- Trick-or-treating for good
. Daily Edition • October 31, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Happy Halloween! Want to start the holiday with a spooky scavenger hunt? The New York Times searched the Metropolitan Museum of Art “for the most haunting works, bloody details, and hidden meanings.” Take a tour through the Met’s scary side. Must Reads Love the thrill of a haunted house? There’s a scientific reason for that The Dictionary.com word of the year is a number — actually, two of them Humanity All Treats: UNICEF Halloween Fundraiser…Read more
- No gym? No problem
Daily Edition • April 1, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Heads up: Today is April 1, which means it’s April Fools’ Day, which means you should probably think twice before taking what you hear or read at face value. The silly, unofficial holiday is at least several centuries old — some link it to the ancient Roman festival of Hilaria (meaning “joyful”), while others say its roots are in the 16th century, when Pope Gregory XIII moved New Year’s Day from late March to January, but, as legend has it, not...
- Have you heard of “gigil”?
Daily Edition • March 31, 2025 SUPPORTED BY It can often feel like the news is all about problems these days, so we love to tell you when solutions are making headlines. That’s why we want to put “50 States, 50 Fixes” on your radar. The new, yearlong series from The New York Times will highlight one thing that’s working in every U.S. state from an environmental perspective. Some of the features so far include a car-free community in Arizona, wildlife crossings in Colorado, and a serene...
- Are you playing to your strengths?
Sunday Edition • March 30, 2025 SUPPORTED BY Spring cleaning can be looked at in two ways: as an opportunity or a chore. Our team of eager beavers tends to view it more in the former sense, but that doesn’t make the process any easier, particularly when it comes to bulldozing through the mountains of rubble in our homes — er, decluttering. According to author and interior designer Olga Naiman, the problem may lie in the approach. “When you just declutter, you fail to examine why you hold on...