Construction workers work to rebuild the boardwalk in Seaside Heights in anticipation of Memorial Day weekend.
Battered Jersey Shore Pins Recovery Hopes On Summer Season NJN
()Seven months after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Jersey Shore, Asbury Park is still waiting for insurance and federal aid money. In the meantime, it borrowed $10 million to repair the waterfront in time for the critical Memorial Day weekend.
Code Switch
History Makes Hiring Household Help A Complex Choice()
Many black women in the U.S. have or know someone who has done domestic work. With an expanding black middle class, some find themselves conflicted: To hire help or not?
Business
LA Bluejeans Makers Fear Their Business Will Fade Away()
Los Angeles is home to a large slice of the world's bluejeans trade. But as the U.S. apparel industry continues to shrink, the city's high-end bluejeans business faces a threat. The European Union has imposed a nearly 40 percent tariff, which could cripple the city's jean business.
Music Reviews
Kobo Town: A Haunted 'Jukebox' Filled With Caribbean Sounds()
The Toronto band plays a mix of old-school calypso, ska and West Indian styles. But its new album, Jumbie in the Jukebox, doesn't so much revive classic genres as reinvent them for a new time.
Author Interviews
A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'()
In 2003, Richard Rubin set out to talk to every American veteran of World War I he could find. With help from the French, he tracked down dozens of centenarian vets and recorded their stories in a new book called The Last of the Doughboys.
