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There’s a lot of focus on the physical and financial woes of former athletes. But players must also grapple with losing a core part of their identity.
The US risks being left out of Cuba’s transformation if it doesn’t act quickly.
When a pregnant celebrity announces “no hot nannies,” what does it say about parenting, gender roles and our culture?
An expert on American political rhetoric breaks down Donald Trump’s rhetorical prowess, pointing to the various techniques the candidate has mastered.
In his roles, Frank Sinatra often embodied the outsider, the man excluded from America’s suburban success story.
In a country known for its eccentric tastes, is this simply another flash-in-the-pan fad?
The most-tweeted live television event was a hit with black audiences, who also noticed a shift in the ads that aired.
Why is there always a man behind the trigger? And why is it almost always a young man?
Why do critiques focus on the flaws of the protesters, rather than the flawed institutions that sparked the protests in the first place?
With more and more street artists partnering with corporations, it’s important that they don’t compromise their moral standing to earn a living.
The belief in demonic possession – often thought to be a relic of The Dark Ages and the Salem Witch Trials – remains surprisingly mainstream.
Most of the flavor combinations and traditions we’ve come to associate with the holiday date back to the Middle Ages.
A new book documents how the gay rights movement has catered to a certain type of LGBT person: white, gay, male and middle-class.
The history of the picture title is really a history of the last 300 years.
Some parents worry their teens’ obsession with dark fiction means they’ll grow up and overthrow the government – like Katniss Everdeen in Hunger Games. How real is this concern?
Public ‘restroom’ is a euphemism of the highest order. We don’t find it restful.
Religion and modernity need not be at odds with one another, and many leading Muslim thinkers are plumbing early texts to promote progressive ideas.
Composer Max Richter – with his epic, eight-hour-long piece Sleep – aims to be an auditory sandman.
A linguist explains how words get co-opted from one language to another.
Debates used to be a public service. Now they’re akin to the WWE – a blend of fiction and reality, with the candidates and networks all adhering to the same script.
For a former Boston reporter, Spotlight evokes the thrill of hard-hitting, influential reporting.
Murky ethics surround the pervasive practice of news sites engaging in online tracking.
Sam Smith’s Writing’s on the Wall confronts the last taboo of the canon: Bond’s hypermasculinity.
Laden with animals, conspiracy theories and apocalyptic visions, Muhammad Fanatil al-Hajaya’s poetry reflects how many Arabs – urban and rural, rich and poor – view the world.