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How liberals lost comedy − and helped Trump win
Throughout the 2024 election cycle, reproductive rights were an electoral vulnerability for Donald Trump. Though…
Category: Arts
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Why ‘A Charlie Brown Christmas’ almost didn’t air − and why it endures
It’s hard to imagine a holiday season without “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” The 1965 broadcast…
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The chilling crime spree of The Order – and its lasting effect on today’s white supremacists
Justin Kurzels’ new historical crime drama, “The Order,” starring Jude Law and Nicholas Holt, is…
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Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today
Modern medicine has enabled citizens of wealthy, industrialized nations to forget that children once routinely…
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Polarization, brain rot and brat – the 2024 words of the year point to the power, perils and ephemeral nature of digital life
Ever since the American Dialect Society selected a Word of the Year at its conference…
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Bluesky isn’t the ‘new Twitter,’ but its resemblance to the old one is drawing millions of new users
What would you say at Twitter’s funeral? That’s the question my collaborators and I asked…
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Is masculine anxiety spurring support for Trump among Gen Z?
For the past few years, right-wing media have argued that the U.S. is plagued by…
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One’s a Hugh Grant thriller, one’s a hot-mess reality show – and both center on stereotypes about Mormon women
I don’t often watch movies in a theater, let alone horror films. But a few…
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Tiff Massey’s ‘7 Mile & Livernois’ exhibition isn’t just about a neighborhood – it’s a tribute to Black Detroit
“7 Mile + Livernois” at the Detroit Institute of Arts celebrates Detroit as a place…
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Music can change how you feel about the past
Have you ever noticed how a particular song can bring back a flood of memories?…