Arts organizations have been particularly hard hit, but many may benefit from new sources of emergency government funding.
In physics, entropy is the process of a system losing energy and dissolving into chaos. This applies to social systems in…
Music is supposed to transcend the mundane and horrific. Yet it has also served as an accompaniment to torture and punishment.
The camera has long been used to defy a media landscape steeped in negative portrayals of Black families.
Much of the iconography we associate with witches, from the pointy hat to the cauldron, originated from women working as…
Stereotypically, gay, queer and trans kids flee small towns to find acceptance in big, diverse cities like New York or Chicago.…
Some do so of their own accord, using airport amenities to meet their basic needs. Others, however, would rather be anywhere…
A hospice doctor spent 10 years studying the end-of-life experiences of over 1,400 terminally ill patients.
Do you see a fearsome predator? A fragile icon of impending extinction? What these arctic giants have stood for in art has…
Whether they are single or married, giving as a group or on their own, women express their generosity in distinct ways.
Greek statues, the Napoleonic wars and the advent of photography all played a role.
Doubt can be uncomfortable. It is often tempting to jump to conclusions. But Keats counsels otherwise.
Science fiction has often had an inspirational and positive relationship with space endeavors. But the new US Space Force…
The myth has become a symbol of the traumatizing legacy of trans-Atlantic slavery. It also serves as a form of resistance…
A decadent New Year's Eve bash held in the throes of the pandemic is a symptom of a larger problem in the gay community.
For single people, finding at least one partner has been hard enough. But for those used to juggling multiple relationships,…
Psycholinguistic researchers analyzed more than 1 million Reddit posts a year before and a year after users posted about…
The domed neoclassical Capitol building was inspired by European cathedrals and the Roman Pantheon – shrines to imperial…
At the turn of the 20th century, with few children's books featuring Black characters, one young editor implored his…
Over the past year, the singer has carefully constructed a visage that has made him nearly unrecognizable.