Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
Tag: Culture
06/15/2021
Free the wrinkle
The pandemic could help Americans finally embrace aging skin.
06/12/2021
The culture wars in number: we’re not as divided as we think we are
The country is split pretty much down the middle on whether we need to be more careful in expressing ourselves, according to a new King’s College London and Ipsos MORI study.
06/08/2021
Record-High 70% in U.S. Support Same-Sex Marriage
U.S. support for legal same-sex marriage continues to trend upward, now at 70%—a new high in Gallup's trend since 1996. This latest figure marks an increase of 10 percentage points since 2015, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all states must recognize same-sex marriages.
Senegal is preserving its oral history in a podcast
05/24/2021
How culture wars start
Is the UK going down the same road as the US?
04/07/2021
Artist Hank Willis Thomas on playing infinite games
05/05/2021
Is Progress Possible? Our Lonely Century
Economist and author Noreena Hertz shares which solutions—individual, governmental, and entrepreneurial—she thinks will reconnect us.
04/29/2021
How to Live Like Ancient Royalty
What was once only available to kings and queens, but that you can do today? The answer: Shocking stuff you've never even thought of.
04/15/2021
Our Towns, w/ Deb & James Fallows, Jeanne Jordan & Steven Ascher
James and Al welcome the minds behind HBO’s Our Towns to investigate how things are going on the ground around our country.
04/08/2021
Bryan Doerries |“You are not alone across time.”
“Remember,” Bryan Doerries likes to say, in both physical and virtual gatherings, “you are not alone in this room, and you are not alone across time.”
03/11/2021
Joe Biden Is a Transformational President
We’re seeing a policy realignment without a partisan realignment.
03/08/2021