Robin Givhan

1 week ago | stuff.co.nz | Robin Givhan

1 week ago | washingtonpost.com | Robin Givhan

Black male beauty, respectability in all its complexity at the Met (washingtonpost.com) Black male beauty, respectability in all its complexity at the Met By Robin Givhan 2025050310004700 NEW YORK — Among the many objects that tell the story of the Black dandy in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's upcoming exhibition, "Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," are the tailcoat, hat and sunglasses of Frederick Douglass.

1 week ago | phillytrib.com | Robin Givhan

One needn’t be Catholic, Christian or even remotely religious to grasp the depth of humility and kindness symbolized in the act of washing another person’s feet. It’s an incredibly intimate gesture from one adult to another, and one that forces a posture of, if not subordination, at least empathy and generosity. In ways both real and metaphoric, those who stand the tallest are the ones who must bend most deeply.

2 weeks ago | phillytrib.com | Robin Givhan

The governor of Pennsylvania and his family were settled into their private quarters when the political violence that seems more common and more inevitable finally came to them. When law enforcement began pounding on the door to the official residence in Harrisburg early Sunday morning, one can only imagine the sleepy disorientation, the sudden jolt from rest to alarm, when Josh Shapiro was informed that the house was on fire and everyone inside needed to evacuate.

2 weeks ago | fredericknewspost.com | Robin Givhan

One needn’t be Catholic, Christian or even remotely religious to grasp the depth of humility and kindness symbolized in the act of washing another person’s feet. It’s an incredibly intimate gesture from one adult to another, and one that forces a posture of, if not subordination, at least empathy and generosity. kAmx? H2JD 3@E9 C62= 2?5 >6E2A9@C:4[ E9@D6 H9@ DE2?5 E96 E2==6DE 2C6 E96 @?6D H9@ >FDE 36?5 >@DE 566A=J] p?5 D@ E96 :>286D @7 E96 H9:E6\92:C65 !@A6 uC2?4:D — H9@ 5:65 |@?52J 2E gg :? '2E:42?