Holiday cheer or political fear? Cancel culture hits the dinner table
One of my big takeaways from the 2024 presidential election is that allowing politics to consume your life — and...
Culture
‘Brain rot’ is Oxford University Press’ word of the year
Gen Alpha’s hyper-online manner of speaking has officially entered the zeitgeist. Oxford University Press announced Monday that “brain rot” —...
Moana 2’s Auliʻi Cravalho’s multicultural heritage reflects Hawaii’s rich history
Auliʻi Cravalho was only 16 years old when she voiced her breakout role as Moana. And today, eight years later,...
‘Maya blue’: The mystery dye recreated two centuries after it was lost
Dzan, Mexico – Surrounded by dense jungle and beneath intertwining canopies of towering trees, Luis May Ku, 49, trudges ahead...
Takanashi Kiara has become a master of potty talk and pop stardom
Takanashi Kiara is not like other girls. The cliche applies to her in a literal sense. She’s a Vtuber, a...
European Commission downsizes spokesperson team
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is reducing the number of its spokespeople, as Ursula von der Leyen begins her second five-year mandate...
How an Iranian director made a film in secret
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” is fiction, but at times it resembles a documentary about recent political turmoil. Rasoulof...
Restored Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris unveiled after 2019 fire
Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris has offered the world a peek of its restored interior, five years after it was ravaged...
Wicked hits Instagram and TikTok, with more than a little help from fans
There’s a code of conduct for the multiplex experience, deliberately broadcast right before a movie: When the lights start to...
Texas ‘free speech’ university’s admissions process shuns the DEI blueprint: ‘Interested in the mind’
At this Texas university, getting accepted is “mind” over matter. The University of Austin (UATX) – founded on free speech...
