American culture

American culture

Art, music, literature, people, sports, technology, business, politics, religion and more in the United States. American culture is primarily Western, but is influenced by African, Asian, and Latin American and Native American cultures.

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city hall

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“You can’t fight city hall” is an American adage that expresses frustration with political power. Yet local government buildings also embody emblems and stories of the city. The movie Philadelphia ...

Weather Underground

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“You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” a line from Bob Dylan, inspired a radical, Maoist off-shoot of Students for a Democratic Society at the end of the 1960s. Led by SDS ...

Fire Island

Culture; American culture

A barrier island, accessible only by boat, 2 hours east of New York City, With no roads, Fire Island’s seventeen communities each have distinctive identities. Remoteness and isolation, notably made ...

horses

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A century ago horses were common in work and sport throughout urban and rural America. In transportation and myriad occupations, they filled streets, linked farms and towns and extended human labor. ...

Motown

Culture; American culture

A company a sound, a polished set of star acts and a city—Detroit, MI. Founded by songwriter and Ford assembly-line worker Barry Gordy, Jr. in 1959, when he decided to promote his own songs and local ...

frisbee

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A craze believed by many to have originated when Yale students began to throw upsidedown pizza pans borrowed from a New Haven restaurant. The first plastic disks were developed by Fred Morrison and ...

Alzheimer’s disease

Culture; American culture

A degenerative brain disease resulting in memory loss, this disease affects approximately 4 million Americans. Symptoms include confusion, personality and behavior change, and impaired judgment. The ...