The term "culture" is often brandished as a Band-Aid for a company's problems. If there's a downturn in workplace morale, it must be an issue with culture; if there's an uptick in performance, it's ...

In the corporate world, "company culture" has become a buzzword so overused it risks losing its meaning. Yet, beneath the cliché lies a fundamental truth: Culture is the invisible backbone of ...

My mother, who is Chinese, grew up in Malaysia and came to America for college, in the nineteen-seventies. She and my American dad divorced when I was small, and this allowed her to make her suburban ...

A Times critic argues that ours is the least innovative century for the arts in 500 years. That doesn’t have to be a bad thing. Credit...Illustration by Tim Enthoven Supported by By Jason Farago At ...

Twenty-five years into the 21st century, culture is markedly different than it was in the previous millennium. Everyday life has never contained more stuff—an endless reel of words, ideas, games, ...

More than 30 years ago, sociologist James Davison Hunter coined the term "culture wars." Since then, those wars have poisoned American politics. James Davison Hunter, professor of religion, culture ...

In retrospect, they got me with The Karate Kid. I was 7 years old when that movie—about a not-particularly-athletic teen who studies martial arts, finds confidence, and then publicly kicks a ...

As depicted in the new Ben Affleck film Air, here’s how Michael Jordan and Nike’s iconic Air Jordans transformed the sneakerhead subculture into a $79 billion industry. Sneakers worn by basketball ...

I often wake up before dawn, ahead of my wife and kids, so that I can enjoy a little solitary time. I creep downstairs to the silent kitchen, drink a glass of water, and put in my AirPods. Then I ...