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Cindy Troy

Cindy Troy

Reporter at USA Times.

About Cindy Troy

Reporter at USA Times.

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  • Who’s Really Making Your Decisions?

    Open Instagram to check one notification. Twenty minutes later, a stranger is renovating a kitchen in Portugal, and somehow that’s the show now. Nobody decides to watch that. It just happens. That’s the trick. The Design Isn’t an Accident Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok — none of them were built to serve the user’s intentions. They were…

  • Central Park Is My Backyard: Why New York Parents Are Done Apologizing

    Rent is obscene. The apartment is small. The stroller barely fits in the elevator. And yet — ask a New York parent if they’d trade it for a four-bedroom colonial in the suburbs, and watch the hesitation cross their face. Because somewhere between the diversity, the noise, and the eye-watering price tag, this city does…

  • Manhattan: America’s Ultimate Playground for the Rich

    A 13-mile island. A trillion-dollar price tag on square footage. And a permanent VIP line that never seems to end. Manhattan isn’t just a place people live — it’s a stage. And the wealthy have been buying front-row seats for over a century. Here’s why. 1. Real Estate Is the Real Trophy Case Owning a…

  • In God’s Name: How Patriarchy Became Sacred

    Five religions. Three thousand years. One question no one wants asked out loud: what if the rules a woman was told came from heaven actually came from the men standing next to her? Judaism · Christianity · Islam · Hinduism · Buddhism Here’s a name almost nobody knows: Junia. Paul, in his own letter, called…