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The United States’ unofficial anthem, a hymn of love of country.

The Federal Theatre Project put dramatic artists to work — and we could do it again.

The Harrisons’ eco-art told stories about the apocalypse, pointing to a future where we’d all have to be survival artists

The creator of ‘The Twilight Zone’ dramatized isolation and fear but still believed in the best of humanity.

Celtic rituals, tricks of nature, and deals with the devil have all played a part in creating this iconic symbol of Halloween.

On Oct. 21, 1980, a beloved tradition was put to a stop.

Allen Barra reviews Mark Kram Jr.’s Smokin’ Joe, a biography of Joe Frazier.

The politically complacent ’90s produced a surprisingly large number of mainstream American rom-coms about fighting the Man.

The swift, often comfortable ride on the Transcontinental Railroad opened up the American West to new settlement.

On Cold War men's adventure magazines and the antifeminist tradition in American popular culture.

In name, 'girl watching' is long gone. In practice, the trend lives on.

A voice for working-class women and an icon for all kinds of women, Parton has maintained her star power throughout life phases and political cycles.

Thirty years after "Ice Ice Baby," Robert Van Winkle is ready to talk about it all—his rise, his fall, and that infamous night on the balcony.

The gourmet’s real genius wasn’t in his recipes but in his packaging. He knew how to serve up the authenticity that his audiences craved.

That’s why the privileged White novelist’s work is still worth reading, Michael Gorra argues.

A McDonald’s breakfast buffet. An all-you-can-eat Taco Bell. This isn’t the stuff dreams are made of, but a real yet short-lived phenomenon.

Shakespeare's Macbeth and the Federal Theatre Project

An excerpt from a new book that explores the threat of made-up monsters in the age of imperial conquest.

The Museum of Modern Art was among several institutions that aided the CIA in its propaganda efforts, according to the new book ArtCurious.

The modern-day human-resources practice is rooted in avant-garde philosophy.

The enchanted terms in which F. Scott Fitzgerald portrayed modern America still blind us to how scathingly he judged it.

Cameron Laux looks at how The Age of Innocence – published 100 years ago – marked a pivotal moment in US history.

On a documentary in which stars from Bob Dylan to Nile Rodgers discuss how music played a vital role in the unknown politician’s rise to power.

The rise and fall of the Brooks Brothers name.

Delivering the mail used to be sexy and thrilling. It can be once more.

“Ride of the Valkyries” has been featured in hundreds of films, including 'The Birth of a Nation,' 'Jarhead,' and most famously, Apocalypse Now.'

Reading the literature of past plagues and suddenly seeing our present reflected in a mirror.

Newly added to Netflix, the Civil War movie reminds the nation that black Americans fought for their own emancipation.

What I relearned (about well-meaning liberalism, race, my late father, and my young gay self) rewatching the TV cop shows of my 1970s youth.

Langston Hughes, "poet laureate of Harlem," dreamed of an America that lived up to its ideals.