As a kid, I religiously peeled the skins off grapes first. A bitter foil to the soft fleshened interior to follow, I bit them brief and swallowed whole as a sort of drum roll. That stark of a distinction between the skin and its grape body hadn’t existed again until this day… several decades later. […]
NYC Protest: The protest for Palestine in Manhattan this past month was one of a kind. Erected in wake of ongoing displacements, settlement expansions, and militarized upsurged in East Jerusalem, Palestinian voices have risen to the surface. Loud and clear, “Free Free Palestine, from the River to the Sea,” descendants of grandparents dispossessed of their […]
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) hosted the 2023 AAFA American Image Awards last evening at the iconic Plaza Hotel in New York City. Emceed by the host of Boston Globe Today, Segun Oduolowu, the gala honored inspirational leaders and advocates in the apparel and footwear industries. The AAFA American Image Awards honorees included New Balance Athletics Inc. as […]
