1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (1612+ words) Slate Magazine I awoke in Washington on a recent Thursday the proud owner of a pair of Donald Trump's favorite shoes. To backpedal for a moment: While even the most well-intentioned president can't fix everything that comes across his desk,…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (121+ words) The sneaker company's hilariously dystopian foray into A. I. infrastructure makes more sense than you'd think. Allbirds jumps on the A. I. wave, the S&P 500 surges, and Live Nation and Ticketmaster lose an antitrust case. Choose your preferred player: For questions about subscriptions…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (758+ words) This is article is reprinted with permission from Sneaker History, Nick Engvall's Substack about sneakers, culture, and the stories that connect what we wear to who we are. But what kills me is that this should have worked. This could…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago  (1242+ words) The newly minted "secretary of war" wants to take the military back to 1990. Boots has a different vision of what that looked like. "Becoming a man? What does that actually mean?" That's the question posed at the start of Boots,…...