Cultures
FILE - Hockey Hall of Famer Willie O'Ree, left, waves to the crowd before dropping the ceremonial puck before an NHL hockey game between the Boston Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers in Boston, Jan. 4, 2020. The first elite Indigenous hockey players played well before Willie O’Ree became the first Black player to skate in an NHL game in January 1958. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
Hockey's history shows handful of non-white pioneers

By Stephen Whyno Dec. 06, 2022 12:33 PM EST

Canadian athletes, parents call for culture change in sports

May. 20, 2022 09:09 PM EDT
Scales should be banned from children’s gyms. Parents should be permitted to watch. Rules of acceptable behavior should be posted on gym walls with a toll-free line...

A performer, second from right, clad in a traditional Korean dress waves during the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, Friday, Feb. 4, 2022. Major South Korean presidential candidates accused China of laying claim to their culture after the performer wore white and light purple hanbok dress during the opening of the Beijing Winter Olympics. (Lim Hwa-young/Yonhap via AP)
S. Korea politicians criticize China over traditional dress

By Kim Tong-Hyung Feb. 05, 2022 07:49 AM EST

FILE - MyKayla Skinner gestures after competing on the uneven bars during the women's U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials in St. Louis, in this Friday, June 25, 2021, file photo. Skinner, a member of the six-woman U.S. delegation that will compete in Tokyo, has been highly critical of former national team coordinator Martha Karolyi and believes USA Gymnastics is in a better place following her retirement in 2016. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)
Too much, too soon? USA Gymnastics in midst of culture shift

By Will Graves Jul. 15, 2021 05:33 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 12, 1961, file photo, members of the North Bay surfing club upload their surf boards from a station wagon at Malibu Beach, Calif. For some Native Hawaiians, surfing's Olympic debut is both a celebration of a cultural touchstone invented by their ancestors, and an extension of the racial indignities seared into the history of the game and their homeland. The Summer Games in Tokyo, which kick off this month, serve as a proxy for that unresolved tension and resentment, according to the Native Hawaiians who lament that surfing and their identity have been culturally appropriated by white outsiders who now stand to benefit the most from the $10 billion industry. (AP Photo/File)
Olympic surfing exposes whitewashed Native Hawaiian roots

By Sally Ho Jul. 13, 2021 12:36 PM EDT

Tourists relax in the shade in St. Mark's square, in Venice, Italy, Thursday, June 17, 2021. After a 15-month pause in mass international travel, Venetians are contemplating how to welcome visitors back to the picture-postcard canals and Byzantine backdrops without suffering the indignities of crowds clogging its narrow alleyways, day-trippers perched on stoops to imbibe a panino and hordes of selfie-takers straining for a spot on the Rialto Bridge or in front of St. Mark’s Basilica. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
UNESCO watching as Venice grapples with over-tourism

By Colleen Barry Jun. 25, 2021 02:47 AM EDT

Residents walk past a cement post decorated with a smiley face and a message that reads in Uru; “I’m happy,” in the Urus del Lago Poopo indigenous community, in Punaca, Bolivia, Monday, May 24, 2021. None of the inhabitants speak Uru, the language of their ancestors. However, in the past few years they have decided to recover their native language. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Bolivia's 'People of the Water' try to survive loss of lake

By Carlos Valdez Jun. 09, 2021 12:35 PM EDT

This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Jimmy Smits in a scene from "In the Heights." (Macall Polay/Warner Bros. Entertainment via AP)
‘In the Heights’ lifts hopes for a Latino film breakthrough

By Sigal Ratner-Arias Jun. 09, 2021 09:30 AM EDT

This image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows a scene from "In the Heights." (Warner Bros. via AP)
'For the culture': The moment arrives for 'In the Heights'

By Jake Coyle Jun. 08, 2021 05:06 PM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Kentucky

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2021 02:11 PM EDT
Bowling Green Daily News. May 4, 2021. Editorial: Wigwam Village project aims to preserve quirky slice of local history ...

