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Las Vegas is a city like few others. It’s used in many iconic American stories as a symbol ...

The father daughter dynamic in Cosby's show reveals how enmeshed we are in rape and misogynistic culture.

Onscreen, scarring represents a loss of beauty for women and toughness for men, but what about the actors who bear visible scars?

Some celebrities like Buster Keaton and Humphrey Bogart are recognized for not smiling—and when they do, it comes across as, well, unnatural.

The Apu Trilogy of films has been newly restored and re-released

Whatever your thoughts on the Broadway production, An American in Paris is a big deal in the history of movie musicals.

Interpretations of the film may differ by race, media scholar Kelli Marshall finds.

A Freudian reading of The Empire Strikes Back for Star Wars Day

How the transmedia work of Marc Maron engages with fans.

What is a "redneck" exactly? Kelli Marshall explores a brief history of the word.

Although in-person voter fraud is close to nonexistent, it’s a big concern for many voters.

Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” has lost a bit of its protest oomph—in part because of a decades-long denial of its later verses.

How can we help students understand George Floyd's death in the context of institutionalized racism?

Ten lessons from the past and steps we can take now to educate ourselves and our students about how to be a thoughtful consumer of information.

From battles to expand the franchise to the mysteries of turnout, voting is one of the most important things to understand about U.S. politics.

After a massive factory fire in 1911, hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to stage a "symbolic funeral."

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