Mass migration is the largest and most controversial political topic in the Western world. Come the beginning of June, mass…What to read next: The pop culture wars | Australian Utopianism: causes and cures | Travels through the ruins of culture | Paul Fletcher, the father of Australian censorship?
From the death of Osama bin Laden (as announced by Dwayne Johnson) to the rise of Donald Trump, from #TheDress to the Oscars slap, it’s impossible to imagine the last twenty or so years of global cultural history without Twitter, the microblogging platform that no one has ever referred to as “X.” And over the past two decades, no subsection of the app’s vast user base has produced more enduring memes, more culture-shifting social-justice hashtags, and more pure comedy than the cohort known as...
The New York Times Denounces Cancel Culture After Fueling Cancel Culture For Years Authored by Jonathan Turley, For those of us who have criticized the cancel culture in higher education for years, the attacks and shunning have been unrelenting. The media has played a role in that culture and none more prominently than the New York Times. Recently, however, the mob came for liberal professors and media who have remained silent for years as conservatives and others were targeted on...
Persisting in his support for an unpopular war, the Democrat in the White House has helped spark a rebellion close to home. Young people — least inclined to deference, most inclined to moral outrage — are leading public opposition to the ongoing slaughter in Gaza. The campus upheaval is a clash between accepting and resisting, More
Loading Today on the show: Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary, MSNBC host, and the author of Say More: Lessons from Work, the White House, and the World (Simon & Schuster, 2024), offers advice on effective communication in Washington, and beyond. The city's cultural institutions rely on funding from the city budget, and they are dealing with budget cuts. Adrian Benepe, president of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and Regina Bain, executive director of the Louis Armstrong House...
Are you a pop culture fiend who’s ever watched Jeopardy! and thought, “Hmm I bet I could do that, but I don’t know enough about old coins or rock formations or what former presidents ate for breakfast”? Now might be your time to shine. Prime Video announced a new twist on the classic game show today (via Variety): Pop Culture Jeopardy!, which is exactly what it sounds like. Contestants who may not know George Washington’s birthday or Andrew Jackson’s star sign, but definitely know Kerry...
It's been over a year since Bud Light made the disastrous decision to partner with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. If you asked me then whether a boycott of Bud Light would work, even if for a little while, I would have said, "Absolutely not." But something strange happened. Bud Light, which Anheuser-Busch owns, is, to this day, still struggling to make up for that horrible mistake. Bud Light sales are still falling.
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Montevideo, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Historical memory, cultural traditions, ephemeris and diversity resulted in the “All Blend” space and bridge between Uruguay and Cuba nowadays. The post Uruguay and Cuba celebrate cultural forum first appeared on Prensa Latina.
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Paris has been named the best city for culture in Europe, according to a new study. A global luggage storage provider analysed data on cultural venues in 131 European cities with a population of over 325,000. Information was gathered on eight different types of cultural sites, including points of cultural and artistic interest; live performance […]
Protesters who vandalise our heritage make climate change a divisive issue. But when it comes to the environment, we all win or we all lose, says Frances Lasok When we are under pressure, our hands start shaking and our mind goes blank. That’s because when we’re scared our bodies flood with the chemicals necessary to []