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The Republicans running Donald Trump’s Washington grew up on the rebellious culture of the 1990s — discarding its politics while keeping its defiance.

Poet Gene Grabiner reminds us that the past is not dead, it is not even past.

His new book, Communion, sketches out a redemption narrative that is jarringly at odds with his actions.

In 1976, the national narrative was reflected and refuted by its movies.

Every food has its own industry, each more desperate than the next to prove it is a superfood so you will buy it and not its competing foods.

Kamala Harris, Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence … the heavyweight politicians stack up in this sincere biopic of the United States. It’s so pointedly wholesome it’s like drinking a kale smoothie on a wellness retreat

Poet Sean Mclain Brown offers us a disturbing scene from the Iraq War, what happens to the animals in the combat zone.

In a sweeping account of the nation’s anniversary milestones, Eddie Glaude Jr. shows how whitewashing and racial exclusion have shaped America’s self-image from 1826 to 2026.

Karla Murthy’s new documentary film about her immigrant father’s tumultuous journey up and back down the class ladder turns the mythology of the American dream on its head. It’s a story many native-born Americans will find strikingly familiar.

There is a growing body of research being dedicated to understanding the role of bitter and astringent compounds on cognition. The high sugars and processed food in the American diet today have a lot to do with how our palate has evolved.