The right is obsessed with low fertility rates — but many of their proposed solutions are basic center-left social programs.

Amid global crises, political disillusionment, and economic precarity, younger generations are redefining nihilism as a ...

Imagine a country with deep political divisions, where different groups don't trust each other and violence seems likely. Now ...

The American Library Association (ALA) kicks off National Library Week with the release of its State of America's Libraries Report, including the list of Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2023. Tuesday ...

As with many season finales, the internet was filled with memes about the show’s finale as loose threads were tied up. The show follows a team of medical professionals as they navigate high ...

The "Steve's Lava Chicken" song inspired numerous memes and reactions leading up to and following the release of the movie in early April 2025. On April 3rd, 2025, TikToker [3] @thatnerdmarquitos ...

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Chinese accounts have unleashed a torrent of memes ridiculing Donald Trump, Americans and the stock market collapse amid a deepening trade war between China and the United States. AI-generated ...

“It turns out that when you mix narcissism and nihilism, you create an acid that corrodes every belief system it touches.” This is the assessment my friend David Brooks offers in the latest ...

Less than a month after the conclusion of China’s hypercompetitive annual university entrance examination (“gaokao”), a satirical meme about an imaginary university has been banned on Weibo.

The scene garnered viral spread over the following months, inspiring memes. On September 29th, 2024, a screenshot of the scene was posted to the subreddit /r/shittymoviedetails, [2] garnering over ...

The Chicken Jockey meme exploded in popularity after its cameo in A Minecraft Movie, where Jack Black’s character Steve shouts its name in the middle of battle. The meme, rooted in Minecraft ...