Culture

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.

You know that punchy percussive sound popularized by Phil Collins and Prince? This is where it came from.

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.

Projected to earn $1 billion and earning Tony-Award glory, 'Hamilton' the musical is still going strong in backyards and classrooms across the country.

And why you might never have heard of Ira Aldridge.

For decades, the military made sure soldiers had access to the treat—including spending $1 million on a floating ice-cream factory.

Historically black colleges and universities hosted all but six ATA tournaments from 1927 to 1968.

Popular theater productions and Hollywood movies about the Vietnam War have a continued place in popular culture and memory.

If everyone is breaking records, then who goes to Canton?

Are you part of the problem?

Rewatching “The Apprentice,” the show that made his Presidency possible.

The classic baseball hit "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" has a lot more to do with U.S. history than one might think.

In many ways, silent film was an art form entirely different from the "talkies" we enjoy today.

The history of the epithet, from its rise among leftists and jazz critics and folkies to its recent fall from favor.

The documentary, "The House on Coco Road" tells the little-known story of Grenada's revolution and subsequent U.S. invasion.

Is polygamy justifiable? Is it lawful to eat swine's flesh?

It's been a tough year for the Georgia peach.

You and I have grown up during a period in which comedy became strangely bound up with truth and virtue. Trump has cut the knot.

The bowl-shaped seat's conflicted heritage incorporates the Vietnam War.

Freeing Thoreau from layers of caricature that have long distorted his legacy.