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How did a musician whose songs were suffused with messages of anti-capitalism and anti-imperialism become so commercialized?
In 1993, Joel sang, ‘These are the last words I have to say.’ What changed?
As the journalism industry continues to crater, wealthy plutocrats are consolidating their control over information systems.
Black male athletes at Division I schools say they alter their speech, dress and other behaviors to gain acceptance in mostly white academic and athletic settings.
American men see manhood in opposition to womanhood. Danes, on the other hand, see manhood as not acting immaturely, as a boy would.
Turns out ‘A’ didn’t have to be the first letter in the alphabet, nor ‘Z’ the last.
The new note will be sustained for a relatively ‘brief’ two years.
From body snatching to Photoshop and virtual reality, the techniques of medical illustration have evolved. But its essential role in showing clinicians how to care for the body continues today.
The findings push back against the notion that many transgender people end up wishing they hadn’t gone through with gender-affirming surgeries.
Lots of factors can influence your music taste, from your age and where you’re from to the personality traits you have.
The coach’s legendary terseness and his rejection of technological trends belie a wealth of knowledge about the game and its history.
Granger, who died in December 2023, is credited with making avocado toast fashionable. Little did he know that his lasting legacy would inspire a meme that symbolized generational tension.
Though they’re sometimes characterized as attention-addled homebodies, younger people see a real value in libraries − one that goes beyond books.
Why do so many Americans share the concern that success and integrity are in conflict, as if one comes at the expense of the other?
Whether they’re heroic or inscrutably weird, video game records reveal a lot about play, cooperation and the drive for perfection.
Pleasant-sounding words might have a leg up.
While medical school may teach students about how the body works, it often neglects the social, political and cultural factors that determine health and disease. The humanities can help.
When the film premiered, theatergoers fainted and vomited. It went on to inspire a series of copycat films – while fomenting a cultural panic about the demons in our midst.
The secular carol doesn’t mention Jesus, angels or wise men, while reminding listeners of what makes them not just American, but human.
The history of whiskey is one of perception, not necessarily quality.
Norman Lear brought the first nuclear Black family to prime-time television in 1974.
Leaving out the history of Napoléon’s brutal subjugation of Haiti is akin to making a movie about Hitler without mentioning the Holocaust.
The TV producer showed how storytelling can bridge divides and serve as a beacon of truth in a complex world.
Through action films, dramas and kids’ cartoons, right-wing activists are working to build their own alternative entertainment universe insulated from Hollywood’s purported liberal biases.