kevin Ooley on Water, Power and What Happens After the A.I. Gold Rush
Kevin Ooley. ROMY MODLIN PHOTOGRAPHY LLC Kevin Ooley has spent 15 years watching other people misunderstand what he does for a living. For most of that time, even his own family didn’t have a clean answer to the dinner-party question. Now the industry he’s spent a career building is impossible to avoid—implicated in every heat…
Read MoreNordstrom’s Anniversary Sale Has Suede Ballet Flat Deals for Fall
It should come as no surprise that suede is going to be back again in a major way come fall. It’s a chic material that’s soft to the touch and elevates every look. While authentic suede clothing pieces may not be something you’d get a ton of use out of day to day (and they…
Read MoreUS soldiers killed by Iran were from Texas and Hawaii, military says
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. Army soldiers killed in Jordan while defending against Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks were identified on Monday — the first U.S. troop deaths from direct Iranian fire since the opening days of the war. The Defense Department said in a statement that James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii,…
Read MoreFormer Miss Universe Jamaica Finalist LaToya Malcolm Dead at 35
The universe has lost a bright star. LaToya Malcolm, who competed in the 2024 Miss Universe Jamaica pageant, died at the age of 35, the Miss Universe Jamaica organization announced on July 18. Her cause of death was not shared. “We mourn the passing of MUJ alumna LaToya Malcolm, who proudly competed in the 2024…
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