March 28, 2022

After Covid, Are You ‘Mask Fishing’?

Tanushri Sundaram, 17, thinks everyone at her school is a bit of a “mask fisher.” “When you have a mask on, you only get to see […]
May 12, 2021

My Mask, My Safety Signal

Just because the fully vaccinated can remove their masks outdoors doesn’t mean they’re ready to let go of them fully. Walking around New York City these […]
April 6, 2021

Is This the Future of Face Masks?

Will.i.am and Honeywell introduce the first connected mask. Think sneakers meet smartphones. The story begins with Marc Benioff, the chief executive of the cloud computing company […]
February 10, 2021

Embrace the Blush

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November 18, 2020

Masks Protect Against Covid—and Awkward Social Situations

Julianne Kassidy had one ex she definitely didn’t want to run into. (Don’t we all?) In late October, it had almost been a year since Ms. […]
October 27, 2020

Watch What Happens When Real Housewives Don’t Wear Masks

“Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” is a rollicking talk show on Bravo. Its host, Mr. Cohen, is the network’s in-house yenta and debate moderator […]
October 11, 2020

Need to Find a Pandemic Necessity? There’s Now a Store for That

LONE TREE, Colo. — Darcy Velasquez and her mother, Roberta Truax, were walking recently in the Park Meadows mall about 15 miles south of downtown Denver, […]
September 10, 2020

The Line Dance of the Pandemic

Some people gabbed, some groused; others stood silently, forming a line that snaked around the block, waiting for Century 21, the Lower Manhattan bargain hunters’ mecca, […]
August 31, 2020

Lady Gaga’s Masks Win the V.M.A.s

The question of what the red carpet, that weird celebrity style ritual that reached its apogee in the early 21st century as a marketing/social media/fashion Frankenstein’s […]
August 8, 2020

Rave Under the Kosciuszko Bridge: Are Illicit Parties Endangering N.Y.C.?

On a humid Saturday night, under a segment of the Kosciuszko Bridge, which connects Brooklyn and Queens, hundreds of people at an illicit gathering danced and […]