Culture

In 2014, many fans of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Americanah were hopeful that a film adaptation of the novel was in the works. Especially after Lupita Nyong’o optioned rights for the novel. But as the years passed, the film never came, even though…

On the bus ride to an event called ‘The Music of Prince,’ my friends and I reminisced about The Purple One’s life. We speculated what the cover band would play live, all while our children played in the back seat, more concerned with Pokémon than…

Dead in the middle of America, the state of Nebraska sits landlocked on all sides. Trapped within its flat terrains and borders is a deep and overlooked history of violence and white supremacy — particularly in the city of Omaha. It is also the…

On Friday, the Toronto Raptors made strides to recognize fans of all cultures by unveiling a team-branded athletic hijab, becoming the first team in the NBA to sell merchandise centered around the head covering worn by some Muslim women. The Raptors…

On Monday morning, Sinead O’Connor told Piers Morgan and Susanna Reid, hosts of Good Morning Britain, that during her one and only encounter with Prince, he attempted to physically assault her. According to O’Connor, she went to Prince’s residence…

Hustlers earned more money in its opening weekend than Hollywood expected — making a strong case for the enduring appeal of Jennifer Lopez — and providing more proof that audiences will show up for original stories about diverse adult women. The…

The constant onslaught of news about how terrible everything is can make apathy tempting in 2019. Jonathan Franzen, writing in the New Yorker, argues that trying to save the planet from a total climate crisis “has the feel of Kafka’s fiction.” He…

While the American public may be more engaged in politics today than they have been in previous years, it appears that the Democratic Party is convinced that we’re looking for a circus. Take, for example, the 2020 primary. The crowded field of…

Last week, the singer Melanie Martinez dropped K-12, her first album in four years, with the simultaneous premiere of a 92-minute musical film on YouTube. Within hours, it amassed more than a million views, and a week later, it has climbed to 18…