STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- With the plastic bag ban in effect Sunday, there may actually be a renewed interest in the brown paper bag -- once used for covering school books, as most Gen Xers may recall.

Book covers appear to be the latest target of the Chinese government’s crackdown on plastic waste. According to a regulation dated Oct. 10 but published online Wednesday, the Ministry of Education has ...

Lauren Ro is interested in baby gear (she’s a new mom) and the ins-and-outs of decorating a home. Prior to the Strategist, she was a writer at Curbed, and before that was Wes Anderson’s assistant. I’m ...