Monthly Archives: November 2022

How to gain followers and grow an audience on platforms like Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok

Joy Ofodu is a comedy creator and podcast host. Darrin Baldridge Building an audience is one of the first steps toward becoming a professional content creator. Gaining followings on different social-media platforms requires different strategies. Here’s how creators are growing audiences on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, or LinkedIn. Growing an audience is a huge…

The rise of Carhartt, the 133-year-old workwear brand that’s beloved by everyone from rappers to celebrities to blue-collar workers

A woman wears a Carhartt beanie during Paris Fashion Week. Edward Berthelot/Getty Images Carhartt got its start as a workwear brand in Detroit in the 1800s. The brand weathered the World Wars, the Great Depression, and shifts in the retail world. Today, Carhartt is equally popular among blue-collar workers and streetwear connoisseurs.  Back in 1889…

Anti-government protests spread to Shanghai and Beijing as anger grows over China’s strict zero-COVID policy

People protest against coronavirus disease (COVID-19) curbs, at the site of a candlelight vigil for victims of the Urumqi fire, in Shanghai, China, in this screengrab from a video realeased on November 27, 2022. Reuters Shanghai is gripped by anti-COVID-19 protests, which are also happening in Xinjiang, Beijing, and Nanjing.  The protests follow the death…