Folk Culture

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This story contains light spoilers for Season 3 of The Bear.When The Bear’s latest season begins, Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto (played...

When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, many people hadn’t seen it coming. But if they had been paying...

Early in the second season of We Are Lady Parts, a delightful British series about an all-female Muslim punk band,...

The bid-rigging scheme was a classic of the genre. A small Rust Belt city needed new garbage trucks. Its mayor...

Arguably the single most important question for the U.S. economy in 2024 is whether and when the Federal Reserve will...

The three words were spelled out in block letters on the evening news, right next to an anchorman’s gelled coif:...

If you want to understand the current crisis at The Washington Post—the still-unfolding ethical scandal threatening the reign of its...

Perhaps you’ve noticed lately that Donald Trump, a man not known for subtlety, has been testing the limits of the...

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