- The Simpsons at 30 (The New York Times)
- America’s fastest-growing plastic surgery procedure takes place below the belt (Market Watch)
- The average American works more hours than a medieval peasant (Ladders)
- The Average American Has 60 Bad Days A Year (Study Finds)
- Why is Everyone is So Busy? (The Economist)
- Americans Are Officially Freaking Out (Bloomberg)
- The Scientific Reasons Why You Should Just Always Be Naked (Elite Daily)
- Refugees get jobs — and a taste of American culture — at Berkeley coffee shop (LA Times)
Values and Norms
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Why Do We Wear Exhaustion as a Badge of Honor? (Thrive Global)
- Why are poor Americans more patriotic than their wealthier counterparts? (The Guardian)
- Why White-Collar Workers Spend All Day at the Office (The Atlantic)
- Workism Is Making Americans Miserable (The Atlantic)
- Americans Value Equality at Work More Than Equality at Home (The New York Times)
- People rarely say thank you when others help them out (The Guardian)
- Making it in America (Thermo Soft)
- Americans work harder than any other country’s citizens (New York Post)
- The cultural politics of fork usage are surprisingly complex (Timeline)
- Americans spend 4 years of their lives ‘escaping reality’ (New York Post)
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Nacirema (American Anthropology Association)