It was the stones themselves that inspired an ethical eureka moment. The inspiration came from the color of the emeralds that mining conglomerate Gemfields unearths at its Zambian location. "The whole world was talking green—ethical, social—so we decided to make them green at heart," explains CEO Ian Harebottle. ... More

Mayer Hawthorne doesn’t seem to do anything halfway. In order to come up with 14 songs for his forthcoming album, the exceedingly well-dressed Michigan-born musician wrote more than 40 tracks. The resulting mix on his third album, Where Does This Door Go, which drops July 16, blends soul, funk ... More

"So a Hollywood star and a Zen teacher walk into a room together....." It sounds like the setup of a joke, but that phrase is actually a description of the team behind the new book The Dude and The Zen Master, ... More

It’s 7 A.M. on Columbus Day, and the block-square gray mass of city hall on LaSalle Street is battened down for the holiday. “City Hall is Closed” reads a sign hanging on the main doors. Inside, deep in the marble gloaming, a pair of Chicago police officers is chatting and ... More

The clock is ticking on Cory Booker. At the moment, the mayor of Newark, N.J., is caught between the desk and the door of his office in City Hall, a gold-domed beaux-arts anomaly bracketed by bail-bond offices and a Subway sandwich shop. As he reaches back to grab ... More