Charitable giving and philanthropy are as important today as ever. In the midst of the pandemic and national reckoning with racial injustice, Americans from all backgrounds are giving in different and important ways. Understanding these trends, how they are shifting and how media can and does influence the discourse is… More
It was with some trepidation that I went to see Bad Moms, an R-rated comedy from the (male) writers behind the Hangover movies, starring Mila Kunis as an exhausted working mom of tweens and, oddly, Kristen Bell as the frumpy one. Amy (Kunis) is besieged by the demands of upper… More
Here at the Norman Lear Center, we are fascinated by the convergence of politics and entertainment (#PoliticsAsEntertainment). This includes the proliferation (and real-life impact) of comedic “news” shows and political fiction TV series, as well as the ongoing transformation of the political landscape into a 24/7 reality-show, populated with stranger-than-fiction… More