This year, Oulu, Finland, and Trencin, Slovakia, will become Europe's cultural flagships. Learn more about how Europe's Capitals of Culture program brings lasting change to cities. Trencin is a ...

It was fitting that Lorde made her comeback this year with a lead single called “What Was That”—there’s perhaps no better phrase to describe the weird, wild year that was 2025. In the span of 12 ...

It felt like much of pop culture this year was running on pure adrenaline. Everything from music to film, fashion to memes and even politics seemed to collapse into one ongoing feed of viral spectacle ...

ThatDudeInBlue compares car culture from 2012 to 2022 and how it has evolved. Opinion: Why Trump cares so much about renaming things Deep-sea creatures Alicella gigantea widespread on ocean ...

ThatDudeInBlue compares car culture from 2012 to 2022 in part two of the series. 2025 lookback: Trump yanks federal funding from NPR in move conservative advocates said was long overdue New Details on ...

Harvard economist Roland Fryer looks at whether culture is a cause or consequence of inequality. Image: Free to Choose Network Photo: Free to Choose Network Culture is one of the most underrated ideas ...

Senior leaders often tell me: “We have a great culture. People here are kind, relational, and genuinely care about one another. But … we’re not very good at giving direct feedback.” They know kindness ...

In the 1940s, as Peter Drucker got a close-up look at General Motors, he was struck by how unmotivated many of the company’s employees were, especially considering that most were making decent money. ...

In retrospect, they got me with The Karate Kid. I was 7 years old when that movie—about a not-particularly-athletic teen who studies martial arts, finds confidence, and then publicly kicks a ...

Culture is the set of knowledge and practices people use to express themselves and make sense of the world collectively. As Brazilian philosopher Marilena Chauí reminds us, the word derives from the ...

Researchers at the University of Maine are theorizing that human beings may be in the midst of a major evolutionary shift—driven not by genes, but by culture. "Human evolution seems to be changing ...

You’re reading Critic’s Notebook, our weekend column looking at the most interesting moments in the cultural Zeitgeist. It’s not alive, but it’s not dead, either. It consumes a vast amount of ...