Category: Culture
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How Immigration Has Enriched American Holidays and Traditions How Immigration Has Enriched American Holidays and Traditions
Culture April 18, 2025

How Immigration Has Enriched American Holidays and Traditions

How Immigrants Shaped America's Holiday Traditions—from Chocolate Bunnies to Kwanzaa Candles   Immigrants and ... more

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Why Don’t Catholics Eat Meat on Good Friday? Why Don’t Catholics Eat Meat on Good Friday?
Culture April 18, 2025

Why Don’t Catholics Eat Meat on Good Friday?

The History, Meaning, and Modern Practice of This Holy Week Tradition in ... more

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Greece’s Blue and White Houses and How Dictatorship, Disease, and Cheap Paint Created a Global Icon Greece’s Blue and White Houses and How Dictatorship, Disease, and Cheap Paint Created a Global Icon
Culture April 12, 2025

Greece’s Blue and White Houses and How Dictatorship, Disease, and Cheap Paint Created a Global Icon

What Instagram won’t tell you about the whitewashed charm of Santorini From hard ... more

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Latina Women: Own Your Power, Break Barriers, and Lead Latina Women: Own Your Power, Break Barriers, and Lead
Business March 6, 2025

Latina Women: Own Your Power, Break Barriers, and Lead

“We as women have to understand that we know more, we are ... more

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Mia Couto: ‘Each of us is the entire humanity’ Mia Couto: ‘Each of us is the entire humanity’
Culture December 2, 2024

Mia Couto: ‘Each of us is the entire humanity’

These are complicated times. As a Mexican saying goes, the world is "patas pa'rriba" ... more

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The vast majority of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, but their traditions vary widely The vast majority of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, but their traditions vary widely
Culture November 22, 2024

The vast majority of Americans celebrate Thanksgiving, but their traditions vary widely

Just a few weeks after a divisive presidential election, millions of Americans ... more

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1 in 10 Americans rarely or never drive a car 1 in 10 Americans rarely or never drive a car
Culture November 18, 2024

1 in 10 Americans rarely or never drive a car

Driving is deeply ingrained in American culture. Most U.S. households have access ... more

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In search of hope? People are listening to Christmas music earlier this year In search of hope? People are listening to Christmas music earlier this year
Culture November 15, 2024

In search of hope? People are listening to Christmas music earlier this year

It's mid-November and the holiday hits are already hitting new highs. The Christmas ... more

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Is the era of books over? Think again, TikTok owner bytedance enters this market Is the era of books over? Think again, TikTok owner bytedance enters this market
Culture October 17, 2024

Is the era of books over? Think again, TikTok owner bytedance enters this market

ByteDance, the Chinese technology giant that owns TikTok, made an initial move ... more

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Naibe Reynoso: “I have always thought that we are born with a specific interest” Naibe Reynoso: “I have always thought that we are born with a specific interest”
Culture June 12, 2024

Naibe Reynoso: “I have always thought that we are born with a specific interest”

"We were poor, lived in a one-bedroom apartment. My dad worked in ... more

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Rodri J. Rodriguez: “My life is like an opera and a drama. I manage my life like being on stage.” Rodri J. Rodriguez: “My life is like an opera and a drama. I manage my life like being on stage.”
Culture May 30, 2024

Rodri J. Rodriguez: “My life is like an opera and a drama. I manage my life like being on stage.”

Her name is Guadalupe Josefina de los Milagros Rodriguez y Rodriguez Castañeda ... more

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Americans’ Changing Relationship With Local News Americans’ Changing Relationship With Local News
Culture May 10, 2024

Americans’ Changing Relationship With Local News

The local news landscape in America is going through profound changes as ... more

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Sabor Latino: Juan Gabriel and Héctor Lavoe to the US Library of Congress Sabor Latino: Juan Gabriel and Héctor Lavoe to the US Library of Congress
Culture April 17, 2024

Sabor Latino: Juan Gabriel and Héctor Lavoe to the US Library of Congress

Hits by two late Latin music icons whose ballads and salsa songs ... more