Culture

In this modern Indigenous kitchen, every dish is made without any ingredient introduced to the continent after Europeans arrived.

'Pet of the Petticoats' extends the reach of Anglo-Atlantic anti-Catholicism to the stage, illustrating the ways its tropes and anxieties moved across genres.

Theodore Roosevelt said his made him look like “a mewing cat.” Lyndon Johnson called his “the ugliest thing I ever saw.” Ronald Reagan ordered a do-over.

How an Asian American literary pioneer fell into obscurity.

The genre is the product of migration, rebirth, and the struggle to be heard.

The skin and strength on display at Santa Monica’s Muscle Beach aggravated American fears of gender transgressions and homosexuality.

The defining boundaries and problematic categorizations carried by our culture's treatment of the label "millennial."

Discovering the naturalist and artist, and the darker trends within.

They’re global icons who have left a lasting imprint on American culture. But do recent controversies threaten the squad’s future?

The nationwide spread of a counterculture.

George Kennan made hierarchy seem seductive.

Creedence Clearwater Revival’s unique blend of traditional and progressive sensibilities.

Her private writing offers another, more idiosyncratic angle to understand the famed poet.

Abortion and "The Scarlet Letter."

Indigenous Americans knew how to avoid starvation. Colonists were too hungry to notice.

A new book on Claude McKay is part of an effort to place the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance within the Black radical tradition.

The film takes many liberties with the history of “the first motion picture,” but it illustrates how Black contributions are often marginalized.

Two new studies ask readers to think expansively about art’s involvement in a broader system of racial capitalism.

Black femininity was always considered a hard sell in Hollywood, but Hattie McDaniels and Dorothy became the perfect women to peddle racist stereotypes.

It's the resurrection of an old dream.

A contemporary Atlantic writer reflects on one of the voices from the magazine's archives who helped shape the publication—and the nation.

A contemporary Atlantic writer reflects on one of the voices from the magazine's archives who helped shape the publication—and the nation.

A few weeks in the woods have taught kids to face new situations, make their way among strangers, solve their own problems—and live a more authentic life.

The humble origins and complex future of cowboy competition.

Despite the repeal of Prohibition, alcohol consumption was an enormous political issue for many white American Protestants.

For a burgeoning consumer society, store-bought flags and bonnets offered proof that commercialism could go hand in hand with heartfelt emotion.

One hundred years ago, Ralph Samuelson successfully skied across the waters of Lake Pepin.

How Ralph Ellison got Invisible Man into the canon.

Andrew Liptak on the origins of cosplay.

Bands like L7 and Heavens to Betsy were instrumental to the birth of the grunge scene, but for decades were treated like novelties and sex objects.