1. Thursday Notes for August 21st, 2025
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    Thursday Notes for August 21st, 2025

    Five international players each carry a real shot at the 2025-26 Kia MVP—the Thursday roundup breaks down who makes the list and why the competition is closer than it looks.

    ·2 min read
  2. Wednesday Notes for August 20th, 2025
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    Wednesday Notes for August 20th, 2025

    Nike's Rings-N-Things film drops August 19th as the official lead-up to the Kobe 3 Protro Halo—the brand's most comprehensive Protro effort for Kobe's MVP-era court shoe.

    ·2 min read
  3. Tuesday Notes for August 19th, 2025
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    Tuesday Notes for August 19th, 2025

    Aimé Leon Dore launches the Live at 214 performance series with Raekwon, the Kobe 3 Protro Halo drops August 19th, and new data shows worker wages haven't caught up with inflation.

    ·5 min read
  4. Monday Notes for August 17th, 2025
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    Monday Notes for August 17th, 2025

    Gianni Lee launches his first curatorial project with SaveArtSpace—'Postcards, Prophets & Monuments'—transforming three NYC billboards into a cultural canvas. Monday's digest also covers key sneaker and sports moves.

    ·6 min read
  5. Friday Notes for August 15th, 2025
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    Friday Notes for August 15th, 2025

    Friday's digest for August 15: Steve Lacy drops 'Nice Shoes,' his first solo single in three years, plus the week's top sneaker drops, sports news, and finance moves.

    ·5 min read
  6. Thursday Notes for August 14th, 2025
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    Thursday Notes for August 14th, 2025

    Thursday's digest for August 14: how the end of the de minimis exception changes what you pay for imports, plus this week's sneaker drops, sports news, and finance moves.

    ·5 min read
  7. Wednesday Notes for August 13th, 2025
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    Wednesday Notes for August 13th, 2025

    Wednesday's digest for August 13: new BLS data shows Black women's unemployment rising for a third straight month, NYC companies nearly stopped hiring in the first half of the year, plus this week's reads.

    ·3 min read
  8. Tuesday Notes for August 12th, 2025
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    Tuesday Notes for August 12th, 2025

    Tuesday's digest for August 12: Kith announces its first runway show since 2019, Black attorneys general unite to protect civil rights, plus this week's sneaker drops and sports moves.

    ·3 min read
  9. Monday Notes for August 11th, 2025
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    Monday Notes for August 11th, 2025

    Monday's digest for August 11: Lupita and Junior Nyong'o's 'Twelfth Night,' the Japan-only Air Jordan 5 Tokyo23 dropping August 23, Tyler's Converse 1908 launch, and this week's top reads.

    ·4 min read
  10. Friday Notes for August 8th, 2025
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    Friday Notes for August 8th, 2025

    Friday's digest for August 8: the Manhattan DA's office returned 34 stolen antiquities worth $4M+ to Spain, Italy, and Hungary—including a 1st-century marble head of Alexander the Great—plus this week's sneaker and sports reads.

    ·4 min read
  11. Thursday Notes for August 7th, 2025
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    Thursday Notes for August 7th, 2025

    Thursday's digest for August 7: a Ghana Air Force Z-9 helicopter crashed in Ashanti on August 6, killing eight people including two cabinet ministers, plus this week's sneaker drops and sports moves.

    ·3 min read
  12. Wednesday Notes for August 6th, 2025
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    Wednesday Notes for August 6th, 2025

    Wednesday's digest for August 6: James Beard winner Kwame Onwuachi opens Las' Lap Miami at The Daydrift hotel in South Beach—the second location of his New York rum bar concept—plus this week's reads.

    ·4 min read