Folk Culture

I am an American by choice. I left the Netherlands for the United States to finish my graduate studies in...

The corruption of democracy begins with the corruption of thought—and with the deliberate undermining of reality. Stephen Richer, an election...

When X was blocked in Brazil on Saturday—the result of a legal skirmish between the platform’s owner, Elon Musk, and...

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Michael Steele / GettyOksana Masters of Team USA celebrates winning the Women’s H5 Road Race on day eight of the...

In the movie The History Boys, based on Alan Bennett’s play, a student wins a scholarship to Oxford with the...

Artists and writers all over the world have spent the past two years engaged in an existential battle. Generative-AI programs...

Since Starlink first beamed down to Brazil two years ago, hundreds of communities in the Amazon that were previously off...

Other people can be baffling. Even in our closest relationships, loved ones frequently behave in ways that can seem inexplicable....