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Welcome to the 36th Songs of the Week of 2025. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week because I was up in Washington, D.C ...

The acclaimed pop, rock and progressive sounds that make up Tin Drum Family Band, which includes an original founding member ...

Sanae Takaichi is a conservative with a long political career since 1993 She supports traditional roles for women and opposes same-sex marriage and female imperial succession She was a heavy-metal ...

Four editors, a creative director and a visual artist met to debate and discuss the best of print media — and its enduring legacy. T 25 Four editors, a creative director and a visual artist met to ...

The 1980s pulsed with an electric energy that transformed not just music, but the entire cultural landscape of America. This was the decade when MTV revolutionized how we consumed music, when ...