Our Crowd: In the Arena and in the News

Sophia Loren: Retire? Never!
Some things about the film business have changed for actresses in the more than five decades since Sophia Loren was first discovered, and some things have stayed exactly the same.

Review: McCullin Captures a Photojournalist’s View of Covering the World
“McCullin” takes a plain-spoken and direct approach to covering the career of the British photojournalist Don McCullin, a longtime correspondent for The Sunday Times. Mr. McCullin says he resists the label “war photographer,” which, to him, is “like being called a mercenary.”

Grateful Dead Alums Keep On Touring, but Not All Together
Just a few months after what was billed as the Grateful Dead’s last stand — five sold-out stadium shows for some 212,000 fans that grossed more than $60 million in ticket and pay-per-view sales — the band is rising once again, albeit in a slightly fractured arrangement.

A Tribute to an Airline Gone By and the Women and Men Behind the Cockpit
Pan American Airways was the airline of choice for the White House press corps during its eminence as the largest international

What’s Needed to Help Americans Age in Place
I’ve been thinking a bit lately about aging in place — the ability to live in your own home and community safely, independently and comfortably as you get older.

Gloria Steinem On The Age At Which We Transcend The ‘Feminine Prison’
For decades, Gloria Steinem has been an iconic figure in the feminist movement and fight for equal rights, causes she has championed ever since beginning her journalism career.

Sisters in Law
Much progress has been made in the women’s rights movement in recent decades; so much so that it is often difficult to remember how far we have come.

8 Intimate Photos That Show The Beauty Of Aging Hands
A woman’s hands can tell the world a lot about the life she’s lived. The way she keeps and carries her hands throughout her life is highly personal — callouses, freckles, go-to gestures and injuries all tell their own stories.

Review: Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Aesthetically speaking, “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg” is a cheery curio, as if a scrapbook and the Talmud decided to have a baby. Pages are filled with photographs of the Supreme Court justice old and young (ravishing, by the way).

Jimmy Carter: A Five-Nation Plan to End the Syrian Crisis
I HAVE known Bashar al-Assad, the president of Syria, since he was a college student in London, and have spent many hours negotiating with him since he has been in office.

Pele: The footballer who seduced Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol – Pele – The grace and skill of Brazilian legend Pele captured the eye of pop art pioneer Andy Warhol, who produced this portrait after meeting the footballer in the 1970s.

Nine Great Writers Talk to Bill Moyers About Why They Write
Today is National Why I Write Day. The National Writing Project, NCTE, The New York Times Learning Network and the Teaching Channel invite us to celebrate writing in all its forms