The New York subway remains an essential part of life for many who do not live close to or cannot afford other options, writes Maeve Higgins.

Playing up your Irishness while taking food from the mouths of hungry people isn't a good look for any multimillionaire's son

Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards has generated a ridiculous, energy-sapping cascade of hot takes 

I’m investigating what to wear for spring, and I expect I will get it entirely wrong

The rage I feel when comedy writers decide against going for laughs and reach for the the weighted blanket that is ‘dramedy’ has been somewhat lifted by the big-hearted, knee-slapping, belly laugh of a sitcom set in the southside of Chicago

Who is deemed worthy of protection by the US?

One of the world's most diverse cities stands in solidarity with Ukrainian-Americans over the continuing attack by Russia

Name-checking a few hilarious comedians working in the comedy world in the US who also happen to be black

Immigrants in America face racialisation — something that many of them don’t expect or fully understand until they live there 

Richmond, Virginia and Dublin in Ireland: How two sculptures, thousands of miles apart, unite to reimagine something terrible into a thing of great beauty and power