Culture

With Donald Trump bringing the Ku Klux Klan back into the spotlight, we must return to William Bradford Huie's 1967 novel.

Mavis Staples' lyrics span from the civil-rights-era to today's societal issues.

From log cabins to Gilded Age mansions, how you lived determined where you belonged.

Simeon Wade describes visiting Death Valley with Michel Foucault in 1975.

In Progressive-Era New York, a now-forgotten trend of public bathhouses was introduced in order to cleanse the unwashed masses.

Since 9/11 the story behind the Falling Man, and the search for him, is our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.

There was little indication 166 years ago that the book would enter the canon of great American fiction.

It’s more helpful to think about exploitation and disrespect than to define cultural “ownership.”

Old fights about radio have lessons for new fights about the Internet.

The Library of Congress is turning to the internet for a new generation of shared culture.

Even in a fractious era, the filmmaker still believes that his documentaries can bring every viewer in.

Freedom, fear and friendliness mingle in these emblematic eateries.

How the classic film helped promote a Reconstruction myth that was central to the maintenance of Jim Crow.

The marriage of twentieth-century avant-gardists Arthur Cravan and Mina Loy was blissfully happy—until his mysterious disappearance.

As the nation debates monuments and public memory, it’s important to understand how other cultural sites help people learn (false) history.

In the 1960s, there was no grand vision behind the idea of a middle school. The problem that the model sought to solve was segregation.

The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.

The genius move that turned potato scraps into a frozen-food empire

For the 30th anniversary of "Dirty Dancing," we spoke to the film's screenwriter about her revolutionary decision to include a depiction of an illegal abortion.

Revisiting the contradictions in "Hamilton" – and in the pushback to criticisms of the beloved musical.

Each year there is one undeniable 'song of summer.'

The end of an era.

Discover the unknown history of this fizzy, fermented drink.

What we can learn from liberal anti-communists.

From cross-dressing to white robes to Tiki torches, what we can learn from white supremacists’ long history of carefully cultivating their own aesthetic.

A review on the many publications about Henry David Thoreau's life for the bicentennial anniversary of his birthday.

Why do people hike?

Only by the most specific, immediate definition can we consider the Confederacy to have lost the Civil War.

For Chinese immigrants, surviving in America has always required intense strategy.

There’s never been a golden age of free speech at American universities.