In ‘We Tell Ourselves Stories,’ Alissa Wilkinson Explores Joan Didion’s Time in Hollywood: ‘It’s a New Framework to Look at Her Work’
Alissa Wilkinson's book explores Joan Didion's work as a film critic and screenwriter and what she understood about Hollywood ...
Organizers cancel Elgin’s Juneteenth event after date it wanted was given to Michelada Festival
Juneteenth Festival in Elgin’s Festival Park has been canceled this year because the date organizers wanted for the event was ...
From the Statesman archives: A distinct Austin culture began to emerge during the 1960s
Starting to wrap up the "20.000 Years of Austin History in 20 Minutes" series, we look at the emergence of a distinctive ...
Happy birthday Barbie! What this icon has meant to American culture
Barbie's been beloved by kids and debated by adults. At 66 years old, she's changed and evolved right along with our culture.
The Great Salt Shake-Up
America’s great salt swap began in the 1980s, when farmers’-market culture and the health-food movement helped American chefs ...
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15 cultural traits that bind Americans despite division
Explore 15 American cultural traits that unite citizens across political divides, from tipping practices to sports fanaticism ...
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Educating the American Citizen: Changes in Schools as Assimilators of Immigrants
The continued success of the American political system, as well as that of civil society, depends on ensuring that the rate of immigration does not exceed the ability of American institutions to ...
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Author Colin Woodard: Regional cultures shape U.S. politics, society and American life
He has spent a lifetime studying and analyzing the cultural and historical differences between various regions of the United ...
America Doesn’t Need an Official Language
In his March 1 executive order designating English as the official language of the United States, President Trump asserts ...
Many Chinese See a Cultural Revolution in America
People in China are expressing alarm at what looks like a familiar authoritarian turn in the United States, their longtime ...
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The inside story of how President Trump came to name the ‘Gulf of America’
Henceforth, he decided, it would be called the Gulf of America. Those in the room were immediately enthusiastic, and he began toying with revealing the concept when he went in front of the ...