Culture & Society

Marvel’s “Shang-Chi” jabs, flips Asian American film cliches

Source: AP News

Asian American actors feel like they’re finally getting the representation they deserve.

In 1865, thousands of Black South Carolinians signed a 54-foot-long freedom petition

Source: Washington Post

Read about some of the objects on display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

America’s First Immigration Center Was Also an Amusement Park

Source: Smithsonian Magazine

Castle Garden, originally a Revolutionary Era fort, was repurposed into an amusement park for fashionable New Yorkers in the late 1800s. Then it became the nation’s first immigrant welcome center. Read this short feature to discover how.

Black Theater Artists Are Helping Shakespeare Speak To More Diverse Audiences

Source: npr

Read about the importance of racially inclusive casting in the world of Shakespearian theatre.

Teens around the world are lonelier than a decade ago. The reason may be smartphones.

Source: Washington Post

Read about how smart phones and social media impact the social lives of teens.

US women dominated medal count at Tokyo Olympics in ways they’ve never done before

Source: USA Today

Learn about women’s outstanding achievements in Olympic games past and present.

Research finds gender differences in fear, risk perception during COVID-19

Source: Augusta Free Press

Researchers have discovered that COVID-19 fears tend to be split along gender binary lines.

Extreme Dining in the Gilded Age

Source: National Women's History Museum

Wealthy Americans of the Gilded Age often indulged in extravagance—even when hosting dinner parties. This short article features important dinner etiquette for hosts and guests, and even includes a menu.