If you haven’t spent much time outside the United States, you might not realize just how dominant American pop culture is around the world. A majority of children across the globe love Spongebob.

WASHINGTON — Awesome Con, D.C.’s massive celebration of pop culture, is preparing to blast the doors off the Walter E. Washington Convention Center this weekend — and this year’s event brings Ninja ...

Ah, 2008: the year of awe-inspiring political progress, crippling economic recession, apple-bottom jeans, and boots with the fur (with the fur). It doesn’t seem so long ago, does it? But in the pop ...