Martin Amis (RIP) Explains Why American Populism Is a Con

In the later decades of his 50-year-long career as a novelist, the late Martin Amis had…

What’s Behind the Pressure to Censor Social Studies? American Cultural Mindsets

The College Board — the organization that designs the Advanced Placement college-level curricula for high school…

Discover Pemmican, The Power Bar Invented Centuries Ago by Native American Tribes

Outdoor enthusiasts of a non-vegetarian stripe, do you weary of garden variety energy bars and trail…

Isolated and Overburdened, Asian American Educators Struggle

On April 15, 2020, high school teachers in the Newton Public Schools district near Boston were…

How Fast Food Began: The History of This Thoroughly American (and Now Global) Form of Dining

What is the most American institution of all? The mind first goes in the directions of…

American Gothic Explained: How Grant Wood Created His Iconic American Painting (1930)

“We should fear Grant Wood. Every artist and every school of artists should be afraid of…

Voices at the Center: Asian American Educators Rising

“When the murders happened in Atlanta, my school said nothing.” On March 16, 2021, a 21-year-old…

As Fewer Chinese Students Study at American Colleges, Will Indian Students Fill the Gap?

For years, China has been sending the greatest number of international students to the U.S. This…

Simone de Beauvoir Speaks on American TV (in English) About Feminism, Abortion & More (1976)

France has long been known for the cultural prominence it grants to its philosophers. Even so,…

What Ukrainian workers can bring to the American workplace

Ukrainian refugees have been completely uprooted from their homes and forced to find places to live…