A Starbucks Korea marketing campaign that collapsed within hours in May offered a blunt reminder that language does not ...

Here, too, Trump has used the idea of an emergency to sidestep Congress’s authority by insisting the threat from Iran was ...

Through immigration, trade, popular culture, and decades of exposure to Lunar New Year traditions, most Americans now understand that the East Asian zodiac begins and ends with a familiar set of 12 ...

In December 1996, a photograph taken from Seoul Tower seemed no more important than dozens of other images captured during my first trip to South Korea. It was taken after a long day of exploration as ...

For decades, anime occupied a strange place in American entertainment culture. It was visible enough to attract loyal audiences, yet distant enough to remain outside the mainstream. In cities like ...

The modern American economy does not merely tolerate burnout — it depends on it. The myth of freedom within this system is ...

Motion pictures remains one of the last widely shared cultural reference points in an increasingly fragmented media environment. This series, Cinema as allegory: Using film to understand power, ...

Richard Nixon’s promise of “peace with honor” showed how antiwar language can become a bridge to continued war rather than an exit from it. Trump’s denial belongs to a broader authoritarian pattern in ...

Moderate Democrat David Crowley won the Wisconsin primary for governor, defeating a democratic socialist who fell short of trying to deliver another win for progressives in a battleground state.

Work has become the central pillar of American identity, eclipsing community, rest, and even self-worth. From early schooling to retirement, citizens are conditioned to equate moral virtue with ...