Culture
The entertainment and cultural moments that define our society.
The government shutdown and the new war on food stamps.
The bizarre conservative misunderstanding of The Lord of the Rings, explained.
You are not going to like where our ancestors got their protein.
A youth gently explains the phenom for elderly millennials.
5 questions about the NBA’s seismic gambling indictments, answered.
Her divisive new album was all part of her agenda. She’s a mastermind.
The decay of Google, Amazon, and Facebook are part of a larger trend.
The sports gambling reckoning is finally here.
Philip Pullman’s new book finishes the story The Golden Compass started.
TikTok is only part of the reason the snack has become the epitome of “IRL brainrot aesthetic.”
The panic over lead in protein powder got the risk totally wrong.
The biggest lesson from the racist, sexist, and antisemitic group chats.
Young people want to understand culture. Why on TikTok?
Tina Turner deserves better than this.
This technology could feed a world of 10 billion. We’re squandering it, and the trade war with China could make it worse.
What TV can teach us about Instagram.
Why A House of Dynamite is so damn scary.
The retro, cryptofascist aesthetic of all those ICE recruitment ads, explained.
Experts created a coding scheme for kids’ media quality. Here’s what’s at the top and bottom.
It’s not millennial cringe to wonder if you can enjoy the work of problematic artists.
We’ve made tremendous progress against famine — but hunger hasn’t disappeared.
Comedians went to Saudi Araba — and faced blowback in America.
The self-help mantra that’s helping young people navigate their economic anxiety.
Reckoning with Jane Austen and empire on her 250th anniversary.
The “anti-woke” commentator quit the New York Times in protest 5 years ago. Now she’ll be CBS News’s top editor. How?
The real reason why the animated movie resonates.
It’s not just you. Today’s fads are harder to follow now.
Is Tilly Norwood a threat to the film industry? It’s complicated.
Taylor Swift used to try to hide her ambition. In Life of a Showgirl, she’s done with that.
Penne? Angel hair? Farfalle? Why??
Why are so many young men turning toward fatherhood?
Zoomers might fear cringe, but the internet embraces personal humiliation.
In Trump’s manosphere, the center is not holding.
An emotional monologue, a takedown of Trump, and a victory for individual action.
The internet loves to point and laugh at names like Oaklynn and Haleigh. There’s real anxieteigh behind it.
One author’s quest to get to the bottom of our self-improvement obsession.
How ignoring two-parent families has warped the narrative.
The conservative defense of Trump’s FCC rests on a myth.