The federal government has erased gender identity questions from federal surveys. Researchers say it will cost them at least…
Writers have mined the region’s turbulent political history to explore how authoritarian rulers bend institutional leaders…
Philadelphia has become the US epicenter of squash and home to Team USA.
Golf is one of a handful of sports that reward low scores, not high ones. That means getting around the course efficiently…
Photography possesses a certain built-in bluntness that can lend itself to images that are destabilizing and dryly funny.
Springsteen initially hated the album so much that he tossed a test pressing into a pool. But its operatic tracks about…
If a machine creates a video or a song that brings a person to tears, does it matter that the machine felt nothing?
The folktale, ‘The Bird Indifferent to Pain,’ offers insight into why audiences are drawn to the relentless jester –…
The Civil Rights Movement is often told in terms of court decisions, brutal beatings and racist demagogues. It’s rarely…
Even before generative AI went mainstream, fewer people were reading books.
Pro wrestling’s failed unionization effort – and Hogan’s alleged role in undermining that campaign – is part of…
Researchers interviewed 30 young adults in Philadelphia about how South Korean media and culture supports their emotional…
Unusual words or punctuation may serve as ‘tells’ that something has been written by a chatbot. But even with that knowledge,…
From rural roots to international ballrooms, bachata has transformed from being disdained to becoming a global symbol of…
Not long ago, Mexico’s LGBTQ+ performers were mostly in the closet. Today, some are sponsoring products and starring in…
News about the news used to be commonplace, but as news organizations have vanished, so has this type of reporting.
One of Latin America’s smallest nations has a robust network of housing cooperatives, which give access to permanent,…
Crew aboard Spanish trading ships departing from Manila may have introduced techniques for distilling coconut sap – helping…
The author of the new book ‘Attention and Alienation’ wonders if the online world can ever become a place where kindness…
As vacations approach, anxiety often mounts: What if you’re seen as a slacker – or, worse, replaceable?