1990s

It’s a Nu-Metal Shorts Summer, Baby

Last summer was all about short shorts for men. This year, it’s all about whatever System of a Down was wearing in 1999. Are you down with the sickness?

The Toxic Male Prophecy of ‘In the Company of Men’

Writer-director Neil LaBute looks back at his brilliant, blistering satire, which remains depressingly relevant today

When Bill Clinton Asked Black America to Forgive the U.S. for Tuskegee

It was intended to be an apology, but it ultimately turned into the most powerful man in the world requesting Black Americans to once again forgive the wrongs done to us

Where Did He Come From? Where Did He Go? The Sing-Song Saga of Cotton-Eye Joe

In 1995, the Rednex song was the biggest, catchiest hit of the year. But who is the mysterious man in the song, and what happened to him after he did all that coming and going?