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For the past hundred years, the coveted Guggenheim fellowship has granted funds “to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form.” Today, the Guggenheim Foundation announced its class of 2026. Given resources to work under the “freest possible conditions,” the Guggenheim fellow is typically at the […]
Today, Chicago-based arts organization United States Artists announced their 2026 USA Fellows, a group of 50 artists, including five Writing Fellows, each of whom will receive a cash award of $50,000. Recipients are encouraged to use this unrestricted grant “for any purpose, whether that be creating new work, paying rent, reducing debt, obtaining healthcare, or supporting […]
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President Trump might visit China before going to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit between Oct. 30 and Nov. 1, or he could meet Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the APEC event in South Korea, the South China Morning Post reported on Sunday, citing multiple sources. The two countries have been trying to negotiate an end […]
U.S. consumer spending on Temu fell about 36% in May compared to a year earlier, while it fell 13% over the same period on Shein, according to trend data from Consumer Edge. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Temu and Shein are pivoting to Europe as their business in the U.S. takes a major hit […]
May 28, 2025, 10:00am Last month, the Griffin Poetry Prize—the world’s largest international prize for a single book of poetry published in English—announced its 2025 shortlist. The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Toronto on June 4th, and will receive C$130,000. Each other shortlisted poet will be awarded $10,000. Article continues after advertisement […]
Top economic officials from the United States and China met on Sunday in Geneva for their second day of high-stakes negotiations, discussions that are aimed at easing tensions stemming from President Trump’s trade war. The talks have major implications for the global economy, which has been rocked by the tariffs that the United States and […]
Top economic officials from the United States and China concluded their first day of meetings in Geneva on Saturday evening, setting up a second day of high-stakes negotiations on Sunday that could determine the fate of a global economy that has been jolted by President Trump’s trade war. Neither side provided an immediate readout about […]
