Fast food doesn’t exactly have a “health halo”—and for good reason. Many options are high in calories, sodium, and saturated fat. But if you’re in a pinch, ...

The mall songs playing while your parents shopped: Do you remember these? There was a specific sound to the American shopping mall in its golden era, roughly 1975 through the early 1990s. It came from ...

The 1980s were the decade that built the machinery of music censorship. A group of Washington politicians’ wives, alarmed by what their children were listening to, formed the Parents Music Resource ...

These were our favorite breakup songs from the ’90s: Do you agree? The ’90s were a strange and glorious decade for heartbreak. Radio could hand you grunge alienation and R&B devastation in the same ...

If you graduated from high school during the 1980s, one song was unavoidable that spring. Synth-driven, guitar-fueled, and occasionally absurd, the decade’s biggest hits have a way of sending you ...

1978 was a defining year in music history, continuing the disco trend while incorporating innovative influences from funk and rock. The dance floor at the club and the recording studio transformed the ...

The assumption has always been that military power lives where the money is. The United States spends nearly a trillion dollars a year on defense. China has the second-largest budget on earth. These ...

Before mindfulness apps and therapy TikToks, the ’90s were quietly teaching us emotional intelligence through sitcoms, teen dramas, and Saturday morning TV. According to research on 90s programming, ...

Released in 1971, Led Zeppelin IV is not just a milestone for the band but for rock music as a whole. With over 37 million copies sold, it’s one of the best-selling albums ever. “Stairway to Heaven,” ...

Everyone loves the music they grew up with. But what about the years before you can remember? Explore the top Billboard albums from your birth year (1956-1980) to experience the pop culture your ...

Career ambitions and your public image are the focal points of your day. You may find yourself in the spotlight at work, perhaps receiving praise for a project you recently completed. Professionally, ...

It is 1984, and Madonna is coming out of a car radio with a snare hit that lands like a dare. The production on Like a Virgin was engineered to sound new, slightly confrontational, and impossible to ...