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2017, file photo, a view of Longwood House on St. Helena in the Atlantic Ocean, where Napoleon Bonaparte lived during his exile until his death in 1821. Commemorations of the May 5, 1821 death of Napoleon are going ahead on St. Helena, the remote South Atlantic island where the deposed French emperor died in exile. But they are not happening with an influx of international visitors that was expected before COVID-19 swept across the world. While the volcanic island has not had any confirmed COVID-19 cases, reaching it got even harder because of travel restrictions during the pandemic. (AP Photo/Christopher Torchia, File)
200 years: Remote St. Helena island marks Napoleon's death

By Christopher Torchia May. 05, 2021 05:40 AM EDT

Arkansas session marked by culture wars, coronavirus fights

By Andrew Demillo May. 01, 2021 11:10 AM EDT
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The 108-day Arkansas legislative session that wrapped up last week was dominated by culture war issues and the coronavirus pandemic,...

Idaho governor signs 'nondiscrimination' education bill

By Keith Ridler Apr. 28, 2021 11:41 PM EDT
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad Little late Wednesday signed legislation aimed at preventing schools and universities from “indoctrinating” students...

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2016, file photo, attendees are silhouetted as the structure of the "Man" burns during Burning Man at the Black Rock Desert of Gerlach, Nev., north of Reno. Burning Man organizers announced Tuesday, April 27, 2021, they are canceling this summer's annual counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert for the second year in a row due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)
Burning Man cancels 2021 festival in northern Nevada desert

By Scott Sonner Apr. 27, 2021 03:03 PM EDT

First lady Jill Biden, center, is greeted by Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez, and his wife Phefelia Nez, right, upon arrival in Window Rock, Ariz., in the Navajo Nation on Thursday, April 22, 2021. (Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP)
Jill Biden hears from Navajo women on needs, priorities

By Felicia Fonseca Apr. 22, 2021 01:05 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2002 file photo the sun rises behind a wood and neon statue, the center piece of the annual Burning Man festival north of Gerlach, Nev. Burning Man organizers are considering requiring attendees to prove they've been vaccinated for COVID-19 if they move forward with plans to hold this year's counter-culture festival in the Nevada desert. But they have backed off an earlier announcement that they'd already decided to make shots mandatory, and won't decide for sure until the end of the month whether the event that was canceled last year due to the pandemic will even take place. (AP Photo/Debra Reid, File)
Burning Man mulling mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for August

By Scott Sonner Apr. 21, 2021 01:29 PM EDT

In this undated photo provided by the Tanana Chiefs Conference, shows PJ Simon, chief and chairman of the conference, from Fairbanks, Alaska, displaying a COVID-19 vaccination sticker. Alaska has been one of the leading states in the percentage of its population to be vaccinated against COVID-19. But some of Alaska's highest vaccination rates have been in some of its most remote, hardest-to-access communities, where the toll of past flu or tuberculosis outbreaks hasn't been forgotten. (Rachel Saylor/Tanana Chiefs Conference via AP)
Alaska tribal health groups distribute vaccine far and wide

By Becky Bohrer Apr. 19, 2021 01:11 AM EDT

Jeet Singh and Rubi Morgan take a selfie with the River Oaks Theatre marquee after watching "Minari" on the second last day of the theater Wednesday, March 24, 2021, in Houston. The pair was going to buy tickets of the last screening of the theater, but the show was sold out so they picked the second last day. (Yi-Chin Lee/Houston Chronicle via AP)
Historic Houston movie theater closes due to pandemic

By Juan A. Lozano Apr. 03, 2021 09:36 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: Ohio

By The Associated Press Mar. 29, 2021 09:00 AM EDT
Akron Beacon Journal. March 28, 2021. Editorial: Akron must be ambitious to reverse disturbing trends in housing market ...

A group of protesters march in the snow around the Hennepin County Government Center, Monday, March 15, 2021, in Minneapolis where the second week of jury selection continues in the trial for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Chauvin is charged with murder in the death of George Floyd during an arrest last may in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)
Corporations become unlikely financiers of racial equity

By Haleluya Hadero Mar. 17, 2021 10:05 AM EDT