When Americans hear the term “melting pot,” they often think of New York City: tenement blocks, Ellis Island, the Lower East Side, a montage of pushcart vendors becoming small business owners. Our ...

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Advances in food processing introduced refined sugars, preservatives and ultra-processed foods into everyday life.

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“In postwar America, fast food was seen as a ladder to the middle class,” says journalist and author Adam Chandler. “If you were part of a familiar chain, banks were willing to lend you money, and ...

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American political culture is broken. Acts of political violence, like the recent killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and its aftermath, are disturbing indicators of how fractured and ...