Author: Shekari Philemon

Dennis Rodman built a career on doing the things other players would not. He rebounded with a ferocity that made him one of the best to ever play the game, collected five championship rings and became one of the most recognizable figures in sports history. Toughness was his brand. Resilience was his identity. What finally broke through that armor was not a physical blow but a quiet, devastating reckoning with the truth about who he had been to the people who needed him most. For years Rodman managed to hold onto a version of himself as a devoted father, a…

The college admissions checklist has always carried a degree of parental anxiety. But a new layer of dread has settled over families with high school students, one that goes beyond test scores and application essays and cuts straight to a more fundamental question. Will any of this actually lead to a job? A recent national survey of more than 600 parents and guardians of American high school students found that worry about artificial intelligence and its effect on future employment is widespread and intense. More than half of respondents described themselves as very or somewhat concerned about AI’s impact on…

There is a reason she named it the Little Miss Drama Tour. Cardi B stopped in San Francisco on Feb. 27 and delivered a performance that was equal parts concert and catharsis, with fans convinced they were watching something far more personal than a rehearsed set. The moment that sent the internet into a spiral came during her performance of Principal, a track that already carries a sharp, self-assured energy. Midway through the song, Cardi appeared to go off script, delivering an impassioned freestyle that her audience immediately interpreted as a direct message to her ex, NFL wide receiver Stefon…

When strikes began hitting Iran on a Saturday morning, something else started moving almost immediately — money. Blockchain data shows that millions of dollars in cryptocurrency left Iranian exchanges in the hours that followed, offering a rare and unsettling window into how Iranians respond when the ground beneath them, literally and financially, begins to shift. The outflows were swift. In just one hour after the strikes began, more than two million dollars flowed out of Iranian crypto exchanges. By midday, the numbers had climbed further, with Iran’s largest crypto exchange, Nobitex, recording peak outflows of nearly three million dollars in…

There is a tax that many women pay every single day and it has nothing to do with money. It is paid in small, quiet adjustments, in things not said, expressions not made, hobbies set aside and personalities slowly dimmed to avoid being labeled, harassed or misread. It is the cost of navigating a world where ordinary friendliness can be mistaken for romantic interest, and where the consequences of that misreading often fall entirely on the woman. A growing number of women are speaking openly about the specific behaviors they have modified or abandoned altogether to avoid being perceived as…

Even the most disciplined people have days when the last thing they want to do is exercise. That is not laziness. That is just being human. Research in behavioral science confirms that our resolve shifts constantly in response to sleep quality, stress levels, hormones and how heavy our workload feels on any given day. Waiting to feel motivated before lacing up your trainers is, unfortunately, a losing strategy. A 2018 review published in Perspectives on Psychological Science found that long-term behavior change relies far more heavily on habits and environment than on motivation or willpower alone. The people who exercise…

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show has officially entered the record books. More than 4 billion people around the world watched the Puerto Rican superstar perform, making it the most viewed halftime show in the history of the event and one of the most watched live musical performances ever recorded. The NFL, Roc Nation and Apple Music confirmed that the show drew 4.157 billion views within 24 hours of the performance. That figure spans the global live broadcast, YouTube replays and activity across social media platforms, painting a picture of a moment that transcended the game itself and landed on…

One of Hollywood’s most beloved awards nights has a new name, and the man leading the union behind it wants people to understand why. Sean Astin, president of SAG-AFTRA, recently addressed the decision to rebrand the Screen Actors Guild Awards as the Actor Awards, a change that has drawn attention from industry insiders and entertainment fans alike. The reasoning, as Astin laid it out, is more intuitive than it might first appear. The statuette handed to winners has always been called the Actor. Presenters have said the words “the Actor goes to” on that stage for 30 years. The trophy’s…

Amazon Web Services confirmed Tuesday that drone strikes had damaged three of its data center facilities in the Middle East, triggering widespread service disruptions that the company warned could take an extended period to resolve. It was the first time the company publicly acknowledged that its physical infrastructure had been directly struck in the ongoing regional conflict. Two facilities in the United Arab Emirates sustained direct hits, while a third site in Bahrain suffered infrastructure damage after a strike landed nearby. The company said customers across the region are experiencing elevated error rates and degraded service availability as a result,…

Apple kicked off a three-day product release stretch on Monday with the arrival of the iPhone 17e, its most accessible smartphone yet, paired with two refreshed iPad Air models. The announcements came ahead of a planned company event on March 4 and signal that Apple is leaning harder into value at a moment when consumers are watching every dollar. The iPhone 17e carries a starting price of 599 dollars with 256 gigabytes of storage, making it 200 dollars cheaper than the base iPhone 17. For shoppers who remember last year’s iPhone 16e, which launched at the same price but shipped…