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The demographics of name change petitioners today – and the reasons that they give – tell a complicated story of race, class and culture.
Depression, addiction and misanthropy in cartoon form.
Why do people steal rare books? It’s about more than the money.
Happy birthday Ms Ciccone – you redefine age.
Throughout America’s history, a duality has existed: On one side, there has been the belligerent, aggressive America. On the other, the generous, amiable one.
Using ride-hailing services full-time would mean avoiding the hassles of owning a car. But it could cost less, too – depending on how you value your time otherwise spent behind the wheel.
Elvis’s impressive vocal range and his technical ability made his voice an instrument that even opera singers have lined up to pay tribute to.
Music tourism is becoming an increasingly big business. As you’d expect, Elvis is at the forefront of that industry.
The singer was not ‘middle of the road’. He was a bridge across it.
American Gods imagines a US where ancient gods exist at “right angles to reality”, asking why we have mythologies and why we need them.
Twenty years ago, the paranoia that consumed cults like Heaven’s Gate existed on the margins of American society. Now it’s moved toward the center of the nation’s political life.
Recognizing that the game itself is often lopsided and boring, the NFL, through the years, has worked to minimize its significance.
By getting young women hooked before they’ve even formed wrinkles, Botox peddlers have realized they can enlist them in a lifetime of treatment.
Clinton was fighting a deep-rooted misogynist sentiment which goes back decades.
It was 1956 – and for Britain, things would never be the same again.
What does the shuttering of traditional roadside motels say about America’s relationship with travel and freedom?
Is the decline of the corner barbershop another indicator that male friendships and community ties are eroding? Or could it simply mean that concepts of masculinity are shifting?
Cuba’s National Capitol Building has been reclaimed as the seat of the National Assembly 54 years after it was abandoned by the new revolutionary government. There are lessons in this for others.
Every time Las Vegas looks like it’s about to die, it demolishes itself and rebuilds as something bigger and better.
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Director of the Animation Academy, Loughborough University
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Professor of English and Literary Arts, University of Denver
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Professor of Appalachian Studies and Bluegrass, Old-Time and Roots Music Studies, East Tennessee State University
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Professor of English, University at Buffalo
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Senior Lecturer in American Literature, Queen's University Belfast
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Professor of Communication Studies, San José State University
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Senior Lecturer in American Studies, University of Sydney
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Professor of Twentieth-Century and American Literature, University of Exeter
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Associate Professor of Race, Ethnic and Gender Studies, University of Missouri-Kansas City
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Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Maine at Augusta
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Associate Professor of Kinesiology, Penn State
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University