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The 27 Club isn’t true, but it is real − a sociologist explains why myths endure and how they shape reality

Many members of the 27 Club are outsize in their cultural influence. Psychology Forever/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA by Zackary Okun Dunivin, University of California, Davis There’s...

Why is an ultimate goal called a ‘Holy Grail?’

An 18th-century stained glass window panel by William Peckitt, showing The Last Supper of Christ and the disciples. TonyBaggett via iStock / Getty Images...

Beyoncé’s ‘Blackbiird’ breathes new life into a symbol that has inspired centuries of Black artists, musicians and storytellers

by Katie Kapurch, Texas State University and Jon Marc Smith, Texas State University Prior to the release of “Cowboy Carter,” Beyoncé explained that her album’s...

Rainbow fentanyl – the newest Halloween scare

by Joel Best, University of Delaware Every year around the middle of October, reporters start contacting me wanting to talk about rumors of contaminated Halloween...

How a mass suicide by slaves caused the legend of the flying African to take off

by Thomas Hallock, University of South Florida In May 1803 a group of enslaved Africans from present-day Nigeria, of Ebo or Igbo descent, leaped from...

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