By Lovia Gyarkye Arts & Culture Critic But instead of revolving around a white family negotiating their legacy within the annals of American history, Purpose centers a powerful Black political ...

In his newest Broadway play, “Purpose,” directed by Tony Award-winning Phylicia Rashad, Jacobs-Jenkins showcases a very different family whose long-held secrets and dirty laundry are put on ...

Even when “Purpose” briefly sags in Act 2, we are still invested. Set-ups don’t come much juicier. How does a revered national figure behave when reporters and cameras are not around?

in his engrossing if maddeningly overwritten play “Purpose,” now on Broadway in a production from Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company.

By Jesse Green You may have trouble catching your breath from laughing so hard during the first act of Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s sophomore Broadway outing, “Purpose,” which opened Monday at ...

Even when you exercise, do it with the purpose of strengthening your body to serve the nation. This is what we were taught. And today, RSS is a massive organization. It is now nearing its 100th ...

In Appropriate, Jacobs-Jenkins’s plotting involves a little hand-waving — the money involved in a real-estate deal, for instance, comes out just right for maximal discord — and in Purpose ...

FROM HOUSEWARES TO CLOTHING, EVEN JEWELRY, CARDS AND KEEPSAKES, EACH PIECE IN HARDWARE’S IS HANDMADE AND MADE WITH A PURPOSE. WHEN YOU STEP INTO HARDWARE’S, YOU’LL FIND A BRIGHT, COLORFUL ...

Companies that struggle to clearly define their purpose often look at successful purpose-driven organizations and wonder: How do they do it? As a hyper-growth company with thoughtfully designed ...

At age 29, Nick LoManto led a busy life. He was moving up in his job as a manager of investment analysts at the financial services firm, Vanguard. At home, he and his wife were settling into their ...

If you feel lost when it comes to purpose, you're not alone. Many of us spend years searching for that one big thing that will make our lives feel meaningful. But here's the truth: You don’t ...

In 2012, after a long day of work, I sat down for dinner and turned on the TV. What I saw that night still sticks with me: a news story about a 5-year-old girl from rural Russia who was thrown out ...