The institutional framework is still there. But they are no longer democracies because the political culture on which democracy depends has failed. Now the United States is in danger of being ...

President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa has arrived at Rusununguko Clinic in Chiredzi East to launch the National Culture Month ... Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, Sign Language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, ...

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You might not remember it all, but we took note of every niche pop culture oddity and TikTok fad. And there were many surprises — perennial history-maker Taylor Swift didn’t even make the cut ...

In the depths of Zimbabwe’s rural Chiredzi in Chikombedzi ... has been revered by the Shangani ethnic group as a sacred transition to womanhood. But beneath its cultural significance, a ...

Oddly, the culture around me seemed to get more communicative as I aged. One day in 2019, I walked into a trendy Malaysian restaurant—Kopitiam, in lower Manhattan—and found the food of my ...

Texas culture can get boiled down to barbecue and country music, but some things are unique to a city like Houston. One of them? Swangas, which confused some drivers in Austin recently.

Diet culture is a set of myths and expectations around food and weight, which typically equate thinness to health and categorize foods into “good” or “bad” types. Diet culture creates a ...

A handful of recent high-profile suicides demonstrate the devastating impact of cancel culture on teachers and academics. Not only does limiting intellectual discourse erode trust in our leaders ...

Think of us as your sexy agony aunts. Purity culture messaging is everywhere. Even if you didn’t grow up particularly religious or even if you had fully atheist caregivers, it’s likely you ...

How Korean Culture Went Global : Throughline From BTS to Squid Game to high-end beauty standards, South Korea reigns as a global exporter of pop culture and entertainment. How does a country go ...