The Emotional Ending of ‘When Life Gives You Tangerines’
In the final episode of When Life Gives You Tangerines, Netflix’s slice-of-life K-drama, protagonist Ae-sun (played here, in her 70s, by Moon So-ri) tells daughter...
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What to Know About K-Drama Weak Hero Class 1
Warning: This article contains spoilers for Weak Hero Class 1 and the Weak Hero Class webtoon When Weak Hero Class 1 was originally released in...
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Homeownership Has Always Impacted American Democracy
Land and property ownership have colored American politics since the very beginning of our democracy in New England in the 1600s. Broad land ownership challenged...
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Breaking Down the Twisty Ending of Revelations
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Revelations There’s a nail-biting scene in the third act of Netflix’s Korean-language thriller Revelations that is filmed entirely in one shot....
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The True Story Behind Happy Face and Killer Keith Jesperson
When Melissa G. Moore came home one afternoon in the spring of 1995, her mother Rose Hucke took her and her two younger siblings aside....
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Everything to Know About The Wheel of Time Season 3
Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Wheel of Time Season 3 of the Wheel of Time is out today. The fantasy series, based on the novels...
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What 1860s Prussia Can Teach Us About Constitutional Crises
In the first few months of his second term, President Donald Trump has raised concerns among commentators and academics that the U.S. could face a...
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The Long Fight Against the Department of Education
On the campaign trail and in office, President Donald Trump has called for the elimination of the Department of Education. Many believed the proposal would...
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The American Exceptionalism That Made Usha Vance and Me
My mother’s name is Usha, and for years, when I told non-South Asian people her name, I’d squint, trying to picture the spelling. But these...
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The History of Cultural Exchange Between the U.S. and China
Democrats and Republicans united in April 2024 to pass a bill to ban TikTok in the United States. The bill, signed into law by President...
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Breaking Down the Thrilling Ending of Prime Target
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Prime Target When Steve Thompson set out to write a thriller around mathematics, he remembered reading “The Code Book”...
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The True Story Behind ‘I’m Still Here’
This story was originally published on Jan. 7. We are republishing it after I’m Still Here won the 2025 Oscar for Best International Feature. When...