Nike will lay off workers as part of $2-billion cost-cutting plan
The company slashed its sales forecast and said it plans to cut up to $2 billion in costs over three years. Slowing sales in China are a big reason why.
Arts
Chilling 'Zone of Interest' imagines life next door to a death camp
Jonathan Glazer's film depicts the family of Auschwitz camp commandant Rudolf Höss — they go about their daily routines while a massive machinery of death grinds away next door.
Timothy Olyphant on 'Justified,' 'Deadwood' and marshals who interpret the law
Olyphant is best known for portraying lawmen in cowboy hats. He reprises the role of deputy U.S. marshal Raylan Givens in the sequel Justified: City Primeval. Originally broadcast July 18, 2023.
Every era has its own 'American Fiction,' but is there anything new to say?
In Cord Jefferson's directorial debut, Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated author who echoes earlier Black protagonists in movies like Hollywood Shuffle and Bamboozled.
'Everyone walked away with part of themselves healed' – 'The Color Purple' reimagined
Blitz Bazawule's musical re-imagining of the 1982 Alice Walker novel The Color Purple finds new joy among the pain.
News quiz resolutions: What should our favorite newsmakers aim to do in 2024?
Human, animal and artificially intelligent celebrities have New Year's resolutions, too. If you know (or can guess) what those resolutions could be, you might close out the year with an 11/11.
Picking out a Christmas tree for this mom and son is a literal race against the clock
In a nod to fond family traditions, a mother and son in upstate New York literally race to pick out a Christmas tree each year.
For more eco-friendly holiday wrapping, some turn to the Japanese art of furoshiki
The practice dates back hundreds of years, when people started using cloth bundles to carry items to and from public baths. Eventually, it evolved into a wrapping art form.
Despite backlash, Masha Gessen says comparing Gaza to a Nazi-era ghetto is necessary
Journalist Masha Gessen talks to NPR's Morning Edition about their recent New Yorker essay on German Holocaust memory and the situation in Gaza — and the controversy that ensued.
Internet decor legends redefine the Christmas tree
Marco Zamora and Juan "El Creativo" Renteria, an LA-based creative pair, have created a spiral sculpture that gives the illusion of floating in the air.