Culture & Society

Bringing new activities and topics of discussion into a mature relationship can extend your years of marital happiness. Don’t be surprised if you begin to feel more content and connected than ever: It happens all the time. Continue

In this video companion piece to the Global Voices documentary, I Was Worth 50 Sheep, director Nima Sarvestani and producer Maryam Ebrahimi explain what led them to follow the stories "behind the burka," from women who are not typically allowed to speak up about their experiences of abuse. Continue

A silent short, developing a Marilyn Monroe photograph. (Photo by Roy Schatt.) Continue

Leif-Erik Nygards' one photograph of Marilyn Monroe. Nygards was an assistant to photographer Bert Stern. Following a shoot, Nygards asked for the privilege to take just one picture: he got more than he asked for. Continue

Blogger Meredith Steele of In Sock Monkey Slippers shares her fondness for Julia Child. Continue

Norman Mailer, author of 'Marilyn: A Biography,' reads an excerpt on identity. (Photos by Roy Schatt.) Continue

Sam Shaw's name isn't well known, but his photographs of Marilyn Monroe are. Here, Shaw's children reminisce about growing up around Monroe. Shaw was also the brainchild of the famous white halter dress shot from 'The Seven Year Itch.' Continue

Author Doron Weber discusses his book Immortal Bird: A Family Memoir. Continue

Dr. Olabisi Cole works at the Kenema Rainbo Center in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Her work there involves caring for girls and women who have been victims of sexual violence. Dr. Cole lived in Sierra Leone during the Civil War and discusses how rape and violence became part of the mainstream culture during that time period and how since, little has been done to stop it. Continue

All around the world, women are dying of causes which could have been prevented. Edna Adan, founder of a maternity hospital in Somaliland, discusses her backstory and what led her to become an agent of change in this Half the Sky Movement awareness campaign video. Continue

In the early 1990s, British neurosurgeon Henry Marsh traveled to Kiev, Ukraine and was horrified by its medieval brain surgical procedures. The Emmy Award-winning film, The English Surgeon looks at the dilemmas of the doctor-patient relationship and the moral choices of modern medicine. Continue

They dreamed of a revolution that would transform Argentina. But what exactly happened to this hopeful generation who suddenly “disappeared”? Thirty years after leaving his native country of Argentina, director Juan Mandelbaum discovers that a former college girlfriend was among the thousands abducted, tortured and “disappeared” during the country’s military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983. Continue

A silent short of Marilyn Monroe's 'Ballerina' outtakes. (Photos by Milton Greene.) Continue

Marilyn Monroe's relationship with playwright Arthur Miller in photos. (All photos by Sam Shaw.) Voices: Norman Mailer, Shaw family. Continue

A new breed of volunteers: friends, relatives and total strangers are signing up to help caregivers via online communities. Continue

George Zimbel's photographs: Joe Dimaggio walking out on Marilyn Monroe. Zimbel was there on the street among several photographers to document what would become Monroe's most lasting image: a blowing white halter dress. More than the dress or the scene, Zimbel remembers a Joe Dimaggio that couldn't take all the bright lights that night. Voices: Family of Sam Shaw, Norman Mailer, Zimbel Continue

Buddhist meditation techniques are widely popular, and one such method is called Shambhala meditation, a simplified version of Tibetan practice. Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche, author and meditation leader, told a group of beginners t